No Veteran Left Behind America

I first met Bill Smith in 2014 when my mother Kathy was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. My father Jim Johnston was working with Bill to place my mother in the best facility we could find. With Bill’s knowledge of Veterans Affairs and elder care, we found a good facility in Prescott, Arizona near where my parents lived. You would think that Bill’s job had been fulfilled at that point in time, but due to financial and logistic shortcomings, my father had to move them down to Phoenix, Arizona. Once again,
Bill was willing and able to assist my parents in finding a suitable facility there for my mother and assist my father in finding a residence near my mother’s facility and near to my brother, Tim.
Unfortunately, my mother’s illness got much worse and we had to find a facility that would deal with her illness appropriately. Once again, Bill was there to assist my father in finding a suitable facility for her needs. This was a blessing for me because at this point my father’s health and ability to take care of himself was declining. Since I live in the Pacific Northwest, being able to trust Bill to look after my parents’ well-being as if they were his own, relieved the stress on me tremendously.
In 2019, my father also needed to find an assisted living community for himself and Bill was there to guide us through the process. His guidance and knowledge of veterans’ affairs and caring for the elderly made this task much less worrisome and stressful for me.
With all the time that Bill has put into helping my father and me through the years, I really don’t consider Bill just an advisor, but a friend. He was with my parents at the beginning of this phase of their lives and I was glad to have him at my side when I laid them to rest.

T. Johnson