My parents contracted with Home Instead for night service, and there were some real issues. Bottom line, I would not engage the Ann Arbor Home Instead location's services again, nor would I recommend them to others.
Most importantly, they don't have systems in place to ensure that they are providing services. The contract was for 11pm - 7am coverage. One night no one showed at 11. At 11:30pm my father tried to call the 24-hour line, got an answering machine, and no one called back until 8:30 am. It turns out that the aide had overslept and didn't know what to do about it. The 24-hour line was supposedly down, which was why no one called back. If the goal is to provide consistent and reliable service, this was clearly a fail.
Additionally, a new aide came by early for "introductions", and time was charged for that early, unscheduled, time, despite there being no indication of such a procedure in the contract, nor was an early arrival requested. On another day, the aide stayed a quarter hour late, not providing care, without having been asked to do so, or needed to do so, and the company charged for the extra time.
Lastly, the company indicated that they would contact my parents' insurance as they had worked with the insurance company before and that the insurance company would pay them directly. Despite having a note in my parents' log that the insurance company was contacted, the insurance company had no record of such contact and indicated that they would never pay directly to the aide service.
If you are looking for consistent and reliable nighttime care, this is not the place to find it. read more