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Meet our Owner and Chief Financial Officer, Kelly Kesti! She, along with her husband Andy, own and operate Assisting Hands Home Care \u2013 Cave Creek, providing in-home care assistance to seniors in the North Valley and surrounding communities. I asked Kelly a few questions to share more about her and her work.<\/p>\n
What inspired you to start a homecare company?<\/strong> What does a day in the life of running Assisting Hands look like for you?<\/strong> What\u2019s one lesson you\u2019ve learned from your clients over the years?<\/strong> How do you choose the caregivers who represent your company?<\/strong> What\u2019s one fun fact your clients or caregivers might be surprised to learn about you?<\/strong> To meet the other members of our team, see our \u201cMeet the Team<\/a>\u201d page on our website or click\u00a0Here<\/a>\u00a0to read other staff interviews.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Meet our Owner and Chief Financial Officer, Kelly Kesti! She, along with her husband Andy, own and operate Assisting Hands Home Care \u2013 Cave Creek, providing in-home care assistance to seniors in the North Valley and surrounding communities. I asked Kelly a few questions to share more about her and her work. What inspired you to start a homecare company?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":2087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[43,101,98,102,99,103],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-interviews","tag-assistinghands","tag-assistinghandshomecarecavecreek","tag-interview","tag-kellykesti","tag-meettheteam","tag-staffinterview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIn the past I’ve worked as a registered nurse, in addition to my job as mom. My husband Andy, who was interested in leaving the corporate world, and I became aware of the home care industry through my cousin who owns a home care business in Prescott. It fit our goals of being able to use both of our skills while also being able to serve people in our own community.<\/p>\n
\nCurrently I am the Chief Financial Officer and Owner. I provide oversight for the company in general, as well as doing billing and invoicing and addressing any questions that may come up in that area. Outside of billing, I keep watch on the company as a whole to make sure that things are running smoothly. I also keep touch with the care notes that the caregivers write to keep up to date with how our clients are doing.<\/p>\n
\nThe whole heart of this business is getting to know our clients. I don\u2019t know how many times as I’m leaving from an assessment that someone has said \u201cI\u2019m sorry for taking up so much of your time.\u201d But that\u2019s my favorite part of the job I have. Everyone has a story and I love hearing them. No matter how different you might think people are outwardly, meeting all of the people I have been lucky enough to meet has taught me that everyone wants the same thing: to have a good quality of life for as long as possible. It\u2019s so important to me to learn how I can help people maintain their quality of life, while also providing a sense of security and freedom for family members or others who can\u2019t always leave the house or do the things they\u2019d like to do.<\/p>\n
\nFrom the beginning, it was really important to me to choose people that I would feel comfortable having in my own home. Being someone who has two children with Down Syndrome, I know how competence, empathy, and a heart for caring for people is a top priority in having in-home help.<\/p>\n
\nPeople are always shocked to learn that I have eight kids! The answer is yes I do but it doesn\u2019t feel like I have a big family all the time because they range from mid thirties down to teens. Outside of that, I don\u2019t think anything is too surprising about me. I spend a lot of time outside year round, even when it\u2019s hot. I also enjoy reading and doing art. I have a pretty quiet life overall and I enjoy having it like that since there have been points in life where it\u2019s been very busy.<\/p>\n