How Home Instead Senior Care Began in Tampa Bay Area

To Me, It's Personal

Welcome to Home Instead Senior Care. Thank you for giving us an opportunity to show you just how personal and personally we will care for your loved one.

In 2003, I opened the Brandon office, or eastern Hillsborough County.  I was extremely thrilled to find a business that I could relate to.  You see, I inherited my love for people from my father.  He taught me we are to love people.  We don't have to always like them or agree with them, we are to love them.

Enter my neighbor, Lucille, bless her heart. She was a widow, without any children, living in the home her and her husband purchased 40 some years ago.  Her osteoporosis left her bent over to the point she almost touched the ground which was convenient for her since her past time was weeding.  She would ask for a ride to church every so often. Being Italian and Catholic, she had her guard up and stayed protected.  When the house became too much, she moved to a lovely facility on the west coast.

Enter a pizza bar in North Carolina.  While enjoying pizza and pumpkin beer, a couple we would later know as David and Malorie Hill, franchise owners in Jacksonville, sat next to us.  Dave had a logo shirt that said Home Instead Senior Care.  When questioned, he explained the services they offered.  I asked if the company was a personal concierge service for senior citizens.  His response was "Kinda".  You could have heard the bells and whistles going off in my head.

After doing some additional research, contacting Home Instead Inc. Corporate Headquarters, and going through their personality tests and screenings, here we are.  

In September 2006, My team and I were blessed to have the opportunity to purchase the Tampa office.  Every day is a new family, a new client and a new friend.

We look forward to meeting with you and/or your loved one.  813-684-1972.

The History of Home Instead Senior Care

Paul and Lori Hogan founded Home Instead, Inc. and began serving seniors in Omaha, Nebraska as Home Instead Senior Care in 1994. It was Paul Hogan's own family experience caring for his grandmother for 12 years that made him realize the need for non-medical eldercare and companionship services to help seniors live independently at home.

In June 1995, the company began franchising. By 1998, the Home Instead Senior Care network had grown to 99 franchises and was recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing franchise companies in the United States.

In 2000, Home Instead Senior Care began international development with the opening of a Master Franchise in Osaka, Japan. Today, the Home Instead Senior Care franchise network is the world's trusted non-medical source of companionship and home care for seniors, with more than 800 franchises in the United States, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain, New Zealand, Taiwan, Switzerland and Germany.

In 2003, theHome Instead Senior Care Foundation   was created to further the philanthropic mission of franchisees. The Foundation's focus and objective is to provide financial assistance to non-profit organizations specializing in projects and programming that improve the quality of life for seniors. To learn more, visit The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation website.

In 2007, Paul Hogan was recognized as the International Franchise Association's Entrepreneur of the Year. This most prestigious honor has been bestowed on past recipients including J. Willard Marriott of Marriott Corp., Frederick A. DeLuca, CFE of Subway Restaurants, and Russell Umphenour of RTM Restaurant Group.

Today, the Home Instead Senior Care franchise offices employ nearly 50,000 trained CAREGivers who provide millions of hours of elder care services annually through more than 60 home care activities that include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, errands and shopping.

Dependability, quality of care and accountability have earned Home Instead Senior Care a deep level of trust with clients, their family members and friends, and thousands of home health care, assisted living, medical and social elder care organizations throughout the world.

The Home Instead Senior Care network's mission is a passion to be the world's trusted source of companionship and home care for seniors.