Home Care Franchise BrightStar Expands Care-Network to Honolulu, Hawaii
Online, April 15, 2011 (Newswire.com) - BrightStar (Hoku'alohi) a full-service, non-medical home care and medical staffing agency, announces the expansion of its care giving network and opening of its newest location at 705 South King St. #200 in Honolulu, Hawaii. BrightStar of Honolulu will strive to fulfill an ever growing need for Senior Home Care in Hawaii, and will serve the entire island of Oahu.
In addition to providing much needed Home Care services in the greater Honolulu area, the new BrightStar location, owned by local resident Steven Lee with his wife Alison, will bring over 50 jobs to the area over the next year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, care giving remains one of the fastest growing job sectors in the country.
The expansion of BrightStar into Honolulu, and offering Home Care in Hawaii, is part of a national growth plan that calls for 400 total franchises by the end of 2011. Since launching the company's franchise operations in August 2005, BrightStar has opened and/or assigned more than 195 locations in various markets throughout the United States.
"We are incredibly excited about our arrival into Honolulu," said Shelly Sun, CEO and co-founder of BrightStar. "As specialists in the rapidly growing healthcare industry, we empower our owners to live our values and provide compassionate care and service, anytime, anyplace."
According to a collective report by the Centers for Disease Control, AARP and the American Medical Association, by 2015, one of every five Americans will be between the ages of 50 and 64. As they enter this age group, 70 percent will already be diagnosed with at least one chronic condition and nearly half will have two or more. The resulting disease and disability may seriously compromise their ability to carry out activities of daily living, and BrightStar can assist this group with such activities, and nursing care needs if their condition worsens.
Inspired by a family experience, BrightStar is a full-service healthcare staffing agency that specializes in providing non-medical homecare to private clients within their homes, as well as supplemental healthcare staff to corporate clients such as hospitals and nursing homes. While senior citizens make up the majority of the company's private duty clientele, BrightStar also works with pediatric and worker compensation cases, long term care and Veteran clients, as well as private trust and public guardian payers. BrightStar is also active in school nursing programs, retail health clinics and provides day care services.
Steven and Allison Lee are the newest owners of BrightStar of Honolulu. Steven spent 20 years in the banking industry and his wife Alison, who previously worked in the banking industry, has been a stay-at-home-mom for the past 8 years. As parents of 3 young children, they know how difficult it is to find trustworthy, quality babysitters and nannies. They knew BrightStar was the perfect fit to meet their entrepreneurial needs and the needs of the local community. Together their business provides non-medical and medical home care services as well as medical staffing to health care facilities.
"With the downturn of the banking industry, we were looking for a new, positive way to both earn a living and help others," said Steven Lee. "We knew there was a growing need for Senior Home Care in Hawaii, and that we wanted to be a part of a high-quality nation-wide franchise that had the tools and systems in place to allow us to bring a higher standard of care to the islands, while allowing us to incorporate our own local culture."
BrightStar of Honolulu can be reached by phone at (808) 447-7448.
Visit http://www.Home-Care-Hawaii.org featuring BrightStar of Honolulu.
About BrightStar Care Franchise:
Based in Chicago, BrightStar is a full-service healthcare staffing agency that provides medical and non-medical homecare to private clients within their homes, as well as supplemental healthcare staff to corporate clients. BrightStar's well-qualified, attentive caregivers provide peace of mind to clients and their families. They work to understand the needs of their clients and provide customized care to match them with a qualified, pre-screened caregiver who is compatible with their needs. BrightStar is one of the few home healthcare providers that offer both medical and non-medical homecare available to all clients 24/7.
For more information on BrightStar Care, please visit http://www.brightstarcare.com. To learn more about becoming part of the BrightStar family as a franchisee, visit http://franchise.brightstarcare.com.