Home Instead Senior Care - Melbourne, FL

Home Instead Senior Care in Melbourne, Florida is locally owned and operated by sisters Marge Thompson and Laura Purcell, who both know the blessings and challenges of caring for an aging family member first hand. My mother was the caregiver to her parents for over 13 years, Thompson recalls, and I cared for my mother for over six years myself. Their mother, Helen Green was diagnosed with Parkinsons only 6 months after her own mother passed away. Thompson, then a working single mother and part-time student, took on the additional responsibility of caring for her mother. Purcell moved from Massachusetts 6 years later to help. Eventually, the service that provided transportation to and from Ms. Greens senior day care would no longer transport her due to her unsteadiness. They were afraid she would fall and be injured, Purcell recalls.We wanted to make sure she received the best care possible, and she needed to feel the love and warmth of her family members, Purcell says, ...