St. Louis Missouri In-Home Senior Elderly Health Care & Assistance

At AccuCare Home Health Care St. Louis, our staff members are more than capable professionals. They are long-time employees who share a dedication to our excellence in comprehensive, compassionate care and pride in being part of the AccuCare family. Our staff includes a large number of caregivers giving us the robust resources to fulfill your individual care needs.

Owner and President: Jacqueline “Jacque” Phillips RN, BSN

Director of Nursing/Operations: Jane Olsen, RN

HR & Patient Care Coordinator: Deanna Rice

Accounting: Dee Dee Holdener

Accounting Coordinator: Nancy Reed

Office Coordinator/Executive Assistant: Lexi Beck

AccuCare Home Health Care of St. Louis, Missouri, is a member of the MAHC (Missouri Association of Home Care), an industry group dedicated to best practices of private, in-home care among its members. As a long-standing member of this group, we have a leading voice in promoting the highest standards of care in our industry.

We are a member of the Better Business Bureau.

We are an Emergency Medical Response Agency (EMRA), and are owned and operated by a registered nurse, in collaboration with a Medical Director, Dr. Zamir Eidelman.

Creating our custom care plan begins with a free personal assessment and safety visit, performed by our Director of Nursing. An assessment visit allows us to evaluate the safety of the home environment, meet with family members and review billing rates and the best choices for care to meet individual needs. All clients are also assessed for possible qualification to receive other resources in the community.

A custom care plan is written for each client. The care plan is given to our scheduling coordinator, who assigns caregivers to that client. Each caregiver assigned to the client also receives a copy of the care plan.

Our shift schedules can be adapted to fit your needs. We can provide as little as one hour per day and up to 24 hours per day. Care costs vary depending on your needs and location, and usually range between $20 and $23 per hour for a nurse aide. We do charge time and a half for holidays. We also provide RN services starting at $48 per hour.

If you choose, you can also start care without a full personal assessment, which allows you to engage caregivers in emergency situations. We can provide the care you need immediately.  The Director of Nursing will follow-up shortly thereafter with an assessment and cost-free visit. Our nurse also helps us evaluate for Medicare, Meals on Wheels or durable medical equipment eligibility. Our private, in-home care services can typically be provided within one hour of a call to our office.

We can provide the home health care you need immediately. The Director of Nursing will follow-up shortly thereafter with a cost-free assessment. For the assurance of safety at all hours, you can arrange for a private, in-home caregiver to be in your home 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because each caregiver stays until relieved by the caregiver covering the next shift, you can be sure that you will never be left alone.

At AccuCare, we GUARANTEE our 24-hour care. Our private, in-home caregivers who cover night shift duty do NOT sleep. So you can rest more comfortably, knowing that someone is awake in your home and looking out for you. If an employee cancels, we send a supervisor to cover the shift until the next employee arrives.

We know that family members want to care for their loved ones. However, they also need to deal with their own daily lives. Sometimes family members feel the stress of having “to do it all.” As a result, they can get worn down, ill or just plain tired. AccuCare can provide the space family caregivers need — peace of mind to leave your loved one in the care of someone who has their best interests at heart. So you can also take care of your life needs, without feeling guilty or worried.

Just having time to run out for an errand or an appointment can relieve some of the stress that can come with caring for a loved one. Plus, the loved one in your care will be glad that you are not constantly “on duty.” Having help in the home can be a gift you and your loved one can give each other.

“AccuCare allowed me to be there as a daughter and not a caregiver. My parents could not have lived at home if it wasn’t for AccuCare. The caregivers were like family.” —C.R. Chesterfield, Missouri

“In my 9-month experience with AccuCare, these qualities have stood out:  kindness and compassion of the caregivers; flexibility and a “can do” agency attitude; timely, frequent and detailed communications about important safety and care issues; refreshing candor about various and shifting challenges faced in providing protection and care.” —W.M., Bethesda, MD

Healthcare Providers want the best for the clients in their care. For situations in which in-home care is needed, you can trust AccuCare to provide your patients with the quality of caring support they trust you to provide.

“AccuCare has been my go to company for private duty and nursing support for my patients who need help at home.  They are immensely responsive to patients needs, and are uniformly reliable at addressing the complicated and changing needs of my patients.  They staff my patients with caring and communicative medically intelligent individuals.  I do not have to be concerned about the quality of their caregivers.”  — Dr. D. K. Creve Coeur, Missouri

For clients who require in-home care beyond what family members can manage, AccuCare is a solution that can provide comfort to all parties. Family members can rest assured that their loved ones are receiving quality assistance and support in a place they know and love, from an organization recognized as a leader in in-home care.

“In the 8+ years I have been working with AccuCare, I have found their staff to be professional, reliable, courteous and most of all accommodating. Their 24-hour availability is extremely comforting to clients/families. They provide solutions and follow up reports of appointments, visits, etc. This is extremely important for family members who are not local or unable to attend these appointments. It provides peace of mind. AccuCare is a top-notch business and it goes without saying why there is a heart on their logo—they are genuinely concerned for each and every client. Our Heart-Your Home.” —M.H. Clayton, Missouri

The fact that our caregivers stay with AccuCare for so long is no accident. Here, they receive the support and encouragement they need to provide their clients with the most compassionate, professional care possible. Our goal is to help our caregivers perform at their best, so that our clients benefit from their best.

“I am fortunate to be able to work with/for AccuCare. They have the extraordinary ability to mesh their clinical knowledge in nursing with being compassionate with the families and patients. They are great at being teachers and positive mentors to employees/caregivers. They are great with problem solving with an open mind and conveying that to the team.” —S.H. St. Louis, Missouri

“AccuCare has been a strong support system for our client whom, after one of her last releases from the hospital, needed 24 hour care. I have found over the past 11 months they have gone over and above to make sure everything is going smoothly. AccuCare’s team of nursing staff and office support have been kind, approachable and dependable. They have made all the difference in the world.” —B.H. Webster Groves, Missouri

If you or your family are in need of in-home care services, here are a few important questions you should ask about an agency and its caregivers:

1. Do the caregivers work as employees of a licensed “home healthcare agency,” or is it merely a “registry” for independent contractors?
2. Is the staff bonded and insured by the agency?
3. Are caregivers paid through the agency or directly by the client after each visit?
4. Who is responsible if caregivers are injured in your home — the agency or the client/family?
5. Is there a registered nurse on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week for medical emergencies?
6. Does the agency conduct background and reference checks, drug testing, health testing and skill competency levels for each caregiver?