As the population greys and lives longer, the demand for the care of the elderly has grown and risen in importance. Meeting their special needs is one of the fastest growing businesses. SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. offers you a rewarding opportunity to become part of this expanding industry and personally enrich your life as you help the elderly restore a sense of dignity and vibrancy to their lives. Founded by Dr. Merle Griff, a gerontologist who is a leading expert in the process of aging, Sarah Adult Services has earned the respect of the healthcare field. Its widespread recognition has not only helped it to grow quickly but also earned it the trust of its clients’ families and the local community. Much of SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. success is due to the development of SARAHCare, a special program that has made SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. a leader in caring for the elderly.
As you review this franchise opportunity, you will discover the rewards and satisfaction that those who are a part of SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. already know- the pleasure of both running a successful business and making a difference in your community.
The Market -
The elderly is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. As their numbers grow, their families require help caring for their special needs. However, the elderly have resisted entering institutions full time, which means adult day services is poised perfectly to assist the elderly as they continue to live at home.
Families are considering adult day services now more than ever for their parents and grandparents. And, the government is willing to assist families with care giving at home.
The elderly are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population…
-The number of people over 65 years of age will grow from 33 million in 1995 to 53 million in the year 2020 - a 63% increase.
-By the year 2010, one in five Americans will be over age 65.
-Average life expectancy has increased 15 years since the founding of the Social Security program in the 1930s.
Families need help caring for their elderly…
-According to a 1997 AARP report, 1 out of every 4 households provide care for the elderly and spend 18.1 hours a week in elderly care giving.
But, the elderly want to stay at home…
-Only a small percentage of the population is institutionalized. Even at age 85 and over, 85% are still living in some non-institutional setting.
-The length of the average nursing home stay has dropped from 34 months in 1985 to 28 months in 1995, a six-month reduction.
Adult day services is within financial reach…
-The percentage of elderly living in poverty declined 11.7% from 1970 to 1992. Education levels are higher and most women have worked and generate their own Social Security and pension income.
-State governments are looking to adult day service centers to shoulder the responsibility for caring for the elderly through Home and Community Based Services waivers.
Which means, adult day service is one of the fastest growing businesses…
-10,000 adult day service centers will needed by the year 2000, according to the National Adult Day Service Association.
-According to Entrepreneur Magazine, adult day services is one of the Top 10 hottest growing businesses and “still one of the best-kept secrets around”.
Training and Support -
SARAH’s training program will teach you the skills needed to confidently handle every aspect of running a SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. center. The training will provide an in-depth understanding of the program in an intensive two-week seminar. Specialists will offer personal instruction in issues of care giving. Nutrition, behavior issues, therapeutic activity planning, and health issues will be covered by licensed professionals. The skills learned in training will be practiced and perfected in real-world situations at active SARAH centers. Special issues in care giving such as dementia and falls at the center will be further explored in training films.
Just as much attention is given to business operations as to care giving. The entire business of running a center is covered in detail, including such aspects as operations, management, personnel, marketing, and relating to stakeholders. Our training program gives you the necessary business expertise to make care giving your first concern.
Training extends beyond the classroom to support during the lifetime of your SARAH center. SARAH staff’s first priority is to know you and your particular concerns. Through lengthy telephone consultations and site visits, the SARAH staff will build a close working relationship with you. The advisory staff consists of people who have run adult day service centers themselves. They will be able to quickly identify with your concerns and draw on their practical knowledge to give relevant and effective advice. Because the advisory staff also operates centers, they share in your enthusiasm and your success. The staff’s sincere interest in you and your center will make you feel welcome as a member in SARAH’s extended family.
The heart of SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. is SARAHCare™, a special program of care developed by Dr. Merle Griff, Sarah’s founder. SARAHCare™ offers unparalleled assistance to the client’s special needs, but more importantly recognizes the uniqueness of each elder. Beyond helping with the daily tasks of living, SARAHCare™ seeks to share in the richness of the senior’s personal life. It is Sarah’s recognition of what the elder can contribute to the life of the center that makes both the elder, his or her family, and Sarah’s staff treasure the elder’s presence. SARAHCare™ is more than an ideal. It is a fully implementable program. The program has emerged from Merle Griff’s far-ranging expertise with the elderly. She has lectured internationally and published extensively about caring for the elderly, but she feels her most important publication has been Linkages, a guide to intergenerational program development and implementation that is used by the Ohio Department of Aging in their early childhood centers. She brings business expertise as well, having been the project director for fourteen years for a multi-use geriatric center, which included a nursing home, rest home, and adult and child day care centers. Learning from her experience, Merle has developed special programs and activities for elders that have been widely published and recognized as an integral part of the Sarah Adult Day Services, Inc. franchise.
Some of the innovative programs include:
-Men’s Club - Special activities and bonding experiences for elder men who often feel left out in conventional adult day services programming.
-Memory Corner - Sitting room decorated with antiques and memorabilia. A place for elders to develop a rapport and closeness with their families and share their rich histories. Memory Corner tries to make the past as important as the present and consequently show the elderly how deeply we value them.
-Caregiver’s support group - A opportunity for caregivers to find support and advice for the unique problems of caring for the elderly.
-Intergenerational programming - Activities between older adults and children where both groups deeply benefit from each other and develop close bonds. The older adults are energized by the children while the children recognize the elders’ value and learn that aging is a natural part of life.
Marketing -
Most franchises focus on showing you how to create marketing hard copy such as brochures, press releases, and newspaper ads, but SARAH Adult Day Services, Inc. knows that the greatest source of business is the building and maintaining of relationships. SARAH’s marketing program shows you how to build your referral business, particularly to professional sources of referrals such as physicians and other health care providers. The marketing program will teach you the best method to approach healthcare providers and build your relationship with them after that first meeting. As part of the marketing training, you will have the opportunity to participate in a marketing visit to a health professional’s office. The program further explains how to maintain those professional relationships in order to continue receiving referrals. The marketing program also will address how to build word-of-mouth recommendations from families and to better your reputation in the community.
URL: http://www.sarahcare.coEmail: info@sarahcare.com
Tel: 330-454-3200 Fax: 330-454-6807
Company: SARAH ADULT DAY SERVICESCity: CantonState: OHZip: 44702
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