Sharon B.

I do think I am a nurturer by nature. I had, I have had two good friends, co-workers from the past, that have had horrible Alzheimer’s experiences and both of those kind of piqued my interest in, in this portion of our care. (0:24)

One was a very good friend of mine’s brother-in-law had a very young onset, in his 40s, of Alzheimer’s and he had a very rapid decline. And it was just so stressful and sad for the whole family. He died very young, within three or four years, despite being in several studies at UK. (0:49)

Then another good friend of mine whose husband was much older, but I had worked with her a long time, and he was a very bright man who suddenly could not use the telephone. One example, anyway, he found the car keys that she had hidden and drove the car one way on the wrong way street and was killed. She has just ever since been devastated. (1:18)

My feeling is, if I can make any little difference in that for anybody, I would like to try and do that. (1:26)

Nicole F.

My motivation for not only working with Premier Caregiver Services is to work with Alzheimer’s and Dementia because I had a personal experience of taking care of my father who passed in 2022. [That was] very difficult. I didn’t know much about that particular disease until about three years ago when I had taken possession of my father. (1:58)

The progression of the disease is not only heartbreaking, but you definitely need someone who’s caring, loving, patient, I can go on, empathy, everything to take care of patients like that. (2:20)

I wouldn’t have it any other way to have the privilege of taking care of my father when he was in that way. (2:28)

Dorothy B.

I first became acquainted with Alzheimer’s and Dementia about 15 years ago when my mother was first diagnosed with this illness. Honestly, my family and I had no clue of how this was going to evolve and I began researching everything that I could to learn how to help my mother and to help the dementia. What I learned was pretty discouraging and sad. (3:04)

But, through that I also learned that she still had her personality in there, deep inside. She may not recognize my face, but she recognized love and I began volunteering at her facility and eventually decided to make this my profession. I moved to working in a facility with memory care and have been at it since. (3:39)

Jennifer B.

I watched my grandparents struggle with dementia. My grandmother took care of my grandfather for years and she just really struggled with that. She didn’t have any help, they live in a small town where they don’t really have caregivers, so that. (3:55)

I just love helping people. I’ve always loved the elderly community and I just enjoy being able to be somebody that can help them improve heir quality of life. (4:06)