Paciga was Companion Home Care’s very first employee and has been with the company since 2005
The following post was written by Michelle Belton, owner of Companion Home Care, to congratulate Nancy Paciga on her recently announced retirement:
Nancy Paciga
Our first employee, October 2005
I had been working with the clients by myself up until then since January. It was definitely becoming overwhelming.
Nancy applied with Companion Home Care and I set up a lunch interview at Wildflour Cafe, Old SW, Roanoke.
After having a wonderful chat and lunch, I hired her. I kept a poker face of my excitement but I said to myself, “if they are all like her, my business will be the best in the city!”
She was well-spoken, incredibly intelligent, interesting, and had a myriad of great experiences in her background.
Nancy will always be the consummate learner. She’s a Renaissance woman. She did just about anything to enhance the client’s quality of life.
She planted flowers and gardens, hemmed pants, sewed buttons, cooked delicious meals, baked pies, grew herbs, tended animals, encouraged outside exercises and activities, and took her clients on many picnics and trail walks.
Nancy researched the client’s medical issues and would know more about it sometimes than the client themselves.
Over the years, Nancy has been a caregiver, office manager, payroll manager, interviewer and hiring manager, friend, and confidant to me.
If it weren’t for my trust in her capabilities in running our business, I could never have taken any time off, in 16 years. I knew I could leave the operations and staff in Nancy’s hands and that everything was going to be just fine.
I’ve had many playful nicknames for Nancy over the years: Miss Moneypenny (James Bond’s secretary that kept him in line with her quick wit), Mary Poppins because she was often pulling tricks out of her bag with her ingenious ideas for improving the quality of life for the clients, and others.
She is incredibly organized. I could count on her to take the best caregiver notes, to be the best lead on a team, and provide the most meticulous and loving care to her clients.
Nancy kept count and she has provided care for 69 clients over 16 years. Some lasted years, others only a few days.
I always knew that if I sent Nancy, they were getting the best caregiver we had to offer. I went to Nancy’s college graduation with her in her 60’s! What an inspirational moment that was.
I went to Nancy’s granddaughter’s school functions. Nancy and I attended the “March for Our Lives” protest in Washington D.C. together in 2018.
As I write this, I’m having a hard time holding back the tears. It’s not possible to put on paper how much of a contribution that Nancy gave to Companion Home Care, her clients, and me in 16 years.
Always the professional, she wrote a beautiful note of retirement thanking me for all that I taught her and the times that we shared. Mutual love and respect to Nancy as she seizes the next chapter of her life.
It’s someone else’s turn to enjoy Nancy and all that she has to offer.
Thank you and best wishes, Nancy.
Michelle L. Belton
Owner of Companion Home Care Inc
About Companion Home Care Inc:
Companion Home Care is a senior home health care, adults with disabilities care, and hospice care provider in Roanoke, VA. Our motto is to provide a "better class of companion for a better quality of life". We accomplish this by hiring the best, most qualified caregivers, and using our knowledge and experience to craft a personalized home care plan for our clients, then match clients with the perfect caregiver based on client needs, personality, and skills required.
Our caregivers help seniors cope with Alzheimer's, dementia, and illnesses, and enjoy healthy and happy lives from the comfort of their own homes. In addition to senior home health care, we also provide Roanoke home care for adults with disabilities, traumatic brain injury and diseases, physical injuries, and special needs in Roanoke, Salem, Lynchburg, Vinton, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Bedford, and surrounding areas of southwest Virginia.
Companion Home Care Inc
210 E 7th St
Salem, VA 24153
(540) 981-2255
Companion Home Care Inc
424 Campbell Ave SW
Roanoke, VA 24016
(540) 981-2255
