Which CMS Care Compare Home Health Agencies Serve Detroit?
Six home health agencies listed on CMS Care Compare have Detroit addresses in the listing used for this page, and three of them have a published quality-of-patient-care star rating.
The agencies with a published star rating are Henry Ford Home Health Care (3.5 stars), Platinum Home Care, Inc (3.5 stars), and Allied Home Health Care & Nursing Services (3 stars). Crystal Home Healthcare, Elsmar Home Health Care, and Reymac Home Healthcare appear on Care Compare with a Detroit address but without a published star rating in that same listing.
Use the official name and address below when you call, and open each Care Compare profile to confirm the agency still serves your ZIP code.
- Henry Ford Home Health Care, 3.5 stars. Address: ONE FORD PLACE, SUITE 4C, DETROIT, MI 48202. View Henry Ford Home Health Care on CMS Care Compare.
- Platinum Home Care, Inc, 3.5 stars. Address: 7140 WEST FORT ST, DETROIT, MI 48209. View Platinum Home Care, Inc on CMS Care Compare.
- Allied Home Health Care & Nursing Services, 3 stars. Address: 4800 CADIEUX ROAD, DETROIT, MI 48224. View Allied Home Health Care & Nursing Services on CMS Care Compare.
- Crystal Home Healthcare, no published star rating in the listing used here. Address: 15819 SCHOOLCRAFT RD., DETROIT, MI 48227. View Crystal Home Healthcare on CMS Care Compare.
- Elsmar Home Health Care, no published star rating in the listing used here. Address: 2727 SECOND AVE, SUITE 156, DETROIT, MI 48201. View Elsmar Home Health Care on CMS Care Compare.
- Reymac Home Healthcare, no published star rating in the listing used here. Address: 13030 W 7 MILE RD, DETROIT, MI 48235. View Reymac Home Healthcare on CMS Care Compare.
Listing an agency here means only that it appears on CMS Care Compare with a Detroit address. It does not mean the agency endorses this page, and it is not a personal recommendation of any clinician or company.
How Should Families Read These CMS Star Ratings?
CMS Care Compare star ratings summarize selected quality-of-patient-care measures for listed home health agencies, so a higher published star value means stronger reported performance on those measures, not a guarantee of fit for every household.
On this Detroit list, 3.5 stars is the highest published rating (Henry Ford Home Health Care and Platinum Home Care, Inc). Allied Home Health Care & Nursing Services has a published 3-star rating. A missing rating is not the same as a zero. It only means Care Compare did not publish a star value in the listing used for this page, so you should still open the profile and ask the agency how it measures quality.
Star ratings also do not tell you whether an agency offers daily companionship, live-in coverage, or specialized memory support. Home health is often intermittent and skilled. Families who need help with meals, safety checks, or personal care may also compare companion care or personal care alongside any home health episode.
What Questions Should You Ask About Dementia-Specific Training?
Before you hire in-home help for a relative living with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, ask every Detroit agency how caregivers are trained, supervised, and matched to memory-related needs, then get the answers in writing.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia and can change memory, communication, mood, and safety at home, which is why specialized training matters even when an agency already has a CMS star rating. For a plain-language overview of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, see the CDC page on Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
Use questions like these on a first call or in-home assessment:
- Do aides and nurses complete Alzheimer's-specific or dementia-specific training before they are assigned, and how many hours is that training?
- How often is that training refreshed, and who teaches it?
- What experience does the proposed caregiver have with repetition, confusion, wandering risk, sundowning, or resistance to bathing and dressing?
- Can you assign a consistent caregiver or a small team so the person is not seeing a new face every shift?
- How do you handle medication reminders versus hands-on medication administration, and what requires a nurse?
- What is the backup plan if a scheduled caregiver is late, sick, or leaves the case?
- How do you document changes in memory, sleep, appetite, or mobility and share them with the family?
- Are staff trained to use simple one-step directions, visual cues, and a calm routine instead of arguing with a person who is confused?
- What safety steps do you use for stoves, doors, falls, and nighttime wandering?
- If skilled home health is only a few visits a week, can you coordinate with separate memory care at home or other non-medical support for the hours in between?
These questions are planning tools. They are not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, or a substitute for guidance from the person's own clinician.