816-333-4500

3200 Wayne Avenue, Suite 103, Kansas City, MO 64109 US

CEO & Executive Director 

LaTonya Fisher, CGDS,CDA,BA, MA 

We Provide our clients with services needed to enjoy the comforts of their own homes. Our standards are impeccable, our service and quality make us the best home care providers in Missouri. Our success in service and quality has enabled us to grow and expand our services to include Child Care (Alphabet Academy) and Adult Day Health Care (Pathways).


"Where Quality is not just a Word, but a Commitment."

About US 


In addition to providing service to its contract agencies, BEHC also provided training opportunities and technical assistance to ensure that the highest quality home care services are provided to clients. BEHC'S support work readiness and job re-entry for new hires which affords us to further assure high quality services and education for clients through monitoring, training, and mentoring.

Bare Essentials Home Care (BEHC) is a non-for-profit organization that primarily provides home health care to the elderly, disabled, and indigent clients in the Jackson County Kansas City area who participate in title XIX and XX. In addition to the clients receiving services through the Division of aging, BEHC is a contract provider for the Veterans Association and accepts private pay clients on a sliding  scale fee for service. 

We are among the leaders in the industry  with a proven track record of competence, affordability and dependability which span more than two (2) decades in the Kansas City community.

Founder of Bare Essentials

Deborah Washam, RN,MS,CCM