AmeriCare Homecare vs Golden Heart Senior Care Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of AmeriCare Homecare vs Golden Heart Senior Care including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
AmeriCare Homecare Franchise
Golden Heart Senior Care Franchise
Investment N/A$49,325 - $80,650
Franchise Fee N/A$39,500
Royalty Fee -6%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded -2009
Year Franchised -2010
Term Of Agreement --
Term Of Agreement --
Renewal Fee --


Business Experience Requirements
 
AmeriCare Homecare Franchise
Golden Heart Senior Care Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
AmeriCare Homecare Franchise
Golden Heart Senior Care Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees -/--/-
Start-up Costs -/--/-
Equipment -/--/-
Inventory -/--/-
Receivables -/--/-
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Training & Support
 
AmeriCare Homecare Franchise
Golden Heart Senior Care Franchise
Training We begin training before training begins. Before you even attend classes, we start working with you to answer questions, walk you through materials and assist you in the licensing process. When you arrive for formal training, you're better able to benefit from the interactive and role-playing exercises. This hands-on experience offers much more than any lecture ever could. We even help you build your business during training sessions by making sales calls with you and assisting you in setting up appointments. The last thing we want to do is send you back home with a stack of manuals and little applicable understanding. Training doesn't end when you return home. Our post training makes sure that the learning continues, with weekly conference calls, continuing education and support in your market. No one else offers this level of connectivity because only AmeriCare's Master Franchise Program provides you with an Area Developer to mentor you towards growth.

Our training program is designed to get you into business quickly. We have a series of modules you will complete at home before you come to corporate for training. These modules cover establishing your business, hiring caregivers, training on our virtual office software system, and setting up your insurance policies. When you arrive at corporate, you will spend two days going through comprehensive marketing training. We focus on what is important to you, finding clients!

Support --
Marketing --
Operations -

Franchise can be run from home. *20% of all franchisees own more than one unit. *Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 25 - 30. *Absentee ownership of franchise is allowed. (95% of current franchisees are owner/operators).

Expansion Plans
 
AmeriCare Homecare Franchise
Golden Heart Senior Care Franchise
US Expansion -Yes
Canada Expansion --
International Expansion --

Company Overviews

About AmeriCare Homecare

Would you rather own a caretaking company or a caregiving company? The caretaker mindset is preoccupied with profits, often at the expense of developing the people and resources needed for long-term growth. Caretakers view their own time, energy and emotional commitment as costs rather than investments. When they minimize these things, the company culture and morale reflect this, not to mention the patient experience. Owning a caregiving company is different. The owner of a caregiving company understands that profits should be measured over time and that a flexible, supportive work environment is a good investment. When you take better care of your workers, they take better care of your customers. Our practices are carefully developed to deliver a superior service backed by superior resources and knowledge of the market. In other words, we position you to capitalize on an industry that is experiencing explosive growth. Homecare is virtually recession-proof. As more and more children trade roles with their aging parents, they encounter more and more demands on their already-loaded schedules. Added to the demands of career, spouses and children, caring for a special needs person can easily become overwhelming. Many of our franchisees have had to face this themselves. That's why AmeriCare was so appealing to them. They see the need and have empathy. They see the potential and have vision.
 
Our clients can work one-on-one with their caregiver to create a personalized care plan. We do not implement limitations on caregivers. It is up to the client and the caregiver to establish the proper non-medical caregiving service plan.

About Golden Heart Senior Care

In-home non-medical care is our core service offering. Our services are in demand and include: *Companion Care *Home Helper Services *Personal Care *Respite Care *Meal Preparation *Alzheimer's & Demntia *Housekeeping & Laundry *Medication Reminders *Sleep-Over Attendant Care *Bathing & Grooming *Incontinence Issues *Transport to Dr's Appointments *Personal Emergency Response *FREE Assisted Living Placement ...and so much more

We have extensive franchise development experience unparalleled in the senior care industry. We have unique proprietary marketing systems to help franchisees get clients. We offer multiple revenue streams from the same franchise! We are one of the few companies in the industry that offers Area Representative Franchises (Master Franchises) which provides for high quality support at the local level. We have prime territories available where many others are sold out. Our franchisees can operate from their home office and will utilize our custom virtual office software system. The entire business can be operated from a laptop computer anywhere in the world.

We offer single unit franchise, multi - unit franchises and Master Franchises. We have prime territories available but they are selling quickly.