jessica b.

About jessica

For me, being a caregiver is very rewarding. I enjoy helping others and find it comes naturally for me. In 2006 my mother was diagnosed with dementia. Quick background, I was adopted at 16 by this awesome woman and it totally changed my life. It saved me. So my mom was my world and I was saddened by the news. Because she did so much for me it only made sense that I do the same for her. For the first 3 years my brother and I shared the duties with more of the personal falling on me as the disease progressed. Eventually she needed a to be in a facility where she had round the clock care. We drove from Delaware to Pennsylvania every week to visit and got to know everyone and they became family too. After she passed I found myself continuing to go and visit people and volunteer at Sunrise. Partly out of habit and partly because some just didn't have anyone else. I eventually had to go back to my painting business and take care of things. Fast forward to 2020 and the Covid 19 quarantine. While on furlough, I kept hearing about industries that were impacted by essential workers not making it to work and Home Health Care was a big one. I asked myself what I would do if this was happening when my mom needed help. What if mom's caregiver didn't show up and I couldn't travel to help her? Sitting at home, being on furlough wasn't for me, so I decided to go back to caregiving full time and became an essential worker. One of my favorite parts of caregiving is companionship. Like I stated earlier, my mom adopted me when I was 16, but I didn't mention that she was in her 70's. I loved to hear her stories about how things were back in the early 1900s. Her experiences. Hearing it firsthand is so different, and better, than reading about it. I still feel that way so in addition to helping with ADL's, I love to sit and talk with my clients and they love to have someone to listen.

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