Home Instead Senior Care | Company Review

In 1994, Paul and Lori Hogan began serving seniors in Omaha, Nebraska as Home Instead Senior Care. Because of his own experience caring for his aging grandmother, Paul Hogan realized the need for elder companionship and non-medical home care services that would enable seniors to maintain their dignity by aging at home independently, and for as long as possible. With that vision, Home Instead Senior Care was created.

Home Care Facilities Around the World

Home Instead Senior Care began franchising in June 1995. By 1998, the company had 99 offices in operation and started to experience tremendous growth. That year, Entrepreneur magazine recognized Home Instead Senior Care as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the US. In 2000, Home Instead Senior Care began to develop internationally by partnering with Duskin Corporation in Osaka Japan.

Today, there are more than 900 Home Instead Senior Care franchises operating in the United States, Puerto Rico, Japan, Canada, Australia, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Northern Italy, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Taiwan, Austria, Finland, and New Zealand.

Home Instead Employees & CAREGivers

Nearly 65,000 specially trained CAREGivers are employed by the Home Instead Senior Care network, providing countless hours of Alzheimer’s and home senior care services per year. In fact, it is the CAREGivers who set Home Instead Senior Care apart from all other home care providers. Once hired, CAREGivers are given on-going training opportunities to help enhance their care giving skills. Some Home Instead Senior Care locations even offer their CAREGivers access to specialized Alzheimer’s and Personal Care Assistant training.

In 2003, The American Society on Aging even recognized Home Instead, Inc. as the Small Business of the Year for their exclusive CAREGiver training program that was designed by the world-renowned experts of The George G. Glenner Alzheimer’s Family Center.

Senior Care Services

CAREGivers provide a wide variety of non-medical, in-home care for seniors that allow them the opportunity to live independently in their own home for as long as possible. Some of the responsibilities that a Home Instead CAREGiver provides are:

• Companionship and Conversation
• Meal Preparation
• Appointment and Medication Reminders
• Light Housekeeping
• Appointment Accompaniment
• Errand Running
• Assistance with Walking and Stabilization
• Alzheimer’s Care

Home Instead Senior Care wants to make sure their CAREGivers have the tools and the training that they need to provide the highest level of compassion and care for the seniors who turn to them for it. Most importantly, all CAREGivers employed by Home Instead Senior Care are licensed and bonded.