We hired "By Your Side" to have someone come in to take my mom's blood pressure and test her blood sugar on mornings that one of us children could not be there to do it. We also needed her to verify that she didn't forget to take her morning medication. "Michelle, the woman that By Your Side Home Care sent our way, is fantastic! She almost feels like an old family friend. She works so hard and does so much when she is at our place on [street name removed] Drive. We made a list, for her, of the things we wanted her to do if she had a chance. She gets everything done on the list, and then she does some other project that we didn't expect each time that she's there ... one time she cleaned our whole little front porch and the window of the front door, so that my mom could see out onto the porch. The cushions had been placed on the chairs and she had taken one of my mom's African violets and put it on the on the little table between the two chairs. When I saw this, I knew she was an artist ...the way she coordinated the placement of the flower so perfectly between the chairs and it called to the pattern on the seat cushions. This touched me, it was so sweet. My mom has difficulty in remembering, and sometimes she gets out food from the freezer and thaws it and then doesn't eat it, so, often there is too much food in our refrigerator and we don't know what was gotten out and when. Michele, when she is there, puts little notes on all of the things that are in the refrigerator that have "recently appeared" with the date so that we know when the food possibly would go bad. This is super great and I think it helps keeping my mom healthy. Michelle is quickly becoming a family friend. My mom really likes her and feels comfortable with her. One time recently, she even clocked out after her scheduled work time had ended and came back to the house and spent a little bit of time putting together the jigsaw puzzle and just talking to my mom. This was sweet and meant the world to my mom. On one her first visits, she brought a jar of homemade jam. My mom loved it. Every week that I went to visit, I made something and put some of the jam on. My mom remarked that it's the gift that keeps on giving. And I replied, "Just like Michelle". We recommend Michele for the employee of the month award. read more

My experience with By Your Side has been wonderful. The home care professionals that care for my mother have been very kind, competent and loving. Mother looks forward to them coming and enjoys the time they spend with her. This service has given me the freedom to have time to live my life knowing that Mother is happy and well cared for by folks that love their work. read more