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VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice

41601 Veterans Ave. 200A & 200B

3.7(3 ratings)· Hammond average: 4.5

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Quick Facts

Medicare quality
4.0 of 5 stars

Home Health Compare

Medicare certified
Since 1999

What Families Think

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With only a few Google reviews available, families describe a mixed experience with VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice: the intake coordinators who set up service were praised as helpful and communicative, but both detailed reviews describe serious problems once care actually began, including missed visits and unresponsiveness during a family member's final days.

What reviewers praise

  • Intake coordinator praised as helpful and communicative
  • Liaison clearly explained services and expectations upfront

What reviewers flag

  • One report of nurse skipping wound care for three weeks
  • One report of unresponsiveness on weekends and holidays
  • One family says another provider had to be brought in
  • One report of the company being unresponsive to complaints

AI-generated from reviews and community data.

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice is a home health agency serving Hammond, Louisiana offering Home Health. Amenities include Emergency Call System, 24-Hour Staff and Medication Management. Families rate it 3.7 out of 5 across 3 reviews.

About VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice is a Medicare-certified home health agency serving clients in Hammond, Louisiana. Since 1999, the agency has provided skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social services, and home health aide visits.

As a Medicare-certified provider, VitalCaring holds a CMS quality star rating of 4.0 of 5 stars, reflecting its performance across care measures tracked by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Types of Care at VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice

Home Health

Amenities

Room Amenities

  • Emergency Call System

Community Amenities

  • 24-Hour Staff
  • Medication Management

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Reviews of VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice

3.7overall · 3 ratings combined

3.7★ on Google (3)

Steve Jacobs

Jan 2026

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I would strongly advise anybody that truly cares about their loved ones to use another hospice company. We contracted with Vital Care Hospice and for 3 weeks they were non-responsive and uncaring, especially on the weekends or over the holidays. Their typical response when we called the Hotline was either we don't do that or a nurse will call you and schedule a visit (which never happened). After 3 weeks we fired Vital and brought on another hospice company and they were wonderful. Caring, sympathetic and were there to help my Dad go home(Heaven). The second hospice company even advised us to report Vital Care Hospice for neglect. I am sadden that my father had to go through this in his last days. The only reason I am giving them 1 star is because the gentleman that signed us up was wonderful. He answered every call and I believe truly tried to help.

Mason Berryhill

Dec 2025

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This company was horrible. Their wonderful worker took her time getting me on service after meeting with my doctor several times. My doctors decided from my diagnosis & decline that hospice was a better fit for me. I got on with this company. Their liason did a wonderful job explaining services to me & letting me know what to expect. She also provided me with a lot of paper education. Once I started service things took a turn. The nurse Kenyatta was very unconcerned about my condition and what I needed. She barely came to my visits. She refused to order my medicines & supplies. She didn’t do my wound care in 3 weeks. She also wore really longgggg nails, so many bracelets & a hell of a lot of perfume. She put in more work dressing for the job. I complained several times. Absolutely nothing was done about my concerns. She also solicited for another company while working for this company. She was trying to get me on service with a home health company she was also employed with because she didn’t think I was hospice appropriate. I disagreed with her letting her know otherwise my doctor wouldn’t have gave the order for me to start service. She went as far as telling me I was committing Medicaid fraud & that I would be going to jail. She also stated I would have to pay Medicaid back from the visits I was receiving from hospice. She was very ugly & rude. She went on a rant during our visit about the liason who got me on service stating the liason had a reputation of getting none hospice appropriate patients on service. However I couldn’t believe that being that it’s ultimately the doctors decision to give the order for service. The liason was one of the nicest I met working for the company along with my cna.Later this company sent out some supervisors who didn’t help the situation at all. Later found out the nice little liason was fired. Hospice should be about being comfortable during your last days. You won’t be comfortable here. I couldn’t even get the help I needed from the social worker. I had no phone or food in my home. The social worker gave me a # to call for resources. Again how was I supposed to call for resources with no phone? Anyways after discharging from this horrible place I stumbled across the nice liason card & gave her a call. She put me in touch with some nice people who now takes great care of me.

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Medicare Quality of Care

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice is a Medicare-certified home health agency (certified since 1999). The figures below come from Medicare's Home Health Compare program and are updated quarterly. Percentages are shares of patients; higher is better unless noted.

Quality of patient care

4.0 / 5

Medicare star rating

Services offered

  • Skilled nursing
  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
  • Medical social services
  • Home health aide

What patients say

5.0 / 5 patient survey rating

  • Would definitely recommend the agency80%US 79%
  • Rated their overall care 9 or 10 out of 1091%US 85%
  • Care was given in a professional way93%US 89%
  • The team communicated well91%US 86%
  • The team discussed medicines, pain and home safety87%US 82%

114 completed patient surveys, 25% response rate.

Hospital outcomes

  • Discharged to the community76%US 80%Same as
  • Readmitted to hospital after discharge (30 days) (lower is better)4%US 4%Same as
  • Preventable hospital visits during care (lower is better)17%US 11%Worse than

How patients did

  • Care started within 2 days of referral100%US 94%
  • Patients got better at walking or moving around93%US 83%
  • Patients got better at getting in and out of bed92%US 83%
  • Patients got better at bathing94%US 86%
  • Patients' breathing improved94%US 85%
  • Patients got better at taking medications correctly89%US 81%
  • Patients who had a fall with major injury (lower is better)2%US 1%
  • Patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)1%US 0%
  • Discharge function score met or exceeded expectations69%US 61%

Service area

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice reports serving 39 ZIP codes, including Covington, Slidell, Hammond, Mandeville, Abita Springs, Albany, Amite, Angie, Bogalusa, Bush and more. Search by your ZIP code to confirm coverage; agencies that cover it are marked “Serves your ZIP”.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Compare and the HHCAHPS patient survey. CCN 197763. National figures are the average across all certified agencies.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of care does VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice offer?

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice offers Home Health.

Where is VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice located?

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice is located at 41601 Veterans Ave. 200A & 200B in Hammond, Louisiana.

What do families say about VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice?

VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice carries a 3.7 out of 5 rating from 3 Google reviews. Reviews on MyLivingChoice come from families who confirmed a connection to the community and appear with the reviewer's first name and last initial.

Does Medicare cover care from VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice?

Yes. VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice is a Medicare-certified home health agency, so Medicare Part A or Part B pays in full for skilled nursing, therapy and home health aide visits when a doctor orders them and the patient is homebound. There is no copay for covered home health visits. Medicare rates the agency's quality of patient care 4.0 out of 5 stars.

Do I need a referral to use VitalCaring Home Health & Hospice?

For Medicare to pay, yes: a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant must certify that care is needed and sign a plan of care. Families can call the agency first, and the agency will usually contact the doctor to arrange the order. Ongoing help with bathing, meals and companionship is a different service, non-medical home care, which needs no referral.

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