The People Behind the Care

We believe that care, beit physical, cognitive, or emotional.... requires a very unique type of individual to maintain OUR standards in care. We must be consistent in so many ways while at the same time, tailoring our approach to the individual. Care of this stature simply isn't possible on a large scale. Care is intimate.

Kelly and Kisa Eriksen opened Taking the Journey 12 years ago while still in their 20s. We understood what we wanted to achieve and how we wanted to achieve it. We understood care. Everything else, we learned along the way and continue to learn each and every day.

Kisa and Kelly had experience in care, experience in food service, experience with dementia in our own family, and experience with hospice when Kelly's father passed from pancreatic cancer.
We were not happy with options available to our own family at the time of our personal struggles. Therefore we decided to transform our home into a care setting. Not without heartache, sweat, and tears.... we instantly fell in love with what we were doing. Still in touch with our first families all these years later. No one wanted to be the first few residents moving into a brand new care home ran essentially by kids in their 20s. Therefore, our first few residents were those that struggled to gain placement elsewhere due to heavy care needs. As hard as these first folks were, they became our family. We owe much to these wonderful folks and families for molding us into who we are today. 8 years later, we had the opportunity to open our 2nd home. 2 years after that, we opened our 3rd. We truly pride ourselves on being one of the best care settings in our area. We will continue to grow until such a time arises that we feel OUR standards in care..... I say again, OUR STANDARDS in care, have shifted in the slightest. We pride ourselves on being a small intimate and personalized care community. We will never change into the corporitization of care that sees our seniors as line items on a profit and loss sheet. We are proud of who we are, what we offer, and will never let that change.

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Testimonials 

  • Taking The Journey has been a Godsend for our family. From the caring and compassionate administrators (Kelly & Kisa Eriksen) to the daily caregivers, the placement of my mother at this facility has been a blessing in disguise. My mother’s last “journey” in life could not have been facilitated more lovingly without the daily care provided by Kelly and his team. I personally, have appreciated the daily updates on Mom's well being. I will be forever grateful for their daily routine care, management of her medications, companionship, and actual concern given to my mother during her “final journey” in life.
    Teresa
  • When your loved is no longer safe to live alone at home, Kelly’s Taking the Journey board & care homes are not only the next best thing to home, but perhaps even better—all the comforts of home, with ample staff of caring, capable, fun-loving helpers.
    Sabrina
  • I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for the exceptional care my parents have received since moving into your facility. Their memory and mobility issues made it impossible for them to continue living independently, and your staff has consistently provided them with patient and kind support. Thank you for everything you do.
    Michelle
  • It was an extremely difficult decision to move Mom into a care home. Everyone at Taking the Journey quickly became family, helping to guide me through this phase. Mom liked the outdoor activities with the raised garden beds. She loved the sweet dog resident, Lucy. Lucy sat on her lap for hours. Lucy seemed to know when I needed some comfort too and would sit with me. The pets always brought smiles, fish, a bird, and even a horse visited. I was comfortable when visiting and I visited often…..they probably got tired of me. Of course, there were challenges, it is a difficult journey, but we worked through them together.
    Linda
  • Moving our parents from their home with 24 caregivers to Journey has been the best decision and I wish we did it sooner. Kelly, Kisa and their team of caregivers have taken wonderful, thoughtful care of both my mother and father. One year after they arrived, my fathers passed away. Journey helped us get hospice and they worked together with hospice smoothing the process of dying for my father and us. Thank you so much. Our mother continues to live comfortably at McSween Lane Journey for over 2 years now. The staff and Kelly are really kind and responsive to her needs and requests. Something else of note is it feels happy there with musicians coming, gardening in the yard, music at lunch, happy conversation with the staff and always jokes from Kelly. There you go. Thanks for all the help and care over the last 2 years Kelly and Kisa.
    Chris
  • My father was a resident at Taking The journey. It was a wonderful experience for myself and for my father. The atmosphere was always welcoming and a warm home feeling. When my father‘s time had come to an end, I was so happy that he had left in a loving caring environment I could never thank Taking The journey enough for what they gave to my father.
    Beth