Care Professional Awards & Recognition
At Home Instead®, our success revolves around the work of our Care Professionals – and we make sure they know it! We celebrate Care Pros year-round through: notes of appreciation, recognition in our employee newsletter, flowers, extra time off, and even impromptu office parties.
Care Professionals of the Year
This year Home Instead chose 10 Care Professionals who truly stood out, demonstrating compassion and exceptional care to the older adults and families they work with. Being named a Care Professional of the Year is one of the profession’s highest honors and Home Instead’s highest accolade for our more than 100,000 Care Professionals worldwide. We thank these incredible Care Pros for their dedication and service.
Standing Ovation Care Pro Recognition
A standing ovation is considered the highest form of praise and recognition, taking applause to the next level. Each month, we celebrate Care Professionals who have gone above and beyond in their roles and lift them up with a Standing Ovation. We thank these incredible Care Pros for their dedication and service.
Oludotun “Dot” Oladosu
It qualified as a senior-care miracle.
Two months after Home Instead® Care Professional Oludotun “Dot” Oladosu had first arrived to help Mr. J., an 81-year-old client, he began taking steps without his walker. “It was something Mr. J. wanted to try. I allowed him to attempt it, but only if I was a standby assist where I was either directly behind him or beside him,” Dot recalled. “Safety is our top priority.”
Dot didn’t take credit for the client’s marked improvement in mobility, but perhaps she should have. Through her encouragement, Mr. J. slowly progressed to the point where he was safely going up and down the stairs in his home. “Mr. J. was doing exercises on his own when I first got there. Mr. J. does them now before I arrive for late-morning shifts. Since he tries to do his exercises twice a day, he asks me to remind him to do them in the afternoon,” Dot explained. “Of course, I am happy to do that.”
Mr. J. showers and dresses himself. At the start, Dot had put his shoes on. Now he can do it by himself. The client had a weekend Care Pro before Dot was assigned to him about a year ago for weekdays. Now he wants just Dot. In fact, when the client overheard a brief telephone conversation in which Dot had turned down a request to help another client, he was worried. Dot recalled the conversation after she ended the call. “My client asked me, ‘Are you leaving me?’ I told him that I was not. He always wants to make sure I am coming back,” Dot said.
Do You Know Someone With A Caring Heart?
We all have that someone who is a natural born caregiver. If you know a friend or family member that would make an outstanding Care Pro, someone who would easily receive a standing ovation from Home Instead, please share the career opportunity - we’d love to meet them!
Rewarding Care Careers
