We Care Health Services vs FirstLight HomeCare Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of We Care Health Services vs FirstLight HomeCare including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
	We Care Health Services Franchise	FirstLight HomeCare Franchise
Investment	$125,000 - $150,000	$112,881 - $199,376
Franchise Fee	$40,000	$49,000
Royalty Fee	-	5%
Advertising Fee	-	1%
Year Founded	1984	2009
Year Franchised	1986	2010
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Term Of Agreement	-	-
Renewal Fee	-	-
Business Experience Requirements
	We Care Health Services Franchise	FirstLight HomeCare Franchise
Experience	-	Success-minded individuals from all occupations and walks of life will find great potential with the FirstLight HomeCare operating system. We look for people or teams of people who are caring, compassionate, outgoing, detail-oriented, visionary, entrepreneurial, positive, self-motivated, with a willingness to follow a proven system, a desire to deliver great service and a desire to be on a winning team. A minimum of $50,000 in working capital and the ability to have an equity owner participating in the business are required.
Financing Options
	We Care Health Services Franchise	FirstLight HomeCare Franchise
	In-House/3rd Party	In-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees	-/-	-/Yes
Start-up Costs	-/-	-/Yes
Equipment	-/-	-/Yes
Inventory	-/-	-/Yes
Receivables	-/-	-/Yes
Payroll	-/-	-/Yes
Training & Support
	We Care Health Services Franchise	FirstLight HomeCare Franchise
Training	-	Our training is state-of-the art in the senior care industry and begins with five full days at our headquarters in suburban Cincinnati, OH. This is very hands-on and personalized in small group settings to maximize the learning experience. Additionally, ongoing training modules for your managers, caregivers, referral networking managers and care managers/schedulers are provided as your business grows and your training needs evolve. We believe in "learning for life" and have patterned our franchise services in the same manner On-The-Job Training: 32 hours Classroom Training: 40 hours
Support	-	We are driven by the simple approach that if our franchisees are successful, we will all be successful. Our support infrastructure is geared to enabling your success first. You will receive a range of direct services and training via a five day, extensive, new owner learning session; onsite visits; telephone coaching; operational analysis; Intranet forums; regional meetings and national conferences; entrepreneurial network sharing; and future services as we evolve and your needs change as your FirstLight business grows. Purchasing Co-ops Newsletter Meetings/Conventions Toll-Free Line Grand Opening Online Support Security/Safety Procedures Field Operations Site Selection Proprietary Software Franchisee Intranet Platform
Marketing	-	Co-op Advertising Ad Templates National Media Regional Advertising Social media SEO Website development Email marketing Loyalty program/app
Operations	-	Absentee Ownership Allowed Number of Employees Required to Run: 2
Expansion Plans
	We Care Health Services Franchise	FirstLight HomeCare Franchise
US Expansion	-	Yes
Canada Expansion	Yes	Yes
International Expansion	-	-

Company Overviews

About We Care Health Services

At We Care, we understand that seniors, and others who need care and support, enjoy an improved quality-of-life when they continue living at home in familiar surroundings. That’s why we’ve created the most professional, compassionate and attentive home care program in Canada. And it’s how we’ve grown into Canada’s largest independently owned home health service.

We’re locally based, so we understand your community and its history. We know the area’s unique character. Our own families are growing up here and in many instances, our parents and grandparents have helped shape the community’s history.

On the bigger scale, we’re nationally linked, with over 50 locations across Canada. We share successful practices, provide exclusive services, and are there when you need us.

It’s our compassion, along with the resourcefulness of a professional national network, that make us the care provider of choice for thousands of families all across Canada.

Established in 1984, We Care Health Services is now Canada's largest franchise system in the health care industry. We Care franchisees benefit from exploding demand for our services due to aging populations and government cutbacks, as well as the extensive support and infrastructure required to supply that demand.

About FirstLight HomeCare

FirstLight HomeCare's administration begins with our kin - individuals who have been there and who comprehend the difficulties to seniors, their relatives and nearby groups. We comprehend the difficulties families confront when tending to friends and family, regardless of whether they are across town or the nation, and that implies finding and contracting the correct sort of care.

* FirstLight parental figures are immediate workers, not temporary workers - state authorized, screened and foundation checked - and must go through our thorough care preparing.

* FirstLight is a completely agreeable organization with respect to the security of every customer's close to home wellbeing information. All parental figures are prepared in security issues.

* Following exhaustive enlistment and care preparing before we ever start giving administrations, all FirstLight representatives should likewise total our exceptional Culture of Care preparing and introduction procedure to convey a much larger amount of care.

FirstLight HomeCare's qualities driven approach touches each part of our business, including earth shattering, industry-driving instruments for our customers and their families:

# Client Care Access

# Emergency Response

# Client Satisfaction Surveys

# Client Care Assurance

# ClientFirst

Veteran Incentives  $10,000 off franchise fee