Franchise Opportunities
Demographic Trends....
Demand for In-Home Care Services Will Rise Exponentially
in the Coming Decades!
The occupation with the highest rate of growth will
be health services. This includes home health aides and personal care providers.
Take a quick look below at why you can be sure AmeriCare Alliance is the
opportunity you've been looking for.
Demographic Trends Point To a Need for our Business.
- Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to rise. Women live an average of 80 years, while men can expect to live to about 74 years of age.
- The number of Americans over 65 years of age will double to 70 million in the next thirty years.
- 75% of baby boomers are nearing retirement in the next decade.
Caregiving Trends Point To A Need For Our Business.
- Lost productivity, absenteeism, interruptions, and replacing employees due to eldercare cost U.S. businesses in excess of $11 billion annually.
- The increased popularity of sports and rise in home and vehicle accidents have increased the need for in-home assistance tenfold.
- While most of the recipients of home care are elderly, more than one-third are persons under age 60. These people are rehabilitating, are disabled and/or have chronic health conditions.
- Statistically speaking, hospital stays for surgical patients are roughly half the length they were ten years ago. Skyrocketing health care and insurance costs should continue to push recovery out of hospitals and into homes.
The Way People Live Today Points To A Need For Our Business.
- Most adults age 60+ live in their own homes and have enough income to live comfortably. 80% of the elderly prefer to remain in their own homes, where comfort, independence and quality of life are enhanced.
- As many as 12.8 million Americans of all ages need assistance from others to carry out everyday activities.
- The cost of limited care at home is approximately 60% lower than care in an institution or medical facility.
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Aging Source, Nation's Business, Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics, Family Caregiver Alliance, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Fact book, United Hospital Fund of New York.
