LANCASTER — There are a lot of home care corporations all-around to help seniors. But Seniors Assisting Seniors is a minimal distinctive.
“As the name would propose, I’m employing lively seniors who get pleasure from assisting a lot less-active seniors live independently and securely in their households,” franchise operator Kim Harris explained. “We offer the non-health care providers to support seniors stay in their residences.”
That contains points like gentle housekeeping, laundry, shopping, transportation, cooking, bathing and dressing.
“There are quite a few companies that do this, that present assistance to seniors in their property,” Harris claimed. “But Seniors Serving to Seniors is the only firm that solely employs seniors as the caregivers. That’s what helps make us various.”
Although she worked in a technical subject for 32 yrs, Harris stated she’s generally been intrigued in house care and constantly desired to possess her possess business.
“But when I considered this a lot of, quite a few decades in the past, I considered just the caregiver turnover,” she explained. “So often it’s more youthful caregivers in these other companies and a thing didn’t in good shape pretty right with me. So I never ever definitely pursued it.”
But late past calendar year Harris resolved to see what franchise options were offered. A franchise consultant then told her about Seniors Encouraging Seniors.
“I immediately was just struck by the product and how genuinely ingenious it is for seniors by themselves to occur along with and to assistance seniors,” Harris mentioned. “I beloved the notion of the connection building. That is what actually attracted me to this specific franchise. Just the notion that people today who require support get enable by their counterparts and they create associations and establish friendships out of it.”
Not that Harris is placing down young caregivers.
“I consider there are some great caregivers who are youthful,” she stated. “But it’s harder for them to have that empathy for anyone who is more mature and getting old and all that arrives with it.”
She stated the Seniors Helping Seniors normally has a decrease turnover fee than the typical company partly simply because of the associations the clients and caregivers sort.
Kiran Yocom started the franchise in Pennsylvania in 1998. Harris stated Yocom labored with Mother Teresa for 14 decades just before starting off the firm.
Harris reported she’s been likely all over introducing herself and is now prepared to begin using the services of. She would like to have about 25 aspect-time caregivers inside a year.
Harris stated she’s “seeking for folks that compassionately want to assistance many others.”
She explained she would even now speak to a young person who could implement for a caregiver posture to see if they may be a very good in shape. Harris stated she wouldn’t rule any person out.
“Our design undoubtedly is older men and women,” she claimed. “It would just be a subject of a discussion. I truly feel that I do not want to rule anybody out undoubtedly based mostly on age in a reverse way. The people I am hiring are typically kinds obtaining a more durable time locating work.
Check out the business enterprise website at www.midohioseniorcare.com for extra details about getting a client or an staff.
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