Sharon B.

I think our rewards with these clients are they may just be minuscule. They may be day by day, minute by minute. Your reward might be they’re kind of frantic and you’re able to, in a very calming way, sit and talk with them and bring a smile to their face, calm them down. Or it may be something big like you’re taking them to the store and they don’t get out of the car when they said they were going to. (0:29)

Nicole F.

Great story. I have a story about a rewarding client. I was hired, of course, through Premier Caregiver Services, but their son needed the services for his elderly parents, both in their 80s. And he needed it actually for his mother. And the first day I came over, the husband was definitely against it. (0:56)

He didn’t know what I would provide. He didn’t know how I could help. And I just explained that I was here to be a friend, communicate for his wife’s needs. And if there’s ever anything I can do for him, I would be here for him also. (1:14)

About a month ago, my schedule had to change. And the husband thought that the schedule was going to change for them. And he got really upset and he did not know what he would do without me. That’s what he told me. So if that’s not a win, I think I’ve won. (1:40)

Vanessa R.

The experience that I have had with a client, that by talking to her and really getting to know her, you find out some family history and that they have a history of painters. And to make that connection with the client that I am currently working with, she has a grandmother that was an awesome painter.  (2:13) 

She had shared that with me. And she said as a little girl, she would watch her grandmother paint these portraits. And she has always admired her grandmother. She would stand to the side and kind of glance up and watch the grandmother do these portraits. (2:30)

To make a long story short, with me working with her and seeing what the history of painters that she has in her family, I wanted to draw that out of her. I brought some supplies and sat her down and showed her a picture. And she, you know, let her do a temporary drawing. (2:55)

And then we applied that on the canvas and so she did that. We’ve been working on it for every other meeting and she does fine. It’s an excellent portrait of what I call the southwestern painting. Right now, we also have what we call the ocean painting. (3:18)

We’re not finished with that yet. But it’s developing. And that portrait as well is, I wish you all could see it. We’ve got a couple more sessions to completing it. But when it’s done, we’ll bring that in and share that portrait with premier caregiver staff. I would definitely do that. (3:40)

Jennifer B.

A particularly rewarding moment for me would be with a client that I’ve been with for two years. She likes to go on drives. And I took her by her childhood home. And when I do that, she’s able to remember things from her past. (3:58)