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In the winter of 1996, Al Gauvin’s sister Muriel was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer. Al and his wife would provide the care and supervision she needed.
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In the winter of 1996, Al’s sister Muriel was diagnosed with stage-four breast cancer. Al brought her from Connecticut to stay with his family in Rochester, NY, where she could live out her final days. Al and his wife would provide the care and supervision she needed.
In the beginning, everything went about as well as could be expected. Al went to his job late and checked on his sister at lunch. His wife, a teacher, was home to care for her by 3:30pm. With this schedule Muriel was only alone a few hours each day. During one of his lunch-hour checks, Al came home to discover Muriel stuck under her hospital bed - she had been laying there unable to get up for three hours.
Al and his family realized more help was needed; that afternoon the family started calling homecare agencies to set up services. Unfortunately, none of them could complete an evaluation for 72 hours. Even once services started Al and his family found them completely inadequate. In the week and a half that service was scheduled, only a few shifts were filled in their entirety. Later that week, Muriel was taken to the emergency room, where she passed away for days later.
After the funeral, Al reflected on the care his sister received. He mused, “There must be a better way to treat people.” He began to search for alternatives to meet the needs of individuals in distress. From his research and experience, Al Gauvin ultimately decided to establish his own solution and in October of 1997 Companion Care of Rochester, Inc. (CCOR) was born.