One
day we are going a million miles a minute with our day to day activities.
Family, career, school, community and each week wraps around into another week
and then something happens that throws your schedule into a new tailspin. Your
priorities are immediately changed. Sometimes for a short while and sometimes
forever.
Change can be a very scary thing. Sometimes we try to prepare ourselves but we
can never really know what will be involved. We are never prepared for
the learning experience we will receive in such a short time and the
rollercoaster emotions we will go through. I know. I’ve been there.
I thought I would learn it all and balance my life with my Mom’s sudden illness.
I could handle it. Of course, I knew it would be hard and it was the right thing to do.
The illness was an
education, but it began to distract me from spending quality time with Mom. I had to pick
up prescriptions and make arrangements for Doctors appointments, take care of
her pets, and so on and so forth.
I hated it when I overheard her say to the
Doctor, "I don’t want my daughter to have to do these things for me. I don’t want
to get to the point when she has to help me in the shower or to the bathroom."
What was the alternative? I wanted her to want to live. I wanted her to be
comfortable. My attitude was we’d get through it together.
It was sometimes awkward. It was sometimes overwhelming. I
didn’t know there was help out there.
Help with just hygiene or errands would have afforded me more time to talk to my
Mom. Really find out about her and who she was as a girl and who she was as a
woman. I was so busy “helping” her. My Mom’s gone now.
We started this company to help people with their decisions. To help people
spend more quality time with their loved ones. To help manage the mundane chores
that, have to be done but, create anxiety for the family CareGiver and the
person they are trying to care for.
My daughter and I worked in this industry and we were really
concerned about the lack of care for the CareGiver as well. It all seemed so
production line and quality matches were not the priority. A lot of jobs got
filled alphabetically based on the schedule they could work. This wasn’t good
for the Client or the CareGiver. We are building a more personal service
oriented company. We pay CareGivers based on credentials and the level of care
they provide. The Caregivers wellbeing is as important to us as the Client at
home.
We offer a supportive environment. It is amazing to watch a CareGiver
transform the attitude of someone who has lost some of their independence and
freedom. We do several monthly assessments with the Client and the CareGiver so
we know we are meeting everyone’s expectations.
We know every company says they are the best. What
we can tell you is that it is important, to us, to do a great job. We strive
every day to provide qualified, reliable, consistent, compassionate, and
professional service. We work hard for you and your family.
We provide "someone to depend on."
