Hear From The Families We Serve

I am very grateful to everyone at Home Helpers of East Tampa who helped me care for my husband during his last few weeks of life. I just wish we had engaged them sooner! Yolanda, Kamia, and Maria are delightful, wonderful, knowledgeable, and skilled caregivers, very personable and professional, and it was a joy having them in our home. I learned a lot from them, and they took great care of him. And me, actually.

They all raved about Ursella as a boss, saying she is just as great with them as she is with her clients. That’s saying a lot, because she is a lovely person to work with. Such warmth, compassion, and humor. I’m so glad we had the opportunity to cross paths with her and all the caregivers, even if it was under not-so-happy circumstances.

“Ursella and her team were absolutely amazing in every way. they took care of my parents during their time of need. my father needed rehabilitation after a surgery and was unable to care for himself or my mother, who is staged with dementia. as he is her primary care giver, when he was in this position where he neeeded care and was unable to care for her, we were faced with a choice- memory care facility or home helpers. knowing memory care would be disruptive to my mothers fragile state we opted for home helpers. i was very worried at first not knowing how my parents would react to people in their home. but with adaptive and flexible staff and the strong management behind (in ursella) i felt very confident letting home helpers’ care givers into out parents home and our life. i would use home helpers of east tampa again in a heart beat.”

“During my husband’s two year illness, i hired three different agencies to provide various levels of care. Home Helpers of East Tampa was my third and final agency. I finally found an agency that provided Professional, compassionate, comprehensive care that supported both my husband and me. The culture of the agency starts at the top with an extraordinary leader. Ursella slusher, the owner, has a philosophy that caregivers deserve respect, appropriate support, and ongoing training. She is dIrectly involved with each client’s care plan, and often visits the home to assess the effectiveness of the caregiver sHe placed there. If the “fit” isn’t right, she makes adjustments. She accompanies each caregiver to their FIRST DAY in a new home to model the care that each individual client requires. If a new caregiver is assigned to the house, she has him or her train along side a caregiver whO is familiar with the clieNt’s needs and routines so their care is seamless. I’ve never witnessed this level of commitment from any other home healthcare agency. Ursella and her outstanding caregivers became like family to my husband and me. I will give ursella permission to share my phone number with anyone who would like to ask me specific questions about my experience with Home helpers of east tampa. I will have nothing but the highest praise for the caregivers who worked so lovingly with my husband and gave me peace of mind knowing he was in the best of hands.”