Care Professional Awards & Recognition
At Home Instead®, our success revolves around the work of our Care Professionals – and we make sure they know it! We celebrate Care Pros year-round through: notes of appreciation, recognition in our employee newsletter, flowers, extra time off, and even impromptu office parties.
Home Instead Care Professional of the Year Award

We are proud to feature our Care Pro of the year, Linda H. Linda joined Home Instead in 2021 and has quickly become one of those rare Care Professionals whose presence alone brings calm, confidence, and reassurance. Linda is widely known as a steadfast advocate—someone clients, families, and colleagues trust implicitly. She doesn’t seek the spotlight, yet her work consistently shines, lighting the way for others through consistency, compassion, and quiet excellence.
Linda’s path into caregiving is personal. After a 35-year career in insurance, she chose early retirement to focus on what has always mattered most to her: supporting seniors, particularly those living with dementia or palliative needs. Her decision was shaped by her own experiences caring for family members, giving her an intuitive understanding of both the clinical challenges and emotional vulnerabilities that accompany aging.
2026 Care Professional of the Year: Linda H
Do You Know Someone With A Caring Heart?
We all have that someone who is a natural born caregiver. If you know a friend or family member that would make an outstanding Care Pro, someone who would easily receive a standing ovation from Home Instead, please share the career opportunity - we’d love to meet them!