Lavender Home Care Solutions
What: Non-medical home health care services including personal care, companionship, light housekeeping and transportation for seniors
Where: 721 Springfield St., Dayton
Phone: (937) 660-6901
Owner: Bernard Dalichau
Website: www.lavenderhomecare.com
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Lavender Home Care Solutions has grown to 45 employees and more than 100 clients since its founding less than four years ago, owner Bernard Dalichau said.
Lavender, founded in 2010, offers non-medical home health care services including personal care, companionship, light housekeeping and transportation to seniors in the Dayton, Springfield, Springboro and Xenia areas.
The fast-growing home health business now has its eyes set on an expansion to the Cincinnati market. Plans are to hire five to seven new caregivers to serve Cincinnati-area customers by the end of 2013, Dalichau said.
Next year, Lavender is also looking to move to more centrally located office space, he said. A location has not been determined. Currently, Lavender is housed at 721 Springfield St., Dayton.
Dalichau anticipates 2013 revenues of approximately $1 million, up from about $500,000 the first full year of business.
“What’s driving the growth is word of mouth, which comes directly from the processes we have in place to ensure quality to our clients and stability with our caregivers,” such as training and a stringent hiring process, Dalichau said.
Lavender accepts payment through the Greene County Council on Aging, the PASSPORT waiver and ComCare programs through Area Agency on Aging in Dayton, private pay and long-term care insurance.
Dayton home care companies are growing to meet the demands of an aging population that prefers to stay in their homes as long as possible, local experts say. More people are living with chronic conditions, and they’re living longer and using technological advances to manage their conditions at home.
Home health aides and personal care aides help their elderly clients with daily tasks.
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