Testimonials and Success Stories

“We, at Loving Kindness and Care, believe in providing the best service possible." We have a commitment to excellence in all that we do. Read what some of our clients are saying about the home care work we have provided.

"Loving Kindness and Care staff is trained by founder, John Blake. His history with us and the staff he then had trained go back to 1976! The only difference now, from then, is when he began providing services to us they were great and innovative for the time, now he and his staff are better trained and like a good wine have only gotten better with time. His staff provided us the greatest care services we could ever imagine. Back in 2001, when my husband, David, had his left knee joint replaced, he and his staff came into our lives, again. We were very impressed. It was just like their name now implies Loving Kindness and Care. When David needed additional surgery and care it seemed only logical to request Loving Kindness and Care staff as our home care providers, they have decades of history with us."

 

─ Dave and Holly Turner

“After several visits, I didn’t want Linda’s visits to end. I was feeling better, stronger and more motivated to do better because of her.  As I look back now more than ten years later, after my services ended, everything began to change when John Blake, Director, Loving Kindness and Care and staff came into my life. I know his work, the way he trains his staff and I give them my highest recommendation possible.”

 

─ Ella Meyer

“Each member of our family is so grateful beyond words for the thoughtful, caring and responsive people who are employed by your agency. You will be highly recommended to anyone we know. Again, thanks to all involved in caring for our mother.”

 

─ Roberto and Alicia Martinez

 

“Due to his illness, Harry was mostly bedridden and was unable to care for his own basic needs. Thankfully, Loving Kindness and Care sent Ms. Linda Bloom to help manage his care. Ms. Bloom provided outstanding physical care by gently bathing Harry, changing his clothes and washing his linens. She showed great sensitivity and compassion in her duties and allowed Harry to maintain his dignity.”

─ Dr. Eugene Dawson, PhD

One Client’s Success Story

Diana Jacobs was born in 1919 in Olympia, Washington. As a child, she and her sister were given a ball of clay and several choices of items to make. Diana was able to effortlessly make a number of objects with few mistakes, but her sister Nancy needed to start over and over again until she ended up anxious and frustrated.

As an adult, Diana worked for many years as an artist where she met William Wicky, the owner of Wicky Fine Arts in Seattle, Washington. They married in 1968 and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona in the 1970s.

Diana and William enjoyed their home where they had a breathtaking view of the beautiful saguaros and occasional, multi-colored hot air balloons, enjoyed for sport and leisure in several states in that part of the country. They traveled extensively, including a trip to Switzerland so she could meet William’s family. At home they’d enjoy after-dinner walks in the scenic countryside as the sun went down.

Diana enjoyed gardening and still has many beautiful plants and trees surrounding her home. When she was younger she made pottery and other item’s of art which she continues to do to this day. She has donated many works of her own art to charity yard sales and fundraisers. When she and William had first moved to the area, friends introduced Diana to a local art association, and she painted with a group of women from this association for many years until her husband became ill.

After William passed on, Diana soothed her grief by designing and crafting clay items of which her husband had always been so proud. From then on, Diana lived totally on her own in the home she had known for 40 years. She and her husband never had children, and her only relative lived in Chicago.

Then in December of last year she fell at home and was not found by a neighbor until a day later. She was transported to a local hospital, but before they would release her, she was required to obtain 24/7 non-medical home care.

A hospital social worker referred Diana to John Blake, founder of Loving Kindness and Care, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Diana, in turn, contracted for companionship and homemaker services with John and his competent staff. After returning home her first day, she began crafting a gold inlay,

hand-molded vase, which after 3 months was one of her most beautiful works to that day. She continues to create art almost daily.

“I owe long life to seeing the beauty in nature,” she says, adding, “It is also important to keep active and keep yourself happy when life seems difficult.” One of those happy days for Diana was when she was released from the hospital to return home, which wouldn’t have been possible without the help of many good staff people.

“The reward of long living,” she says “is being able to have been friends with so many people of all ages.” She has good memories of the old friends and feels just as fortunate, at 90, to be making new ones.

That includes Loving Kindness and Care caregivers who “share my ups and downs and provide me good companionship and occasionally a good home-cooked meal!” She says, “Loving Kindness and Care means everything, because it means being able to live at home.”

To her fellow seniors, she gives this advice: “Look at the moment, not too far ahead. A must,” she says, “is a good sense of humor and a little spunk."