American Best Home Care in Brooklyn Center, MN

Pros

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Cons

• The PCA Office is a fraud.
• Africans sleep there and can't read in English.
• The African workers are lazy, dumb, and they sleep there, and they don't care about their work.
• They will tell you something, forget about it, and ask you about it a month later.
• They have it in their file cabinet.
• Never go to these people; just go to a White PCA clinic, or an Asian PCA, or a well-known highly-profile Foundational Black American PCA Clinic, like Down South of the USA.
• The manager never has money in their account after Friday.
• The Black guy with the side braids lives in the other room.
• They are illiterate and retarded and ask dumb questions; they always get audited by White people for not understanding PCA or America.
• Stay away from this office; it’ll save you a lot of problems; no direct deposit here.
• Retarded office; Africans are not working at all? Extremely lazy.

Review

This Brooklyn Center PCA office is best suited for families who have few viable options and are prepared to tolerate significant risk in caregiving: unreliable follow-through, opaque billing, and staffing gaps. The sole review available paints a portrait of an operation with serious questions around accountability, communication, and consistency in care tasks. In practical terms, the level of risk described makes this provider appropriate only for those who cannot access any other option and are willing to gamble on meeting basic daily-care needs. For anyone prioritizing dependable oversight and predictable service, this is not a match.

Alternative considerations are essential for families weighing this choice. If English-language clarity, timely follow-up, and transparent financial practices matter, and they should, looking elsewhere is prudent. Prospective clients should seek providers with strong licensing or accreditation, documented care protocols, and staffing that can be reliably tracked and held to account. For those who require caregivers who can read and communicate effectively in English, or who demand consistent scheduling and direct deposit reliability, this option would not meet those baseline expectations.

The main concerns highlighted by the review center on trust, reliability, and management. Allegations include fraud-like behavior, inconsistent follow-through on promises, and poor record-keeping that complicates care coordination. Staff performance concerns are underscored by claims of laziness and inattentiveness, with specific frustration over delayed or forgotten requests. Financial practices are questioned as well, including direct-deposit reliability. Taken together, these issues threaten safety, continuity of care, and the peace of mind families need when entrusting loved ones to any home-care arrangement. The reviewer also notes the presence of demeaning, biased language in describing staff, which signals a damaged feedback environment and raises red flags about bias and professional culture.

When weighing potential upsides, there are no credible, stated benefits in the review that meaningfully offset these red flags. The absence of documented positives makes any supposed cost savings or convenience hard to justify against the risks to daily safety and coordination. In short, without tangible assurances about staff training, supervisory oversight, language capability, and transparent billing, the small perceived gains cannot justify exposure to the main downsides. This is not a situation where a marginal improvement would flip the decision; it represents a structural risk to reliable care.

For families actively evaluating options, this review strongly suggests a rigorous due-diligence path. Verify licensure status and any certifications, request current staff rosters with credentials, and inquire about turnover rates and supervision practices. Demand clear, written care plans, and observe a caregiver interaction if possible to assess communication and attentiveness. Scrutinize billing practices: insist on itemized bills, confirm payment methods, and verify deposits and reimbursements with a third party if available. Gather references from current clients and longitudinal outcomes, not just promotional materials. These steps separate due-diligence from risk-filled judgments and provide a realistic picture of what daily life with this provider would look like.

Ultimately, this provider should be considered a last resort for families with nowhere else to turn. The combination of disputed management practices, questionable staffing reliability, and troubling communication patterns outweigh any potential cost benefits. Families with seniors who require consistent, English-proficient, professionally supervised care should look to alternatives with stronger track records, transparent operations, and demonstrable accountability. In practical terms, the prudent course is to move decisively toward other providers and use this option only if every other avenue has been explored and exhausted.