Getting Care for my Mother-in-Law – Linda’s Story

Linda: [00:00:00] Every single person we’ve had has been just delightful. I do have my favorites only because they’ve been with us for so long. So, I hope that Joan is around for a lot longer, so that we can continue to have them. Because when that sad day comes, we are going to so miss them. Our next-door neighbors were a wonderful elderly couple that we loved, Bob and Helen. And I would see these cars parking in front of their home all the time. And I’m thinking, ‘who are these people?’ Come to find out, it was Keen. They just loved them, and they cared for them for years until they passed away. And I just saw them coming, going, and thinking, ‘gosh, I’ll make a mental note of that when it comes time.’ My mother-in-law and father-in-law were needing care in the home. And so they came and they interviewed with Joan and Ben, and my husband and I, and their son. And we just loved them. And we thought, ‘OK, we’re going to go for it.’ And they would take them to their doctor’s appointments. They made their breakfast, lunch, and dinner; take them to their lunch dates. And then when they got to be a little more needing of more help, they would do the other things, such as the medications, the bathing, helping to the bathroom. And one time that was so wonderful that I remember is my husband and I were busy, and we couldn’t get to the hospital, so they took my mother-in-law to the hospital and our caregiver, Jocelyn, who was delightful, we went to the hospital and there she was sitting by my mother-in-law’s side.