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Building a Business that Aligns with your Values

With more than 700 Right at Home franchises nationwide and counting, our network of owners is incredibly diverse. Our growing roster of Right at Home franchisees includes military veterans, former corporate executives, and working parents in search of a career change. In fact, the vast majority of Right at Home franchisees have no prior experience in the healthcare field.

So what exactly is it about Right at Home that draws franchise owners from so many different backgrounds and career paths? Certainly, new franchisees are drawn to a recognizable brand with a sterling industry reputation. Likewise, with our proven business model and our incredible support system, we put every franchisee in a position to succeed.

But it goes deeper than that. The real difference is that Right at Home gives you a chance to build a profitable business that also aligns with core values like care, compassion, and community. The paths that lead our franchisees to ownership are many and varied. But most owners arrive here because they want something more out of their work and their lives.

Finding Fulfillment

That’s exactly what Right at Home franchisee Beau Green was looking for when he purchased his territory in Birmingham, Alabama. Beau already had experience in small business ownership, and he had worked as a sales rep for a Fortune 500 company. But, as Beau explained, “I wanted my work to have more purpose. I wanted to use my skills in a more meaningful way.”

Beau considered more than 30 different franchise opportunities in his search for work with purpose and meaning.

“I found both with Right at Home,” Beau says. It’s also noteworthy that Beau did not have a background in healthcare. But like a lot of the working professionals that find their way to Right at Home, Beau saw the opportunity to do something more fulfilling.

Reigniting Your Professional Passion

Franchise ownership represents a new kind of career freedom for many franchisees. We find that a lot of prospective owners have already compiled long and impressive professional resumes filled with sales roles, marketing jobs, and C-suite titles. But many of these professionals have grown tired of working for others. Some are simply burnt out by corporate culture.

Franchise ownership with Right at Home is a chance to hit the reset button. It’s a chance to take all that impressive experience and dedicate it to something that reignites your passion and professional energy.

It’s also a chance to set your own hours, prioritize how you want to spend your time, and create your own goals. Right at Home provides you with the model, the resources, and the guidance. We’ll tell you what works. But you’re in charge of what you do with that information. You get to grow this business the way you want to.

Taking On the Tough Days

Make no mistake about it. The freedom of business ownership also comes with a whole lot of work. Building a successful business of any kind requires time, dedication, and perseverance. On top of that, there are plenty of challenges that are unique to this field.

A lot of the families you’ll work with have experienced ups and downs with the healthcare system and with home caregiving. Finding quality caregivers for loved ones can be incredibly difficult, stressful, and emotional for families. You’ll have challenging days. Your clients and their families will have challenging days.

But you’ll also be able to take great pride in helping see clients and families through these tough days. As Louisville, Kentucky franchisee Brad Cannon says, “We make an impact on clients' families every day by allowing them to be husbands and wives and mothers and fathers.”

Home care is not easy. But it is an industry that allows you to wake up every day and feel good about the impact you’re making in your community and in the lives of the families you serve.

Doing It For the Right Reasons

Family is obviously an important theme here. In fact, that’s exactly what draws so many prospective franchisees to Right at Home, and more broadly, into the home care field. Some of our franchisees have spent a lifetime traveling for business. For many of these owners, Right at Home represented a chance to work close to home and spend more time with family.

Many of our franchisees have also chosen the home care field because of their own experiences caring for a loved one. These owners are driven to be successful because they really are passionate about the work we do. When owners are passionate about the mission, so are the caregivers whom they employ.

We take regular opportunities as an organization to spotlight the amazing work of our caregivers. When we speak to clients and their families, we hear stories about caregivers who are kind, patient, and always willing to go the extra mile. But what we hear perhaps most often from clients is that their caregivers have become a part of their family.

Making it All About The Mission

There’s a reason our caregivers form such strong and meaningful connections with their clients. We share a very real belief in the Right at Home mission – from the leadership core at corporate, to our nationwide network of franchisees, to the caregivers working in our communities.

We believe that aging is about much more than staying healthy, safe, and independent. It’s also about living well. It’s about living the life you’ve earned. For members of the Right at Home family, there is no greater reward than knowing we’re making this possible for people.