Compassionate, dignified care and companionship for your loved ones.
Supporting family can be challenging, but we’re here to help. Being With Companions offers a range of services for you or your family members including companionship, care planning, and more. I am committed to providing the best quality of care possible through kindness, respect, and candor.
Tucker Stone, MSW
Located in the Washington, DC area
SERVICES
Companionship
Support and connection for your loved one. Time together could include conversation, walks, community outings, or everyday activities, all tailored to their interests and comfort-level. The goal is to support emotional well-being, reduce isolation, and enhance overall quality of life.
Care Planning
Consultation to develop a care plan for next steps. Support could include facilitating family discussions, navigating the healthcare system, understanding available resources, and exploring living arrangements. The goal is to prioritize an individual’s dignity, autonomy, and goals.
About Tucker
I received my Master’s in Social Work from the University of North Carolina in 2023. Specializing in working with older adults, I have social work experience working in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) and hospice agencies.
I also have experience as a companion, providing company and supervision during medical visits, emotional support and compassionate reflection in one-on-one appointments, and social interaction and cognitive stimulation to individuals living with dementia. I have worked to coordinate complex care needs across interdisciplinary teams to ensure residents’ and patients’ goals are being met. Additionally, I have worked with families to develop care plans for their loved ones, balancing the views and concerns of all members of the family unit.
A gerontologist that I worked with at hospice told me that every phase of life has a primary skill or focus. For our older adult years, that skill is adaptation. There are so many changes we encounter as we age, and it can be beneficial to have the company and experience of one who has walked along others as they have made these transitions.
I also have personal experience planning and coordinating care for my own two aging parents. Their care needs are growing and becoming increasingly complex. All the while also balancing raising my own triplet pre-schoolers. It is a journey that requires flexibility, humility, and patience. In my time doing this work with my family and with others, I have lived the difficulty of these challenges. I have also felt the love, support, and closeness that grows from working together through this new phase of life.
TESTIMONIALS
“When I first met Tucker, I knew he had the heart for others and the desire to help people in their time of need. However, what I have seen develop in him over these months is a more robust and polished skill set. He [is comfortable] stepping into [the] sacred space of a patient's room and being present and empathetic with a person in their last days.
He has learned and adapted the skill of knowing when to explore deeper with a patient or their family and the balance of understanding when therapeutic silence is needed in a conversation. Tucker has asked great questions and advocated greatly for the needs of the patients.
He is a blessing to the field of social work and I know that his caring and thoughtful personality, along with his innate skills to allow folks to share their life story and hopes with him in a personal way, will be beneficial as he moves forward in this career.”
— Scott Ashley, MSW, LCSW, former hospice supervisor
Let’s make a plan.
Let’s discuss your family’s specific needs and come up with a custom care plan for your loved one together.