When Kim Sanchez meets a prospective client for the first time, she understands the concerns they may have about welcoming a caregiver into their home. At the same time, she also knows the stress that caring for a loved one can place on family members.

Before Kim became owner of Comfort Keepers in Federal Way, she was a new mom whose grandfather was caring for her grandmother, who had dementia.

When her grandfather suffered a massive stroke, extended family juggled work and home responsibilities to step in.

“We all took shifts to help, but it put our whole family into chaos as we tried to care for them while also honoring their wish to stay in their own home,” Kim says.

That experience was top of mind a few years later, in 2002 when Kim’s father learned about Comfort Keepers. He imme

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