Our Caregivers Exemplify Compassion and Kindness
Caregiver Testimonial from Kiley SRight at Home Edmond’s purpose is to improve the quality of life for those we serve. We succeed through teamwork and having the best caregivers in the industry. Their professionalism, training, compassion and commitment to our clients and our clients’ loved ones is unparalleled and we appreciate all they do. Every year, every month, every day we appreciate our outstanding Caregivers who are going above and beyond to create an amazing experience for our clients in Edmond and surrounding communities. Read about some of our outstanding teammates. Who knows, maybe a career as a caregiver is right for you!
You!
You’re vital to our team’s success. The professional and nurturing care you give makes seniors’ lives better every day.
“You Are What Makes Our Mission Possible”
Congratulations Kristan!
We want to wish a big congratulations to our very own Kristan U. for passing her NCLEX and becoming a board certified LPN! Kristan has worked for RAH for 4 yrs now as a CNA. We are so excited to see her grow in this next phase of her life. Right at Home is committed to being a “Best Place to Work” including providing ongoing education opportunities and working around employees other life commitments.
We invite and attracts team members of the highest quality and professionalism, and Kristan is a great example of that culture. Our clients know they can count on our caregivers and employees to do the little things that can make such a difference in people’s lives and that build relationships of trust, respect and joy. Right at Home’s caregiving professionals are the heart and soul of what we do — true ambassadors of Right at Home and deserving our respect.
Carla Shepherd, Owner
Right at Home Edmond
Carla Shepherd is one of the Owners of the Edmond/Norman Right at Home locations. Carla serves as Vice President of the Company. She has 16 years experience in Home Care between the Kansas and Oklahoma offices. Previously, she was a Manager in the medical field for over 22 years before getting into Home Care. Carla currently works and lives in Wichita, KS and served on the Board of Senior Services. She finished her terms but continues to be actively involved in their fund raisers.
“I decided to get into Home Care after my sister, Jacque, in Omaha presented this business opportunity to me. It made sense because being around seniors was a way of life for us since our grandparents lived to be 88, 95 and even 100 years old! We have a very close family and were very attached to our grandparents. We understand the family bond so we wanted to help other families. The best of all, is being able to work with your sisters and nephew on a daily basis. We get continued training with new programs and services so our clients will be up- to- date on all opportunities available to them. We learn and try to improve with every case even after 16 years!”
Dee Horne, Owner
Right at Home Edmond
I am Right at Home Edmond and Norman offices’ President of Operations and an owner. My role with the agency spans the entire company from general operations to client and caregiver relations to the offices’ community involvements. A leader is not something you are. A leading is something you do. I pride myself on understanding and supporting all our team members — our family — while we meet challenges and celebrate successes.
Prior to my current position with Right at Home I worked in accounting for 25 years. I then joined my sisters at the Right at Home Office in Wichita KS, as Office Manager, and eventually partnered with my sisters and nephew to purchase the Edmond and Norman Territories.
I’m married with two grown children and three grandchildren. I’m very close to my family, while growing up we spent a lot of time with our grandparents, aunts and uncles; it was expected family takes care of family. My brother-n-law knew Allen Hagar the founder of Right at Home and when Allen decided to sell franchises, suggested that this business might be the one for us … we agreed. The Wichita office was the second franchise purchased by my two sisters. Today there are well over 400 Right at Home Franchisees. It is the most rewarding, and sometimes stressful, business I could ever imagine. Finding that right person to take care of a loved one is something we take very seriously, I take seriously, every day.
Sharing Our Core Business Principles
Right at Home Edmond is proud to be a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating. The Better Business Bureau Accreditation standards reflect our company’s core principles — the aspects of doing business that really make a difference to clients. A BBB Accredited business is expected to build trust, advertise honestly, tell the truth, be transparent, honor promises, be responsive, safeguard privacy, and embody integrity. Accreditation shows our commitment to, and operations within, these principles.
Our Philanthropy
Globally, an estimated 70 million people with disabilities have no access to a wheelchair. Those who cannot walk must crawl or be carried to their destination. In collaboration with a network of like-minded partners, Free Wheelchair Mission has distributed more than 1 million wheelchairs to people with disabilities in 93 developing countries around the world, providing renewed dignity, independence and hope through the gift of mobility, at no cost to the recipient.
As an organization, Right at Home’s work with Free Wheelchair Mission began in 2016 as the company looked for a partner that would help us further our mission of improving lives worldwide. To date, the Right at Home team’s efforts have raised more than $400,000 that has funded over 5,000 wheelchairs, which were distributed through life-changing Vision Trips to Vietnam, Ecuador and Costa Rica.
