It Started With One Question

1957 and 1959. 1957 was the year my dad hung a shingle in Walnut Creek and started practicing dentistry. 1959 was the year he and my mom moved to Danville. My own family has been in Walnut Creek since 2009.

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My parents both went through this part of life. The care provided to my mother was not acceptable. 'Who's coming through my front door today?' was the question she consistently asked. I partnered with Seniors Helping Seniors® in large part because of that one question.

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It is a small question with a large answer. When a different person walks in every few days, a senior spends their energy on introductions instead of living. The care never settles. Nobody learns that she takes her coffee before her pills, or that Thursdays are hard.

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So this office was built around a phrase Dave uses often: Consistency of Care. The same caregiver. A familiar face at the door. Somebody who already knows the answer before your mom has to ask the question.

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The families we serve across the Diablo Valley are neighbors — in Rossmoor, in Alamo, in Danville, in San Ramon. That is not a marketing line. It is a fifty-year-old address book.