When you ask someone to give home care services to your aging family members, you want someone who’s going to treat them like family.
For Patricia Brown, that’s exactly what she got when she met Quteria Bryant, who owns God’s Sitting Partners in Vestavia Hills.
Quteria always helped Patricia’s mom in any way they needed.
“If we needed a sitter at the last minute, I knew she would provide,” Patricia said. “She stayed several times, herself. When mom came home from hospital on hospice, Q and a sitter were there with us to get her settled. Q knew mom wouldn’t be with us much longer. She spent the last night with mom, and when she found out mom had passed, she immediately came back and was with us through that time. I’m so grateful and thankful for that.”
Quteria started in the healthcare field when she was 16 years old. She gained experience working in nursing homes and hospitals and doing private caretaking.
She loves helping people and always wanted to start her own business. “But starting a business is one of the scariest things there is,” she said.
“I had two patients that would tell me all the time, you just need to start that business,” she said. “But I had this one particular client who just wasn't letting off of me to start this business.”
The client would coach her and give her homework, and the next day she would see him, he would check to make sure she did her homework and made moves to start her own business.
“After I got the confidence and courage, he passed away a couple months later,” she said. “I was sad, mad and afraid all at the same time. He passed so unexpectedly. I no longer had him here to motivate me and show me how to get this business started.”
But she would remind herself that this client wanted her to accomplish her dreams, and she didn’t want to let him down.
“It’s because of him that God’s Sitting Partners exists today,” she said.
She faces challenges every day. She works hard to grow her business and to make sure her patients are happy.
But the rewards are plentiful, and many of her patients become her best friends. One of her “best friend” patients was with her for six years, before she even started God’s Sitting Partners.
“Every weekend she wanted to go grocery shopping. Publix knew us when they saw us,” she said.
Twice a month, they would grab a carrot cake slice to share. “We would cut it down the middle and split it to avoid gaining weight, as we would put it! I miss these moments with her dearly.”
Clients and their families come to Quteria for in-home care, specialized care and respite care. God’s Sitting Partners serves Jefferson County, Shelby County and the Jasper area.
“From companionship to errands and groceries, our highly-trained in-home caregivers can support your loved ones in the comfort of their own home,” Quteria said.
Contact God’s Sitting Partners Home Care Services today at 205-368-3500 for more information.
205-368-3500
4220 Cahaba Heights Court Suite 203, Vestavia, AL 35243
