Chris Livingston
Jun 2026
The service has been excellent. During this tough time in our lives Griswold has been there and has given us peace of mind with the care of my father.
4.4(9 ratings)· Andover average: 4.1
1 / 3Most reviewers praise Griswold Home Care for Merrimack Valley for quick response times, especially during hospice or emergency transitions, and for pairing families with attentive, professional caregivers. However, one detailed report raises serious concerns about billing accuracy and caregiver reliability that families should be aware of.
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Griswold Home Care for Merrimack Valley is a non-medical home care service serving Andover, Massachusetts and surrounding communities in the North Shore region. The agency offers personal care, homemaking, companionship, and support for those with chronic conditions, illnesses, or injuries, providing an alternative to nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Care services include gentle, hands-on support for essential tasks such as bathing, grooming, and dressing. Griswold also provides companionship for activities, hobbies, errands, conversation, and outings, along with helpful support for light housekeeping, laundry, grocery shopping, and meal preparation. Services can be customized to meet individual needs and adjusted as circumstances change.
Griswold describes itself as an award-winning pioneer in home care with over four decades of experience. The organization emphasizes that its Care Professionals form the foundation of its success, and it is committed to supporting clients with respect, empathy, and dedicated attention. Prior to starting services, the team works to fully understand each client and their specific needs to ensure their loved one remains happy, healthy, and safe at home.
The agency serves a wide geographic area including Amesbury, Andover, Beverly, Boxford, Byfield, Danvers, Dracut, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lawrence, Lowell, Manchester, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, South Hamilton, Tewksbury, Topsfield, Wenham, and West Newbury.
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Help Me Choose4.4overall · 9 ratings combined
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Chris Livingston
Jun 2026
The service has been excellent. During this tough time in our lives Griswold has been there and has given us peace of mind with the care of my father.
Jesse
Apr 2026
Be careful to watch the hours you are billed! I hired this service for my mother, who was in assisted living, to provide extra care. At first the care appeared to be excellent just when a nursing supervisor from the facility contacted me to address problems of the weekend assistant this changed. The care taker was caught sleeping on the job when an employee saw her sleeping on my mom’s bed (this would happen again and maybe a third time), opened windows on cold days for her comfort despite my mom stating she was cold and she believes on some weekends she never worked yet we were billed for the hours. When I addressed this with Griswold the pattern improved briefly and quickly regressed to the point that I requested this aid not to return. On Thanksgiving Day, the aid left three hours early yet never informed the facility nursing supervisor which was policy or anyone else. I received the bill which I paid and it was not until later I found out through a relative that she left early. We were credited the hours. Due to these issues I researched for another provider and was not able to locate one that could cover the hours needed before my mother’s death. I wonder how much my mom paid for services that she never received.
Richard Jaenicke
Jun 2025
I was helping out an elderly neighbor to find home caregivers for her husband in a home hospice situation. Lee Jacobson of Griswold Home Care of the Merrimack Valley was a pleasure to do business with. He talked me through the options and expectations and then jumped right into finding caregivers that could meet our needs. Unlike other companies I contacted, he was able to secure 2 exceptional caregivers before we signed the contract, and which enabled the patient to transition from the hospital to home care quickly and easily. And the caregivers were indeed excellent: experienced, kind, and caring, They were always on time and communicated with each other to provide continued awareness of the patient's state and needs.
Marianne Reilly
Aug 2023
Griswold Home Care for the Merrimack Valley provided the best experience a family can have in a difficult situation with a loved one. Our older family member had to transition from independent living to Hospice overnight and Lee Jacobson was responsive on short notice and was able to provide quality compassionate care givers on short notice as well. For 24 hour care, several care givers were required and All were professional, kind, and a pleasure to welcome into our family. Peter and Marianne Reilly August 2023
Linda Muise
Mar 2023
Griswold Home Care is an excellent home care agency. They are very focused on customer service - which is extremely important regardless of the size of the agency. There were several times when emergency coverage was needed during unscheduled hours. Griswold was immediately responsive and handled the coverage with ease. Thank goodness. I really don’t know what we would have done without them.
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