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The Home Instead Senior Care franchise serving Iredell and Alexander counties begins collecting gifts this week for Be a Santa to a Senior, its annual gift drive for lonely and needy seniors. “We just try to provide cheer for them through donated gifts,” marketing and customer service representative Brittany Johns said. “It’s for seniors who [...]
Minnesota Home Instead Senior Care franchise offices will host free, in-person Alzheimer’s training sessions during November, in conjunction with Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. The recently launched Alzheimer’s CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and Education program is a first-of-its-kind training program that addresses current and future needs by offering family members a [...]
California Home Instead Senior Care franchise offices will host free, in-person Alzheimer’s training sessions during November, in conjunction with Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. The recently launched Alzheimer’s CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and EducationSM program is a first-of-its-kind training program that addresses current and future needs by offering family members a [...]
Out of 300 million people in the U.S., one of out every eight — nearly 13 percent — is older than 65, according to U.S. Census projections. By the year 2030, that number is expected to rise to 72 million, nearly 20 percent of the population. Entrepreneurs have long recognized this market segment has a [...]
Melissa Vaughan, a multiple sclerosis sufferer who retired early to provide constant care for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease, is the winner of the Caregiver Cruise Giveaway Contest sponsored by Home Instead, Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care® network. The six-day, five-night cruise – with stops in Labadee, Haiti, and Falmouth, Jamaica [...]
Home Care Assistance, North America’s leading provider of in-home care for seniors, has been selected as an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company. This latest award recognizes an incredible 2012 for Home Care Assistance, after the company has exceeded 25% growth every year for the past decade. In addition to the Inc. 5000 award, Home Care [...]
When Dietra Prater Slack was recovering from oral surgery last month, she needed to hire someone to take care of her 86-year-old mother, who can’t walk and needs help eating. Prater Slack and professional caregivers take turns caring for her around the clock in her San Francisco home, moving her around, providing companionship and feeding [...]
The discussion on the ideal age to be an entrepreneur continues. I mentioned in an earlier column that the most senior entrepreneur I’ve heard from is 85. You’ll hear more about him next week. In the meantime,I was highly compelled by the story of Home Care Assistance,an award winning provider of North American franchises in [...]
Fond memories of his grandmother’s life on her farm underscore Mark Honnold’s decision to launch his TruBlue House Care franchise in Maryville, Tenn., to assist people like his grandmother with their day-to-day household chores so they can remain in their homes for as long as they want. “Grandma worked very hard, and sometimes very long [...]
Senior Helpers understands what it’s like to be part of the “Sandwich Generation” — those Baby Boomers who want to take care of their elderly family members while still looking after children in high school or college. The national in-home senior care franchise, based in Maryland with 300 franchises in 39 states, offers local operations [...]
When Rick Kimsey decided to start a business, a franchise seemed like the best way to go. Buying a franchise — in his case, a Doctors Express urgent care facility — meant he didn’t have to start from square one. The business came with a concept and a service to sell. Urgent care centers treat [...]
A CARER who says she struggled to find adequate support for her mother-in-law has set up a service to provide at-home care for elderly people. Diane Chandler aims to create 50 jobs after taking on the franchise for Home Instead Senior Care, covering an area from Darlington down into Northallerton. Two months into the business, [...]
A local business wants to remind residents that seniors are often the targets of scams. Home Instead Senior Care, a national company with a franchise in Berlin, has launched the Protect Seniors from Fraud program to remind people that the older population is at risk. “It’s not a problem here more than anywhere else but [...]
When Brian Stemple’s aunt was released from a hospital in Tulsa and told she could no longer live alone, family members living elsewhere had to scramble to find a place where she could get the care she needed. The lack of knowledge about what facilities were available led to confusion, frustration and stress. It also [...]
Family caregivers of those afflicted with dementia will soon have the option to learn more about the symptoms and how to care for loved ones through Home Instead Senior Care’s Alzheimer’s Changing Aging through Research and Education (CARE) Program. The program offers several free, e-learning courses for family members and family caregivers to learn more [...]
Nurse Next Door’s cheerful, holistic approach to home health care has revolutionized the industry in Canada. Today, the franchise system opens the first of a series of locations in the United States, seeking to transform a field too long focused on merely extending life instead of celebrating it. “We’re tremendously excited to open our first [...]
Pittsburgh Senior Care praised the National Alzheimer’s Plan in an interview this week, but also indicated that the public may not be aware of the Obama administration program that seeks to aggressively combat Alzheimer’s disease over the next few years. Joy Holte, owner of the Pittsburgh-based senior care agency, said that the National Alzheimer’s Plan [...]
Gahanna native Paige Luft recently started Home Helpers & Direct Link of Westerville to provide nonmedical home care to senior citizens, new mothers and anyone needing recuperative care in northeast Columbus. Luft, a 1999 Gahanna Lincoln High School graduate, said she wants to help fulfill the need for in-home senior care ,with more than 70 [...]
Home Care Assistance, North America’s leading provider of in-home care for seniors, is proud to welcome Howard Behar, Former President of Starbucks, and Bill Novelli, Former CEO of AARP, as keynote speakers for its fifth annual convention. Mr. Behar will share his insights on employee engagement and the ideal customer experience, themes from his tenure [...]
Back in the day, they headed to the Sun Belt states for retirement. But today’s seniors are choosing to stay put, fueling a booming home care industry that is faced with the mission of helping seniors remain in homes that aren’t always equipped for the challenges of aging. Most older adults and their families find [...]
“Happy to 102: The Best Kept Secrets to a Long and Happy Life” was named Winner of the Aging Category in the prestigious National Indie Excellent Awards. Authored by a respected team of senior care experts, Dr. Kathy N. Johnson, Dr. James H. Johnson and Lily Sarafan, the book focuses on the factors – diet, [...]
Homewatch CareGivers, an international provider of home care services, has recently signed a multi-unit franchise agreement to open 17 additional offices in South Florida, to further support the state’s senior population. The company’s growth in Florida is part of a broader corporate strategy to provide top-quality care to America’s elderly and others who require assistance [...]
As America’s baby boomers continue to age, the nation’s senior home care industry is evolving into a dynamic franchise sector providing peerless, compassionate care to both to elderly and those requiring constant medical assistance. That’s the finding of a new senior care franchises industry report by Franchise Direct ( www.FranchiseDirect.com ), America’s leading franchise portal. [...]
When a family arrives at a point where they need to secure in-home care services for an aging loved one, one of their biggest concerns is how they will pay for these necessary services. While some individuals do have long-term care insurance and others qualify for Medicaid, the majority of recipients receiving in-home care services pay [...]
A home care franchise has pledged to create 500 jobs in the West Midlands this year due to increasing demand for its services. Home Instead Senior Care, which provides helpers for the elderly to live independently in their own homes, already employs 326 staff in seven offices across the region, and most of the new [...]
