Comfort of Home Healthcare is uniquely qualified in the
field of in home care because of the personal experiences of its owners. Both
owners have been on the receiving end of needing in home care for their own
families. This experience is what created Comfort of Home Healthcare, and it
also brings a level of compassion and commitment that has made Comfort of Home
Healthcare into what it is today.
Quite literally, they would not put a caregiver in your home
that they would not have in their own home.
Here is their story:
Jason Douglas, Co-Owner
After graduating from Missouri Western State University,
Jason worked for a variety of non-profit organizations, in addition to home
care agencies.
Shortly after Missouri Western, Jason’s father fought a hard
battle with cancer. With the help of family and Hospice, he was able to live
out his final days in the comfort of his own home.
Several years later Jason’s father-in-law became ill and
needed in home care 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The family found it very
difficult and frustrating to find quality help in order to keep him at home.
The frustration of this experience was the foundation behind wanting to start
an in home care agency that did things differently.
Once Jason’s father-in-law passed away, he and his wife
moved his mother-in-law into their home so that they could better take care of
her. Through the wonderful caregiving from his wife, family and Comfort of Home
Healthcare, she was able to live her final days in the loving environment of
their home with people who love and care for her the most.
Through many trials and various experiences, the passion to
help people stay in their own home runs deep and is in the hearts of his entire
family.
Tad Ulmer, Co-Owner
Tad brings a different perspective to Comfort of Home
Healthcare, because he has needed 24 hour care 7 days a week for his *son in
his own home.
16 years ago Tad received a phone call every parent has
nightmares over, “Come to the hospital, your 15 year old son was in an
automobile accident.” After rushing to the hospital he was informed that his
son was unresponsive and in intensive care. Once stable, they informed Tad that
his son had suffered severe head trauma and they didn’t know if he was going to
make it out of the hospital.
Tad’s son eventually stabilized and was somewhat responsive
to the environment around him, although it quickly became clear that he had
sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury and was going to need personal care for the
rest of his life.
Eventually they moved him from the hospital into an
institution to take care of his needs. He spent five years in there, until Tad
found out that there are programs out there that would allow him to take is son
home with 24 hour care. After a year fighting to bring him home, and remodeling
his home to make it wheelchair accessible, his son came home and has been there
ever since.
Although home, the transition was not as easy as it sounds.
Tad still needed to rely on other agencies to provide the care. After trying
several agencies out, it became clear that he was going to have to do something
about it himself. Thus, another part of the foundation of Comfort of Home
Healthcare was established.
Tad brings a high level of commitment to Comfort of Home
Healthcare and cares for each and every client as if it were his own.
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