The Home Instead Senior Care Network and American Moving & Storage Association Advise Planning Before Moving – Out of a job and nowhere to turn? Or perhaps the opportunities to realize the American dream of owning a business seem beyond reach. Consider relocating. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that just under one million people (families included) moved between 2009 and 2010 because someone in the family was looking for work or had lost his or her job. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, home care franchising offers many advantages for those who are looking to start or expand a business anywhere in the U.S. Moving does require advance planning, though. That’s why the Home Instead Senior Care® network and American Moving & Storage Association have issued tips to help families who are relocating.
When Aaron Blight and Michael Steinberg wanted a business opportunity, they found it… just not in their backyards. Both relocated their families to start or develop home care franchise businesses and they’ve never regretted the move.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 971,000 households moved toward the official end of the latest recession – between 2009 and 2010 – because someone in the family was looking for work or had lost a job.
Aaron Blight, a former director in the division of financial operations for the Medicaid program, and his wife Jessica – a stay-at-home mom – were looking for a business opportunity that could support a family of four children. They found it in 2008 by purchasing an existing Home Instead Senior Care® franchise in Winchester, Va., about an hour and 45 minutes from where they were living in Westminster, Md. Blight had some experience as a family caregiver for his mother-in-law, who had cancer, and knew home care was a growing field. Read more.