It has been said that the best investment one can make isn’t in gold. It’s in the people you love. Pat McKay and the CaringLegends staff help people make those deposits every day.
“So many times, people want to take their loved ones to a facility, but the compassionate care they expect is sometimes not there,” says Pat, director of the St. Louis-based, in-home care services and social support agency. “So that’s what we do. We try to provide the care you would give to your loved one. And we give relief to the family so that when they visit, it can be family time, visiting. It won’t be a chore or working. It will be where a daughter can be a daughter and a son can be a son.”
Pat says CaringLegends professionals provide assistance with daily living, everything to help people age gracefully in their own homes. There are no standardized plans. Plans are tailored to individuals, she adds.
CaringLegend’s mission is “To improve the health and social lives of disabled and elderly individuals using a holistic healthcare approach and preventative health measures to enhance healthy lifestyles.”
Pat says CaringLegends employs trusted, experienced caregivers who are bonded and insured, national criminal background checked and fully referenced.
The company’s in-home health services provides nursing care, private duty and personal care, care management, Medicaid programs, consumer direct services and hospital care.
Companion services include live-in companion care, hospital stay/rehabilitation services, homemaker services, respite companion services, vacation or short trips, escort programs, Alzheimer’s and dementia companion care and Parkinson’s disease care.
CaringLegends also honors the special benefits offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Veterans and surviving spouses, states Pat.
“Your loved one, or you, will never be left without care because a caregiver cannot make it in to work,” Pat says. “The office staff will always work something out where your loved one or you get the care desired. We believe in mission before commission, so during our initial visit, it's not about selling. It's about getting to know you and your specific needs.”
And she says it all makes a difference in people’s lives.
“One thing I’ve learned in people in general and in those who I’ve personally cared for, is that people who have one-on-one care, who are able to remain in their own homes, live happier, longer lives,” Pat says. “These people who have had good one-on-one caregiving, you can tell the difference.”
CaringLegends is located in St. Louis at 6300 Michigan Ave.
314.666.9550
CaringLegends.com
"...people who have one-on-one care live happier, longer lives,”~Pat McKay.