A home care business with heart is rewarding in more ways than one.
Have you been thinking about creating your own business but are not sure where to start or what industry to tap into?
Did you know that the home health care industry in Australia is expanding at a rapid pace across both the aged care and disability sectors? It is also one of the few industries you can really focus on Making Lives Better and running a business filled with Purpose.
Further to that, there are franchise options available to set your home health care business up for success with world-class systems and ongoing training and support.
If you’re looking for an opportunity to build your own business and positively impact your local community then you’ve come to the right place as running your own home health care company can provide just that!
Here are 5 reasons why starting a home health care franchise with Nurse Next Door is rewarding in more ways than one:
1. You Don’t Need to be a Nurse to be a Nurse Next Door Business Owner
While having a background in health care can certainly be a benefit, it is not a requirement when starting a franchise with Nurse Next Door.
To run a successful home health care business, the key thing you need is a passion and drive for Making a Difference in the lives of people within your local community by providing quality care and support. We here at Nurse Next Door like to say, “Skills can be taught. Passion can’t.”
While you will need Registered Nurses and qualified caregivers to provide that quality care for your clients, you as a business owner don’t need to be a nurse or any other healthcare professional.
Our team of experts in HearQuarters will provide ongoing coaching for franchise owners to help you every step of the way from building your awareness within the local community to growing your business all the way to building your personal confidence as a leader and business owner.
Nurse Next Door ensures you have the best resources, tips, and hands-on guidance to thrive in the aged care and disability sectors for years to come.
2. The Aged Care & Disability Sectors Continue to Grow Rapidly
In Australia, both the aged care and disability sectors are expected to grow year on year which means that more and more people will require assistance as they age or continue to live with a disability.
Approximately 4.2 million Australians are over the age of 65 and 7 out of 10 would prefer to stay at home as they age. Similarly, 4.4 million Australians are living with a disability with 40% needing assistance from formal providers.
By 2066 the number of people over the age of 65 is projected to reach 11.2 million and the number of Australians living with a disability is projected to reach 7.8 million.
The opportunity for a Nurse Next Door home health care franchise to succeed has never been greater due to this ever-growing demand.
3. You’re Working With a Proven Business Model
As a Nurse Next Door Franchise Partner, you will have an established brand, culture and systems at your fingertips to help you set up for success in your local community.
During the last 20 years that Nurse Next Door has operated in North America, and its adaptation in Australia, an overabundance of established systems and support is accessible to all our franchise partners.
There are several key areas where franchise partners receive training and support. These include:
- People and culture
- Sales and marketing
- Financial and business planning
- Intakes and 24/7 care services
A proven business model that has been tried and tested for over two decades will help enable your home care franchise to operate more predictably and intentionally to meet objectives, and key performance indicators and help achieve your overall business goals.
4. You’re Building a Business with Heart
Regardless of your personal and career background, one thing that Nurse Next Door seeks in Franchise Partners are people who are Passionate about Making a Difference in their local community and building a business with heart.
This is why eligibility is based on four “people” criteria:
- People who share our belief of equal parts profit and purpose
- People who have an aptitude for sales and marketing through our core three market segments:
- Community Engagement
- Networking
- Digital Marketing
- People with strong leadership capabilities
- People with the tenacity necessary to make their healthcare agency franchise thrive
5. The Steps to Ownership are Simple
Nurse Next Door has 4 simple steps to owning a franchise from start to finish to ensure that you have what it takes to run a successful home care franchise:
Familiarity
After you take the first step and download our latest Franchise Report you will have the opportunity to book a discovery call with our Franchise Development team and have your first interview with us to see if there is alignment between you as a business owner and our bold pink brand.
This is a great opportunity for both parties to ask as many questions as possible and see if Nurse Next Door is the right fit for you.
Education
If there is an alignment between you and our Bold Pink brand, you will go to our next step where we will dig deeper into our operational systems and you can learn more about the support we can offer you to help set you up for success.
This is a great chance for you to keep asking more questions and better understand how our world-class systems and ongoing support will benefit your local franchise knowing that we are on the journey with you every step of the way.
Research
During our research phase, we will arm you with a financial plan to help you start creating a plan of success and the opportunity to meet with existing Franchise Partners to see how Nurse Next Door has helped their business go from strength to strength.
Being able to connect with Franchise Partners from all over Australia who have gone through the same journey you have started is a great way to help validate your decision and clarify any questions you may have.
Decision
If you have come this far in the steps to ownership, then that means that you’re comfortable with how Nurse Next Door can set you up for success and you feel that your personal values and business goals are perfectly aligned with us.
In this final step, you will be invited to attend a Final Interview Day at our HeartQuarters office in Melbourne where you will get a high-level overview of how each department can help support your business. This is also the day when you are awarded your franchise and ready to sign off on our franchise agreement.
The Australian aged care and disability sector needs people driven by purpose and Passion for Making a Difference in their local communities by providing not only quality home care services but, empowering people to live lives with Positivity, Possibility and Purpose. Nurse Next Door’s world-class systems and ongoing support are here to help like-minded individuals to build a business with heart and set your business up for success!
With a core purpose of Making Lives Better®, Nurse Next Door, under the leadership of Melbourne-based Master Franchisors Matt Fitton and Amber Biesse, provides in-home aged care and disability support services built on our philosophy of Happier Ageing® focusing on possibility rather than disability.
