In-Home Care Provider Expands Franchise to Canadian Market

A major provider of in-home senior care is opening its franchise doors in Canada, but the expansion may be just the tip of the iceberg for the company, which plans to expand to other countries in the coming years. Established in 2002, Timmonium, Maryland-based Senior Helpers has over 270 franchises business operating across the country, […]

Business Briefs: Care Finders’ Acquisitions

Care Finders Completes Two More Acquisitions Care Finders Total Care, a New Jersey-based home health care company, has completed two more acquisitions, bringing the total number of acquisitions the company has completed to 10 over the last 24 months. Care Finders acquired Wayne, New Jersey-based Emerald Health Care Services and Morris Plains, New Jersey-based Family […]

Business Briefs: Great Lakes Caring’s Executive Leadership

Great Lakes Caring Announces Executive Leadership Appointments Great Lakes Caring Home Health and Hospice, a Midwest provider of coordinated continuum care, including home health, palliative and hospice care, has named four executive leadership hires in its “Leadership 2025 – Evolution of Excellence” plan. The plan puts in place key leadership promotions to advance the company’s […]

Business Briefs: AMN Acquires The First String Healthcare, PHI Names New Director of Federal Affairs

AMN Healthcare Acquires The First String Healthcare AMN Healthcare Services, a health care workforce solutions and staffing services company, announced Sept. 15 that it completed its acquisition of The First String Healthcare, a provider of interim staffing and permanent placement of nurse leaders and executives. The acquisition involves cash payments of $6.5 million and an earn-out […]

Emmy Award Winner Becomes Spokeswoman for Home Care Company

A prime time celebrity is partnering with a home care company to become its official spokesperson, and relating to clients through her personal experience with Alzheimer’s disease. American talk show host and Emmy Award winner Leeza Gibbons is the official spokesperson of Senior Helpers, and will also help invest in Senior Helpers franchises. The national […]

Caregivers Rate Best Home Care Companies for 2014

Visiting Angels and Senior Helpers top the list of 10 best home care companies to work for in 2014, according to a survey of more than 1,500 caregivers. myCNAjobs.com has ranked the top 10 home care companies caregivers say they’d want to work for this year, with Home Care Assistance, Comfort Keepers, and Home Instead […]