Home Instead Honors Care Pro Andres for Second Time
For the past five years, Andres Frens has been the consummate professional. Home Instead® Recruitment and Engagement Advisor Rozephyr Jean, speaking on behalf of the award-winning Midland-Odessa, Texas, franchise, confirmed it.
“Andres has been a valued member of our Home Instead team since 2021, consistently delivering high-quality care to our clients year after year,” said Rozephyr, who announced Andres had been honored for the second time as the West Texas Home Instead’s Care Professional of the Month. Andres was selected for the first time in January 2022. The identical accolade followed in May 2026.
“Andres’ patience, attention to detail and exceptional caregiving skills shine through in every service he provides,” Rozephyr noted. “He is reliable, always punctual and rarely calls off. Andres is also willing to stay late if needed and frequently picks up extra shifts to ensure our clients receive the best care possible.”
Rozephyr added: “Andres’ prompt communication with our Home Instead office makes coordination seamless and efficient. We are truly grateful to have Andres as part of the Home Instead Midland-Odessa family!”
Andres’ most memorable family-caregiving experience was excruciating, but the tragedy served as the impetus for personal growth and a promise. “It was the most difficult and painful period of my life, but it gave me the strength and inspiration to continue to help those in need whenever I could,” Andres recalled. “During my adult years, one of my siblings was diagnosed with cancer two months after arriving in America. At that time, he was living with me and another sibling. Being new to the country and due to financial constraints, we could not afford medical treatment for him. As a result, we just had to accept life as it was, and we cared for him to the best of our abilities until he was called to Higher Service.”
To know Andres’ childhood background is to know his heart. A South American native, Andres was born in Delta de Amacura, Venezuela. He grew up in Imbotero, Guyana, on the northwest border with Venezuela in an area known as the hinterlands of Guyana. “There are lots of forests, and transportation is mainly by water,” Andres said. “In my country, growing up in a community where there was a high level of poverty, certain values were instilled in us as children.
“Coming from a large family, I always witnessed my parents helping others who were less fortunate than us even though we had just a little more than others. Those values have been embedded in me all my life. I never had the opportunity to take care of my grandparents or a parent. My grandparents were deceased while I was a child. I left home at an early age, seeking employment to help my family, before immigrating to the U.S.”
Andres ended up in New York City, where he worked for several years in the hotel industry before deciding to take early retirement and move to West Texas. “My wife and I always had visited Texas on vacation because the tropical environment reminds us of the countries from which we came,” he said. In 2019, Andres and his wife relocated to Odessa and spent time at home unwinding before deciding to try to make an impact on society. “I began exploring ideas of how I could make a meaningful contribution toward helping those in need,” Andres said.
“After several discussions with my wife and with the help of another family, we chose foster parenting. After seven months of fostering two children, which we both enjoyed, the kids were reunited with their mom. I thought of other ways to help people, and it also had been my dream to work with the elderly. After the departure of the foster children, I browsed the internet and found several caregiving agencies. I chose Home Instead,” Andres said.
The move to senior care stirred memories of Andres’ long-ago goals before he entered the hotel industry. “I completed the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and CNA programs with the intent of becoming a nurse or EMT. Unfortunately, those careers were put on hold for financial reasons,” said Andres, who joined Home Instead on Sept. 30, 2021.
“Overall, working with Home Instead has been a heartwarming experience as it has given me the opportunity to fulfill my passion. Helping my clients daily, seeing their expressions of contentment and hearing them express gratitude for my service makes me happy as a Care Pro. This inspires me to want to do more for them,” Andres said.
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