having to actually go through and have a home health aide to come in or to be placed in a nursing home or long-term care facility , and I think that was really big of Georgia to start a program like this .”
Also , in the past year and a half , the company has expanded its scope of practice as well . Traditionally , Primecare offered services for the geriatric population , but they now have opened up a new division within the organization to serve the pediatric population , providing in home services to children with developmental and physical disabilities . Caleb says seeing the impact Primecare is able to make in the lives of families has been amazing . “ I ’ m excited about that division , and I ’ m looking forward to seeing where that part of the business and division is going to take the company and organization .”
Through their business , Caleb and Faris hope to be an asset to the community in multiple ways . Faris says that he believes now more than ever , people are looking for more purposeful employment opportunities . The structure they have in place allows individuals who may be hired initially as a caregiver to move up through they system into management positions . The other way that he sees just how much of an impact the company has is in the ways they serve families .
“ If we could go and spend one more day with our grandmother , if we could spend one more minute with our grandmother , that would be a priceless moment ,” he says .
Realizing they give other people opportunities to have those moments is priceless to them . Whether it be through allowing a working mother the peace of mind of knowing that a skilled caregiver is in the home with their family member , or allowing that mother to be the caregiver herself , he believes Primecare offers families peace of mind on both fronts . “ Another part is the moments that we celebrate our team and our caregivers ,” Caleb adds .
Just recently , the company was able to celebrate one of their most seasoned caregivers at 85 years old .
“ I think that ’ s one of the moments that means so much to me , the ability to celebrate
our team and their accomplishments as well as celebrate our team members .”
Since its beginning , Primecare has undoubtedly come full circle . Caleb and Faris both attended Midway Elementary School as children , and they were able to purchase their old elementary school and allow it to serve as their company headquarters . Both now live in different locations – Caleb in East Point and Faris in Marietta – and they had an opportunity to move their headquarters , but they realize that their foundation is in Baldwin County .
“ It was the local community that supported us when it was just a dream …,” Faris says . “ We could never forsake our community , and besides job opportunity , we want to show what ’ s possible . Growing up on the southside of Milledgeville , being able to go through and take it from just an idea , a dream that was in our mother ’ s living room , to a statewide agency to employing thousands of individuals , we just want to be a representation that Milledgeville can be known for something great as well .”
“ No matter what your environment is and no matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you ’ re born on , if you stay focused and you stay committed to God as well as stay driven , success is possible …,” Caleb adds . “ We ’ re just thankful . We ’ re thankful and we ’ re grateful just to be vessels and be servants in our community .”
The two are driven , and hard work certainly accounts for much of what got them to the place they are today , but there ’ s one thing that stands out above all else . “ Mama ’ s prayers ,” they say . Their mother , Barbara , is a local pastor at New Life Fellowship Ministries , and she ’ s the person that they both agree never gave up on the dreams they had for themselves . Even today , they say she undergirds their organization with her prayers and support .
“ Our cornerstone for where we are was built on our mother ’ s faith …,” Farris says . “ The things that she taught us , the things that she exhibited while we were little , I think we ’ re standing on the shoulders of her prayers and her faith .”
caleb flournoy
BY LEAH S . BETHEA
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