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Start Your Own Senior Services Business : Adult Day-Care, Relocation Service, Home-Care, Transportation Service, Concierge, Travel Service.
Title:
Start Your Own Senior Services Business : Adult Day-Care, Relocation Service, Home-Care, Transportation Service, Concierge, Travel Service.
Author:
Press, Entrepreneur.
ISBN:
9781613082799
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Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (921 pages)
Series:
StartUp Series
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Servicing Seniors -- Chapter 2: Running Your Senior Care Service -- Chapter 3: Developing Your Plan -- Chapter 4: Adult Day-Care Service -- Chapter 5: Relocation Service -- Chapter 6: Home Care and Home Health-Care Services -- Chapter 7: Concierge Service -- Chapter 8: Transportation Service -- Chapter 9: Travel Service -- Chapter 10: Structuring Your Business -- Chapter 11: Locating and Setting Up -- Chapter 12: Assembling Your Team -- Chapter 13: Equipping Your Business -- Chapter 14: Building Your Online Presence -- Chapter 15: Essentials of E-Marketing -- Chapter 16: Marketing Offline for Success -- Chapter 17: Financial Matters -- Chapter 18: When Things Go Wrong -- Chapter 19: Tales from the Trenches -- Appendix: Senior Care Resources -- Glossary -- Index -- Start Your Own Busienss, 5th Edition Excerpt -- Chapter 5: Build It Or Buy It? Starting a Business vs. Buying One.
Abstract:
The senior population is multiplying by the millions! In fact, during the next 25 years, the senior population in America is expected to double — growing faster than the total population in every state. This means one thing: a tremendous opportunity for aspiring and compassionate entrepreneurs. From providing adult daycare or homecare to transportation or concierge needs, this guide covers today’s most requested services within the 65-and-older market. Readers learn, step by step, how to choose the right opportunity for them, legally and financially establish their business, acquire licenses and certifications, set policies and procedures, and much more! Priceless insight, advice, and tips from practicing senior care professionals help aspiring entrepreneurs to discover their specialty from within one of six growing areas of interest — adult daycare, relocation services, homecare, transportation services, concierge, and travel service; design a business to suit customers’ demographics and special needs; set rates; create a support staff who will facilitate success; use effective marketing and advertising to get the word out; build valuable business partnerships that lead to referrals; and plan for future growth. A record number of seniors are seeking help, and this guide is the key to starting a senior care service today!.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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