Why Users Are Leaving Top Elderly Care Apps

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Catastrophic customer service (unreachable support, useless chatbots, no emergency assistance), widespread payment disputes with missing wages/mileage, and dangerous safety failures (sex offenders, harassment incidents ignored, hazardous home conditions)

"Chat Care? No one available. I have been reaching out for 2 days now. Keeps telling me 'we're busy than usual, call the 800 number', So I do, FOR 2 DAYS! I stayed on the phone for a solid 2 hours and no one answered."

"2.5 years. Im missing so much money and they just play with you and send you in circles. You file a complaint and provide proof and they fight you on your money as if you made it up."

Workers feel severely underpaid for labor-intensive work ($25-30 per visit for cooking, cleaning, laundry). Major frustration around eliminated mileage reimbursement in some states and unpaid commute time for long-distance visits. Payment disputes are common with workers reporting missing payments and difficulty getting support to resolve issues.

This is a worker-side app, so pricing insights are reversed: workers want better compensation including mileage reimbursement, commute pay for visits over certain distances, and transparent payment immediately after visit completion. The elderly care market shows workers are willing to work for reasonable rates if paid reliably and fairly.