Homecare’s true purpose is revealed at life’s most vulnerable moments. Maggie Drag understood this early.
Raised in Poland by a single mother on a small family farm, Maggie grew up witnessing a quiet, unwavering form of compassion. Despite having very little, her mother spent ten years caring for an elderly neighbor and his disabled daughter—not as work, but as a way of life. When she baked bread or made homemade jelly, she brought some next door. When she cooked for her family, she prepared extra portions for their table. It wasn’t charity. It was tradition. It was dignity. It was love.
That legacy shaped Maggie’s life.
After immigrating here, Maggie saw other Eastern European immigrants struggling to find work, housing, and stability. She helped many of them find work and housing—not for profit, but because helping is who she is. That experience grew into something far greater. In 1989, Euro-American Homecare was born.
Over the years, she learned that many clients come to homecare during one of life’s hardest chapters: losing a spouse, outliving close friends, or when adult children are stretched thin. Without daily connection or purpose, joy slowly fades. She made it her mission to change that.
While caregivers complete rigorous training and background checks, the heart of Euro-American Homecare goes far beyond credentials. Caregivers receive personalized training tailored to each client, and every month clients and caregivers participate in a “Purpose, Meaning, and Joy” contest—designed to reconnect people with what makes life feel full.
When families call Euro-American Homecare, the conversation doesn’t begin with paperwork. It begins with the person. Who are they? What did they love? What has slipped away?
Sometimes, the answers are simple and powerful.
For one client, it was baking. She hadn’t made cookies in years, partly due to safety concerns and partly because it didn't feel meaningful doing it alone. Paired with the right caregiver, the kitchen came back to life. Measuring ingredients, sharing stories, waiting by the oven—small moments that rebuilt confidence, independence, and joy.
Other times, those answers lead to remarkable matches.
Recently, the team welcomed a client needing hourly care who was considered a fall risk. They learned he loved Italian cooking, woodworking, and music. He was paired with a caregiver who shared those passions.
Today, you’ll find them laughing in the living room—one at the piano, one with a guitar—singing an Italian song together. For some, it might seem small. For someone who had begun to lose meaning in daily life, it was everything.
That is Maggie Drag’s legacy. And that is the heart of Euro-American Homecare: not just caring for people, but restoring purpose, meaning, and joy—one person, one caregiver, one shared moment at a time.
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