Home Instead Senior Care Celebrates Tenth Anniversary In New Haven, Litchfield & Fairfield Counties

May 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Sharon Massafra of Fairfield, certified senior advisor and president/owner of Home Instead Senior Care in Trumbull and Sandy Hook, Connecticut, has announced the tenth anniversary of her franchise ownership. Massafra began the franchise in February 2000 with a staff of one. Today she oversees a staff of 6, employs 125 CAREGivers, and she is welcoming her husband, Robert Massafra, to the executive staff in the position of vice president.

Home Instead Senior Care is a network of independently-owned and operated senior care franchises worldwide. No matter where a senior lives, in their home, an assisted living facility or a nursing home, Home Instead Senior Care provides services  through a network of 800 franchise offices throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Korea, Finland, and Austria.

“Owning this franchise for the past ten years,” started Massafra, “has been one of the most rewarding business experiences of my life.” Previously, Massafra worked in various management positions with Park City Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Waterbury and Danbury Hospitals in Connecticut.

As owner of a Home Instead Senior Care franchise, Massafra employs professional administrative staff members as well as CAREGivers who assist older adults with everyday, non-medical tasks including personal care, meal preparation, medication reminders, laundry and light housekeeping, escort for shopping and errands, and respite care. Massafra’s team of CAREGivers serve seniors and their families in 33 towns throughout northern Fairfield, southern Litchfield and northwest New Haven counties.

In the fall of 2009, Massafra brought her husband, Robert, into her franchise ownership in the position of vice president. She commented, “Bob currently oversees quality assurance, Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders and chore services.”

Globally, the CAREGivers of Home Instead Senior Care provide millions of hours of affordable care to seniors on a daily basis. Qualified CAREGivers are thoroughly screened, extensively trained, insured and bonded, licensed to drive a vehicle, and selected for their professionalism, reliability, dependability and integrity. “Gaining a client’s trust, and the trust of family members, is a primary ambition of each CAREGiver,” explained Massafra. “Only the most qualified, compassionate and committed individuals are selected as Home Instead CAREGivers.”

Sharon Massafra oversees on a daily basis, Home Instead Senior Care operations to assist senior citizens and their families in the northern Fairfield County towns of Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, New Fairfield, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Sherman, Stratford, and Trumbull. In southern Litchfield County, their CAREGivers serve residents in Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, Roxbury, Washington, Watertown, and Woodbury. In northwest New Haven County, they serve the communities of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Seymour, and Southbury, CT.

The Home Instead Senior Care Trumbull office can be reached at 203-386-1151, and the Sandy Hook office at 203-426-6666. For other locations in Connecticut, call toll free to 888-297-2916, or visit www.homeinstead.com/307 for more information.