Home Care FAQs

Non-skilled home care — also known as custodial care or personal care — is a service that assists older adults and other individuals with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). These activities can include:

• Light housekeeping
• Cooking
• Bathing
• Grooming
• Dressing
• Transportation
• Medication management
• Companionship

Individuals can receive nonmedical home care as a single service or in addition to skilled home health care or skilled care.

A home care franchise allows you to provide non-skilled older adult care services in your community with support from our experts to help your business thrive under your leadership. A home care franchise like HomeWell is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to run a business while caring for their community. 

HomeWell Care Services franchises offer many types of care for their clients so that everyone can receive the compassionate care they need that enhances their quality of life. We have these services available:

• Companion Care: Older adults who live alone may want a caregiver to be their companion throughout the day. A caregiver can do many activities with them, such as playing cards or reading books. Companion care also includes basic housekeeping such as laundry and meal preparation.
• Basic Care: Basic care helps older adults maintain their household and provides a companion. This service includes everything offered in Companion Care as well as more involved assistance such as bathing, dressing and medication reminders.
• Specialty Care: Our Specialty Care option is for older adults who have special requirements due to their health. Caregivers provide companion and basic care as well transportation, feeding, bed-bound care and special care for Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Skilled care — also known as home health care — is a service that provides health care at a client’s home or in an assisted or independent living facility. It can cover a wide range of health care services following an illness or injury. Home health care providers offer care that doctors prescribe, such as:

• Pain management
• Wound care
• Catheter care
• Occupational therapy
• Mobility training
• IV therapy
• Injections
• Vitals monitoring

Non-skilled or nonmedical home care meets client needs on an ongoing or 24/7 basis. Doctors don’t need to prescribe this care type, so clients can decide if it’s right for them and seek it whenever they feel like they need it.

HomeWell Care Services only offers non-skilled care, benefitting our franchise owners in many ways.

Over 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 each day, fueling the aging population and creating a high demand for senior care businesses. This need leads to an estimated $530 billion annually spent by family and friends to provide informal care for aging Americans. Additionally, home care offers a much lower barrier to entry than other industries and a much higher return on a single unit.

HomeWell Care Services provides training, industry education and support to individuals who wish to franchise our company in their area. Our team will walk alongside your team with regular on-site assistance and monthly check-in calls to ensure you are on the right track in serving your community with quality in-home care.

Specific timing can vary depending on each case and your state regulations. Throughout the process, we will continually provide tools, resources and other support to ensure you are prepared to lead your franchise in serving your community. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us for more information on what this process looks like.

Any entrepreneur from any background can start a home care franchise. Our franchise support team guides and teaches our owners about the ins and outs of home care.

A HomeWell franchise owner is technically self-employed for tax purposes, but franchisees still enjoy many benefits of self-employment, including having more autonomy and making their own schedule.

Home care agencies are regulated at the state level and usually require a license issued by the state. This regulation intends to keep the caregivers, the clients and the business owner safe. During the period it takes to receive licensure, you’ll have time to learn the home care industry and what it takes to run a franchise.

With making your franchise a cornerstone in your community, it’s less about your existing knowledge and more about your attitude. Of course, prior knowledge of the industry and health care can be quite beneficial. More than that, though, you need to be passionate about the work we’re doing and dedicated to seeing it through.

Using some of the existing HomeWell success structures, HomeWell franchisees work with our team to manage the day-to-day operations in their branch, including creating sales strategies, networking with industry leaders and reviewing daily schedules.