Home Helpers Home Care of Greater Milwaukee

We have been using Home Helpers for close to a year. In that time, we have had 3 different helpers. Two that have been amazing and one we asked to switch out, which they did immediately. The helper we have now is amazing! Her name is Daisha and she is incredibly knowledgeable, skilled, compassionate, bright, thoughtful, conscientious, friendly and makes me laugh every single day. Having a terminal illness, laughter is very welcomed in our house. As my disease progresses, I need more assistance and Daisha has adapted extremely well to these changes.
We chose Home Helpers due to their emphasis on their employees. They have a highly skilled team that is very supportive. Based on our experience, I would highly recommend them.

This is a GREAT company to work for and the clients are GREAT.

A coworker of mine spoke very highly of Home Helpers when she had an immediate need for in-home care for her mom after she broke her arm.
When my siblings and I noticed that Mom was not able to keep up with daily home care and personal care, we researched home care agencies and Home Helpers stood out in the crowd! We started 18 months ago with two half days/week mainly for companionship, meals, and shower assist. As Mom's cognitive and mobility challenges increased, Home Helpers became a big part of her 24/7 care team with family members.
Having Robin, an RN, manage Mom’s care plan is a definite plus. (Not all agencies have that.) She has helped guide Mom, family and caregivers through some challenging situations. Since Mom never wanted help in her home, she has been a tough sell on in home caregivers, especially as her dementia has caused personality changes. But the Home Helpers caregivers have been very sensitive to Mom’s needs, interests, and personality; and they all work very well with the flow of things around the house. We are especially grateful for Shelley, the caregiver who has been with Mom the longest. Her friendship, compassion, sense of humor, variety of activities, games, crafts, prayer time and patience with Mom have been such great blessings in her life. The Home Helpers office staff have excellent communication, follow through, and attention to details.

Home Helpers provided 24/7 live-in care for my father in the last 18 months of his life. This is a letter I wrote to the Owner of Home Helpers of Mequon WI, shortly after my father passed away:

"Hi Tim B and team,

Mark Domowicz here. Thanks for your call the other day. As promised, I am emailing to formally express my gratitude to Home Helpers in general, and specifically to the wonderful people who helped my father Paul have a comfortable life at home, during his remaining time with us.

I would like to speak to each person individually, as each contributed to Dad's wellbeing in a unique way, such that no generalized recognition would really capture my appreciation.

Debra - Two things stand out for me, about Debra. First she is always ready to do the right thing, and stands by a personal moral code that includes doing her work with pride, and speaking up when and where she sees speaking up is necessary. Her input often guided us in making good decisions for Dad, and I am so thankful for that. Second, she cared about Dad - as her charge and as a friend. This meant such reaches as sleeping on the couch to remain alert to Dad's needs, being present with him during the day as he watched TV, and, amazingly, staying up all night with him the evening we raced to be home by his bedside.

Elena - Elena did so much to help maintain Dad's best quality of life. Most apparent was her frequent special attention to his food preparation, which was very often a from-scratch, home-made, deluxe meal. This was especially lovely during the holidays, when food is so much part of the celebration. It was nice for Dad, and nice for us, that he could still participate in this way. But on a deeper level, Elena was a friend to Dad too. She cheered along with him as they watched all the important NFL/MLB/NBA/etc games together. And she discussed the news of the day with him, always a favorite topic of his. On my weekly Sunday calls to Dad, I always spoke to Elena first, and she gave me a summary that showed she was both present and engaged in Dad's life. I will forever be thankful for this.

Lavenia - There is a real chance that a person in Dad's situation could feel alone, like a burden, and like everyone's afterthought. But Lavenia made sure Dad knew he had a friend and companion, and that there was a person (besides his kids) that appreciated him and saw all his greatest qualities, hidden as they were by his physical challenges. Lavenia was important to Dad's emotional wellbeing - which is not a thing I would have thought to pay for, nor a thing I could have paid for even if I had thought to. It was just a thing that was and it was beautiful. Lavenia was at Dad's bedside when he passed away, and I hope Dad knew it - it's what he would have wanted as well. I feel blessed that she was in Dad's life at the end.

Tim L - Tim entered the picture at the very end, but we got exactly the critical guidance we needed at exactly the time we needed it. We felt so supported through the entire process, and already, looking back to how things unfolded, we've said, "thank god Tim was there" to ourselves multiple times for multiple reasons.

I hope the above adequately expresses how grateful I am to have had this group of amazing souls helping my father. And to the extent that my words can be realized as formal commendations and/or bonuses of any type, well, I hope that they are.

Thanks again Tim and crew.

-Mark"

My family needed immediate care for my dad when my mom went into the hospital. We hired Home Helpers to care for my dad the next day. They came through for us and my dad really enjoyed the company of the caregivers during the course of the day. They were extremely hard working and caring. It was a great short term experience, thank you.