Home Instead Senior Care Began from Personal
Experience
Ken Stavas, longtime resisdent of Acworth/Kennesaw with
deep roots in the community, opened the Kennesaw office in 1995.
Through his work and passion for the senior population made him
realize the need for non-medical home care and elder companionship
services to help seniors live independently at home.
Fulfilling a Growing Need as Our
Population Ages
In June 1995, the company began franchising. By 1998,
Home Instead Senior Care had grown to 99 offices and was recognized by Entrepreneur
magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing franchise companies in the
United States. In 2000, Home Instead Senior Care began international
development with the opening of an international partner relationship in
Osaka, Japan with Duskin Corporation.
Offering In-Home Care Worldwide
Today, the Home Instead Senior Care franchise network is
the world's trusted source of companionship, Alzheimer's and home care for
seniors, with more than 900 franchises in the United States, Canada,
Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, New Zealand,
Taiwan, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Finland, Austria, Puerto Rico
and Northern Italy. The network employs nearly 65,000 trained CAREGiversSM
who provide millions of hours of elder care services annually.
Philanthropic Endeavors
In 2003, the Hogans
established The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation as a means to further
enhance the lives of older adults. The Foundation's focus and objective is
to provide financial assistance to non-profit organizations specializing
in projects and programming that improve the quality of life for seniors.
To learn more, visit The Home
Instead Senior Care Foundation website.
Outstanding Achievements
Throughout the years Ken Stavas and Home Instead
Senior Care has been recognized for many awards such as a Top
25 Cobb Small Business Award, the Cobb County Best Practice Award,
Business to Business One To Watch Award.
Home Instead Senior Care of Kennesaw
throughtout the years has been the corporate sponser of both the Senior
Olympics and the Alzheimer's Walk.
