This home healthcare group has been a godsend. The nature of needing homecare assistance is often…read moresudden and unexpected. To have a healthcare group that can assist to calm the waters while providing excellent service, is much appreciated. Most will have health care challenges for a family member at some point, be it after-surgery care or caring for an elder. Many people would wish to keep the patient at home, but real fears exist. Ables Homecare has quality staff who can provide assistance. You may well learn that keeping a family member at home is possible with another pair of willing hands to assist in the home. The Coordinator of this homecare service is a lovely man, calming and reassuring. He follows through to ask for feedback as to the Providers' progress with the patient. He has consistently provided quality providers who treat the patient with respect. That would begin most simply with greeting the patient--they do that at the start of every appointment session. It's simple things like not talking down to the patient, a provider who values hand-washing and does not have idle cellphone conversations 'on the job', those things raise the level of confidence in care. I have a few times given Ables the option to come, having only given short notice. Each time, Ables complied. One appreciates that flexibility. Families can begin the journey of caring for a loved one at home when there is skilled help to work alongside. Try Ables. We feel fortunate to have found Ables. We've not had to have faced that Long Ride Home after a nursing home visit. No such worry. No such guilt.....that is, when you have skilled assistance in the form of Ables Home Healthcare. Able's will make you believe that quality is still available, this is an excellent home healthcare business.

Highly recommend this service. Compassionate, dependable and very trustworthy. They answer your…read morecall/ text promptly and treat your family member like one of their own.

The CNA has been very patient with our difficult family member, and arrives on time. She tries to…read moreengage. We are grateful!

They are the best! I called at 9pm and had someone scheduled for 12 hours later. Super responsive…read moreand able to meet the needs of elder care in a really helpful and supportive way. So grateful for the great service and support!

Steve is awesome and his staff are so good at helping us manage our difficult elderly relative…read more Highly recommend.

I was looking for home care for my uncle and Visiting Angels was recommended by a healthcare…read moreprofessional so we decided to give them a try. My uncle has dementia and we've had bad experiences before where people are mean to him, but the staff doesn't argue with him. They're respectful of who he is. We got a caregiver and she is on time, professional, and communicates well. She provides him with transportation and help him with his medications. Fumi in the office is wonderful. She does our schedule for transportation and helps with billing.

I arranged this service for an elderly cousin in DC. The Visiting Angels worker picked him up from…read morea local short-term rehab facility upon his discharge there, then drove him to his apartment. All of his needs were taken care of over the next few days, to help him get settled back in properly. This included meal prep, light cleaning, grocery shopping, and even driving him to an important medical appointment. A different worker came in for the second through fourth day. Both ladies were extremely competent, experienced, courteous, caring, and patient. My telephone interactions with the organization's management personnel and the workers' supervisor were also excellent. They were professional, courteous and readily available. I will gladly use Visiting Angels in the future, should the need arise.

Absolutely phenomenal! Dr. Kinney is INCREDIBLE; very knowledgeable, patient, caring, and genuinely…read morecommitted to providing comprehensive care. His bedside manner is also impeccable; other physicians could learn from him. He goes above-and-beyond expectations to provide individualized care to his patients. Hands-down, one of the most consummate medical professionals we've encountered ever; truly sets and raises the bar. If you are seeking exceptional care from a kind-hearted and genuine physician, look no further!

I am from the Bay Area and last week attended our daughter's graduation from American University…read moreand was in DC to help her get set up in her first apartment. Unfortunately I developed an ear infection and bronchitis and fortunately I found Dr. Kinney and Metro Direct Care Medical. I was feeling too sick to try to sit in an ER and the house call from him saved the day and the entire trip. He took a careful medical history, and spent the time to listen as well as inform us of the diagnosis and the options. He prescribed the ear drops and medication that ensured I felt better within a few hours so that I was able to be present for our daughter and heal. He also helped us come up with the right decision not to fly until a few days later than planned to help heal the ear and bronchitis. I wish there was a doctor like him in the Bay Area!

When Musa Bangura came into our lives my father had just been discharged from a rehabilitation…read morefacility and needed full time care for the first time in his life. He was 92 and resentful about his new frailty and the entire idea of a live-in caregiver. He cherished his freedom, living alone in the house my sister and I grew up in. I knew it had to be done, but I had not-great expectations about how they were going to get along, given how prickly my father was at the time. I've had excellent help from Capital City Nurses for both of my elderly in-laws, so I figured there was hope. Musa cared for my father for more than a year. He treated my father the way I would imagine he'd treat his own father - with love and respect and tenderness and humor. They formed a bond that I still don't fully understand. Musa loved my father, and I know for a fact that my father loved him. Over a year of steady decline, the one constant in our lives - the reason my sister and I could get up and go to work everyday - was the knowledge that our father was in excellent hands. My father needed hospice care for the last week of his life. It was clear that this was the end, and my sister and I were upset. Nobody is ready to lose their beloved father, not even children in their fifties. Again, Musa did everything he could not just for my dad but for us. He helped us understand what was happening. Most important for us, he made sure we had ample notice so we could be there with my father when he died. For the rest of my life I will be grateful for that. We were so upset, but Musa (who was also upset) tended to my father's body right up to the end and beyond, making sure that he was perfectly clean and cared for. As far as I can tell, Musa never stopped looking at my dad as a human being (not just a job) and acted accordingly. Frankly, it's difficult for me to believe that it's possible to hire someone like Musa at any price. But apparently it's true. Now that my father is gone, I assume Musa will be looking for a new client after some much-needed time off. Please let this letter serve as an introduction and recommendation. I think Musa himself would tell you that I am not always the easiest person to understand or get along with. I don't think I've really grasped that my dad is no longer with us after 93 years; he was a fighter. But he had a good death, and a good life, all the way through, thanks to Musa. Anyone who hires him as a caregiver will be very lucky indeed.

I highly recommend Capital City Nurses. My family used them during a time of need. The staff was…read morevery capable and the nurses they sent were excellent. Should we ever need this service again we will certainly call them.

I used Philia on May 10, 2024 through my employer's back up care provider. I used the nanny…read moreservices for my 2 & 4 year old. For most of the day just the 2 year old was home / with her. Danielle S was very nice, and I would be happy for her to come again. It sounds like she has good experience for the role. We had one incident where she took out 3 colors of play dough and was making shapes with the stamps......... ON THE CARPET. She didn't realize she was creating the marks (leaving play dough stuck in the carpet) and didn't realize it was a carpet (she said she thought it was a play mat). I think we all make mistakes. She apologized. She didn't blame my son. He has never done play dough anywhere on the floor or carpet, and never used more than one color. I read on the internet that one needs to wait for it to dry before trying to remove it. I contacted the company later that day and very politely asked "what are we going to do about it if it doesn't come off?" The admin lady blamed my child knowing nothing about the situation. She said the kid probably told her to do it... and more blaming things, which were completely not true. She said she would speak to a supervisor and get back to me. She, nor anyone did get back with me. That's very unprofessional with not covering for your employee's mistake, and getting back to me.

Finding Philia was the best thing that could have happened to our day care/nanny search. My husband…read moreand I were completely overwhelmed by the Washington, DC day care machine and really wanted a nanny once our child starts needing care. We found a neighbor to start a nanny share with and then dove head first into scouring the internet/care.com to find a nanny. What an overwhelming process! Then we found Philia and it just seemed too good to be a true - an organization that finds the nanny for you? That does all the pre-check work (background checks, interviews)? That handles all the administrative end of nannying (workers comp, insurance, payroll taxes)? How could it get better? Well it does. After a few emails with owner Kira, and then our initial in-person meeting, my husband and I were thrilled. Kira is passionate about her company and the services Philia offers and her response time & customer service are top notch. We have already met with and secured a nanny for our soon-to-be-arriving first child all thanks to Kira & Philia. Kira listens to your needs and wants and then she provides you with nannies that fit the bill. She takes SO MUCH of the time & stress out of nanny searching and we really couldn't be happier that we have started working with them for our childcare. Philia really, truly is DC's best kept secret right now!

They were very professional , kind and caring . They took great care of my mom! Everyone was very…read morecourteous and called back and answered all my questions .

Service by this company has been tremendously helpful during a tough time for our family. I can't…read moresay enough about how the professional staff has guided us through the decisions on amount of care needed by my father and the types of care. The caregivers were on time, capable and friendly. Most importantly, the staff fulfilled their promise of helping us figure out the insanely complicated steps of getting my father's long-term care insurance company to cover costs. I cannot say enough good things about this company and its meeting of its promises. Please note that they offer two types of caregivers: contractors and staff. Don't be cheap and pick the contractors. Pay the minimal extra, and you will get huge benefits of support from the professional staff.

My mother is in the Memory unit at Kensington Park. She's getting very good care, around the clock…read more She likes the food a lot - much more than what her in-home caregivers used to prepare. There are musical performances and other cultural and healthful activities. It's difficult for anyone to adjust to a new environment, and even more so for an elderly person with dementia. The Kensington Park staff do their best to welcome and acclimate new residents - which, with the added problem of Covid, is a challenge. They are kind and attentive, dealing with irritability and other behaviors with grace and patience. The management is very open to communication from family members and every issue is addressed. Visits from family members are easily scheduled. It's a good place.

The supervisor, Christine (I believe) is in the wrong line of work. I went to visit a lady I cared…read morefor for almost 2 years and was told evening visiting was canceled. This was a direct lie to my face. Subsequently, I spoke to my friends' daughter who told me "since her mother broke her arm, she was not participating in activities, and was too tired from too many visitors. The supervisor's recommendation was no visitors other than once a week from each daughter, as per my friend. My friend is 97 yeaars old. The elderly NEED verbal stimulation, not isolation. My friend, the elderly lady, does not like this place and has expressed it in no uncertain terms. My experience with ideas like this ends in the life of the elderly person in less than 8 weeks. My friend (the daughter) has placed her mother in a prison because caing for her mother is an inconvenience.