Ministering Angels Senior Care in Birmingham, AL

Pros

• Tosha and her team are kind and courteous.
• They meet clients' needs and make days easier with wonderful caregivers.
• The office staff and caregivers, including Tosha, are consistently attentive and supportive.
• Russell Renfroe is a man of his word who cares deeply about clients.
• Visiting Angels is the best provider in the Birmingham area, with Russell and his team as true angels.
• Visiting Angels has been a lifesaver, providing great caregivers and reliable support.
• The company employs caring, loving staff dedicated to giving the best care to loved ones.
• The staff go above and beyond in caring for their clients.
• Visiting Angels offers excellent service, with cheerful, professional attitudes and flexibility on schedule changes.
• Russell and his team are top notch, embodying honesty and caring.

Cons

• The place is described as the trenches.
• The level of care providers is laughable at best.
• Only one person in the office is friendly.
• The office staff answering phones are rude and should not be answering phones.
• The reviewer would not let them care for their dog.
• There are smart mouths and funky attitudes among the staff.
• The reviewer would never return.

Review

Ministering Angels Senior Care in Birmingham is best suited for families seeking a hands-on, relationship-driven in-home care experience where the people delivering care, and the people coordinating it, feel accessible and genuinely invested. The pattern across the strongest reviews is clear: families praise caregivers who feel like trusted extensions of the family, and they value an owner-led approach where Russell Renfroe and his team stay engaged, answer calls, and troubleshoot on the family’s behalf. The agency earns its keep with emotionally attuned support, dependable scheduling, and caregivers who handle a spectrum of needs with warmth, including dementia- and memory-care moments, companionship, and light housekeeping. For households craving continuity, trust, and a personal touch, this agency checks the right boxes.

That said, a realistic appraisal must name who may want to consider alternatives. A few reviewers reported friction with the front office, describing rude phone interactions and inconsistent administrative warmth. Those who view administrative professionalism and uniform front-desk responsiveness as nonnegotiable may prefer a provider with a more uniformly polished office experience. Families looking for a larger operation with a deeper bench for 24/7 coverage, stricter standardization, or highly phased caregiver onboarding may find it prudent to compare options. For care plans that demand the most rigorous, clinic-level protocols or multi-agency coordination, other agencies could offer more scale and formalized processes.

The strongest positives are hard to overlook. Caregivers themselves receive unusually high praise for kindness, patience, and “going above and beyond,” with references to angels-like compassion and steady, gentle handling of challenging situations, including memory-care needs. The leadership’s hands-on involvement, proofed by multiple remarks about swift problem resolution, flexible scheduling, and personal thank-yous from the owner, helps families feel seen and supported when days get stressful. This is not a transactional service; it is a relationship-centered partnership where families notice the difference in bedside manner, responsiveness, and the sense that someone is watching the clock and the well-being of mom, dad, or the loved one needing help.

Those dynamics matter most when the care plan centers on reliability and emotional intelligence. Where Ministering Angels excels, the gains include a high degree of caregiver continuity, responsiveness to schedule changes, and a demonstrated willingness to tailor services to individual rhythms and preferences. The impact is felt most by families navigating memory-impairment or complex daily routines, who repeatedly report not only competent care but also a sense that caregivers participate in the family’s daily life as trusted allies. The downside, when it arises, tends to be limited to administrative friction or isolated caregiver mismatches, rather than a systemic failure of care delivery. In other words, the core strengths tend to outweigh the non-core irritants for most families.

For families navigating the decision, a practical path is to prioritize three questions: Can the agency guarantee accessible, ongoing coordination with Russell or Tosha when schedules shift? Will the team commit to careful caregiver matching and stability to minimize turnover? Is the front office capable of maintaining a consistently courteous, efficient point of contact for daily communications? If the answers are affirmative, Ministering Angels Senior Care presents a compelling case for choosing them as the primary caregiver partner. If any hesitation surfaces around front-desk consistency or long-term caregiver stability, a structured trial period, with explicit expectations and an early review, helps ensure the fit matches the family’s needs.

In the end, this Birmingham agency earns trust through authentic, compassionate care and a leadership style that keeps families in the loop. It is a strong pick for households that prize personal connections, flexible scheduling, and a caregiving team that genuinely seems to care, and where the presence of a hands-on owner can translate into quicker resolutions and more tailored support. Families with highly standardized administrative expectations or those seeking a larger, more procedurally uniform operation should weigh alternatives, but for those who want a deeply relational approach to in-home senior care, Ministering Angels Senior Care offers a practical, experienced, and care-first option. Schedule a consult, ask to meet the care coordination team, and request a caregiver-matching session to confirm the fit before committing.

Pharmacies

• CVS Pharmacy (0.1 miles)
• Birmingham Apothecary (0.5 miles)
• Walgreens (0.9 miles)
• Birmingham Nuclear Pharmacy (1.3 miles)
• Walgreens (1.6 miles)
• CVS Pharmacy (1.6 miles)
• Walgreens (2.1 miles)

Physicians

• Alabama Ophthalmology Associates PC (0.5 miles)
• Children's of Alabama - Pediatric ENT Associates (0.5 miles)
• UAB Center For Aging (0.5 miles)
• Mark, Victor Dr-Spain Rehabilitation Center (0.6 miles)
• Pediatric Nephrology Of Alabama, PC (0.7 miles)
• Maria S. Prelipcean, MD (1.3 miles)
• Birmingham Gastroenterology Associates (1.5 miles)

Hospitals

• Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital (0.5 miles)
• Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children (0.6 miles)
• Women & Infants Center (0.6 miles)
• UAB Hospital (0.7 miles)
• UAB Spain-Wallace Building (0.7 miles)
• Ascension St Vincent’s Birmingham (1.2 miles)
• Baptist Medical Center (2.7 miles)

Restaurants

• Chick-Fil-A (0.6 miles)
• McDonald's (0.6 miles)
• Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe (0.8 miles)
• Fish Market Restaurant (0.9 miles)
• Pies & Pints (1 miles)
• Ruth's Chris Steak House (1.1 miles)
• Cayo Coco (1.2 miles)

Cafes

• Starbucks (0.9 miles)
• The Essential (1.2 miles)
• Revelator Coffee Company (1.3 miles)
• Continental Bakery (1.4 miles)
• The Red Cat (1.6 miles)
• Starbucks (3.8 miles)
• Starbucks (4.9 miles)

Parks

• Railroad Park (0.9 miles)
• Rotary Trail (1.1 miles)
• Avondale Park (2.6 miles)
• Lakeshore Running Trail (3.2 miles)

Places of Worship

• Dawson Family of Faith (1.5 miles)
• All Saints Episcopal Church (1.6 miles)
• Galilee Baptist Church (2.4 miles)
• Covenant Presbyterian Church (2.6 miles)
• Canterbury United Methodist Church (2.9 miles)
• Levite Jewish Community Center (3.1 miles)
• United Methodist Center (3.2 miles)

Theaters

• AMC DINE-IN Vestavia Hills 1 (3.5 miles)