Most successful people have not achieved their goals by having some new skill or opportunity gift wrapped and put under a tree. They developed steadily by working with the opportunity placed in front of them. Dominque Andrews is such a person who learned and transcended from her corporate experiences at IBM as Director of Professional Services and Hewlett Packard as Director and Manager Consultant to owner and operator of Elder Kid Care, a state licensed company that provides home health care to over 400 families in the Dallas Forth Worth area.
"Some may think that the home care market is run by mom and pop shops; elderly taken care of the elderly," said Ms. Andrews. " What's happening is that people are becoming more mature and sophisticated in care giving. Still it's a dicey business. There are unscrupulous business practices where the elderly are being swindled."
Ms. Andrews owned and operated two State licensed daycare centers in South Africa for over 6 years. The centers provided on-site day care for over 350 children, from new born through kindergarten. Her home care experiences started in 1998, when her father, then suffering from terminal cancer, required home care then was relocated to the US from South Africa, in December 2000 by HP. The balance between family and career was neutralized when she created Elder Kid Care.
"We had the swine flu epidemic a few months ago and we provided our service to families, because somebody has to take care of the kids when their parents are working," said Ms. Andrews. "We take care of patients suffering from Alzheimer's. We help them with their daily living: bathing, grooming, housekeeping, preparing meals, errands, going to the doctor - It's all a matter of trust!"
Through her experience of balancing family and career, Ms. Andrews' vision and strategic thinking has produced Elder Kid Care, a model in home care service throughout the state of Texas.
"We take care of our clients from the cradle to the grave," she said.
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