With the number of seniors in the United States expected to double to 70 million in the near future, an increasing amount of families are facing the overwhelmingresponsibility of caring for aging loved ones. Families throughout the Wilmington area can experience the companionship and peace of mind knowing their loved ones can be cared for through the in-home services of Alyssa & Kevin Kelly.
Our firends the Kelly's are the new owners of the Wilmington, NC Comfort Keepers office. Prior to purchasing the franchise, Alyssa was employed in the health-care business market while Kevin came from a financial background.
They put that all aside to come to live by the Coast and partner with with Comfort Keepers, a growing national franchise which offers Companions and other in-home services for aging adults, new mothers, and others needing assistance to live in their own home.
Many families in the Wilmington area are attempting to balance the needs of aging loved ones with their own busy lives. Seniors who are in relatively good health and desperately want to continue living at home simply need help with daily activities. Comfort Keepers provides in-home services on an hourly, daily or weekly basis with tailored packages customized to an individual's needs. Packages include companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, grocery shopping, incidental transportation, laundry, recreational activities and more. Their mission is to treat each client with the respect and dignity they deserve, as though they are caring for a member of their own family.
"We wanted to provide seniors with an option of care that allows them to remain independent in their home," Alyssa says, at the same time we were looking for a niche opportunity that we would both enjoy being involved with that would match our health-care and business related backgrounds."
Kevin adds "We will still be offering personal care services in addition to the companion care. In fact, we recently hired an RN to assist in training care givers for personal care as well as doing home assessments. Comfort Keepers is one of only a few companies in our area offering these services."
The Kelly's offer Companion and Personal care in New Hanover and Pender counties. Companion care to the Leland area Personal care in all of Brunswick County.
To Contact the Kellys click here: Comfort Keepers
Comfort Keepers was founded in 1998 by a registered home health care nurse and her husband, the Comfort Keepers franchise system has grown to over 550 locations worldwide. Comfort Keepers has ranked as one of the top three franchises in senior care Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 for the past five years. For more information about Comfort Keepers, visit www.comfortkeepers.com/.
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This type of business should thrive as we boomers gray up in massive numbers.
Well... all the other boomers, that is. ;)
What a great business model..My husbands mom is 102 this week and independent- this would be a wonderrful service for her ( she is in PA ) .
I see a growing need as well, nice post on a local community service provider.
If they do it right, they'll likely have more business than they can handle in our aging society. Great idea for a post!
Mike, The business helps Seniors or others in need, such as young mothers
Michele, 102 and thriving... why not write about her!
Leigh, They are a great couple with determination to help folks in need!
Mae, Thanks for stopping by!
This is great! With so many bad people out to "take our" SRs to the cleaners they need someone they and their family members can trust! Way to go Mr. and Mrs. Kelly!
Lysa, the Kelly's are a terrific couple who are dedicated to providing the tender care that the elderly need. They also povide services to help young mothers.
Ginger