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What A Home Care Franchise Won’t Tell You We are sometimes asked by those who have talked to a franchise how our AHI Group agencies will beat out the franchises who are already “embedded in their local community?” Our response is to encourage these individuals to go to a hospital or other healthcare facility in their local community and ask a discharge planner “could you recommend a home care agency to me?” What they typically find is that most of the discharge planners will refer them a home health company (for skilled RN care) and the ones that do understand the difference between non medical and skilled home care will usually say “we don’t refer, we give out a list” and hand you a list of 5-10 home care agencies. If you look at that list you will see there may be some franchises listed on there but 1/2 of the home care agencies…

There are 15 million veterans and their surviving spouses who can qualify to receive $2,200 per month from a VA Pension Benefit to pay for their care services. AHI Group is the only home care organization in the nation that has an in-house Veterans Pension Benefit Program. This program allows our members to help 60% more veterans than any other home care agency using a 3rd party to process their VA Benefit applications. In addition, our members will always be able to provide more hours of care in this program vs. any home care agency using the 3rd party – guaranteed. We encourage you to watch our VA Program video to see exactly how our program is different and how our members always beat out anyone else doing anything with VA Benefits in their local community. Your clients will love that they can get funds which can be used to pay for up to…

You do not have to purchase a franchise to be successful – but you do need people behind you who are financially motivated to help you grow. Questions You Should Be Asking About The Home Care Industry Q: What is AHI Group? Are you a franchise? Why do you charge less than a franchise – what’s the catch? Q: Will you help me get clients from long term care insurance companies that everyone else is signed up with? How will you help me get picked over and above all the other home care agencies already signed up with trusted relationships in place? Q: What do Companions and Aides (caregivers) do? Q: How much does it cost to start a home care business? Can I start it in a home office? Q: Do I need a healthcare industry background to start a private duty (non medical) home care business? Q: Do caregivers I hire need licenses or…