Mrs. Cassista, a client's wife at our Goodlettsville, TN, office was featured in a Wall Street Journal article highlighting the rising demand for in-home care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs. Cassista utilizes our services several days a week after bringing her husband home from a facility.

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Anne Cassista, of Ashland City, Tenn., recently took her 92-year-old husband, Floyd, out of a memory-care unit of a psychiatric facility because she was no longer able to visit him due to Covid-19 restrictions. He entered the unit in early April and his condition had deteriorated. He wasn't eating and was in diapers.

"I know we are both coming to the end of the journey, but I didn't want him to die without me holding his hand," says Mrs. Cassista, 85, and a former ballet dancer. They have been married 15 years, since they met at church, where Mr. Cassista passed the collection basket. He was a handsome man who dressed nicely and had silver hair, she says. "It looked like a halo."

To bring him home, Mrs. Cassista needed help. She assembled a team, including privately paid caregivers who come four days a week for four hours. Her husband has been home since April 15 and is eating better and able to walk and carry on conversations, she says.

Demand for In-Home Care Rises During Coronavirus