Griswold Special Care Franchise News

Home Care Company Launches Social Networking Site for Seniors

ERDENHEIM, Pa., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 45 percent of individuals between the ages of 70 and 75 are now online. For seniors living far away from their families, especially during the holidays, getting online provides a way to keep in touch with children and grandchildren with much more regularity and non-medical home care company GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE is making that effort even easier with the introduction of its Family 411 social networking site - a first in the home care industry.

Family 411 (located at www.family411.net) is a privacy-protected social network that gives family members access to online updates about their loved ones that are posted by other family members, caregivers or aging relatives themselves...

April 16, 2008 // Franchising.com // - GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE of Erdenheim, PA announced it has opened it's 100th Home Care office. This came as a result of opening three new franchised home care offices. The home care services offered by these home care agencies will be provided in El Paso, Texas; Metro Detroit NW, MI; Charleston, SC.

GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE is the world's oldest multi-national non-medical Home Care company. GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE refers Caregivers who provide personal care, homemaking, companionship, incidental transportation, in-home care and other services to Clients wishing to remain safe and independent at home. For more information, or for the location of an office near you, call the number above or visit us on the web at: www...

March 12, 2008 // Franchising.com // - Meet The Candidates and Get Out The Vote are separate initiatives, which almost certainly will garner tremendous media attention for our 97 franchised offices in 17 states.

"Meet The Candidates" will be a bi-partisan invitation by GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE offices to bring political contenders to GSC offices, church hall etc. This will be an ideal opportunity to arrange for Clients and Caregivers to attend – their votes also count! The public will also be invited to attend.

"Get Out The Vote" will afford GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE offices the opportunity to serve as registration information centers, where people can pick up voter registration forms. GSC Managers will deliver these forms to Clients and live-in Caregivers who have trouble getting out of the house...