The team at Homewatch CareGivers shares more than 30 years of elder care experience. Established in , our company is proudly local and community driven.
We strive to be an employer of choice for local caregivers and the premier provider of home care services in the Bay Area. His mother Susan was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when Ben was 2 and received near round-the-clock care for almost 4 years. Ben began working directly with the elderly and disabled in , as an activities volunteer in the skilled nursing and memory care wing of Piedmont Gardens retirement community in Oakland.
For almost 4 years, Ben provided one-on-one and group activities for residents and eventually included the community in his Eagle Scout Service Project. During his college years, Ben supported several senior-focused charities near his alma mater, University of California, Davis.
Upon returning to the Bay Area, Ben continued to follow his passion in elder care while working as a financial planner and tax advisor. In June , Ben began working with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center; providing palliative and spiritual care to those living with illness, to those caring for the ill, and to the bereaved. As a business owner, Benjamin is following in the footsteps of his grandfather Harry Bloom, who started an insurance agency in The Harry M.
Harry built the office building at Broadway, currently used by Homewatch CareGivers. Benjamin is a third-generation entrepreneur and job creator, with a deep connection to this city and its seniors. Leah and Benjamin over a shared connection to their elders. Leah was very close to her grandparents, Terry and Melvin, spending many nights with her grandmother after the passing of her grandfather.
