Wayne Gentry Launches Home Helpers Business in London, KY

LONDON, Ky. - July 11, 2016 - PRLog -- Wayne Gentry is looking forward to making a meaningful impact on the lives of people in his community through his new business, Home Helpers and Direct Link of London, Kentucky.

Home Helpers is the nation's leading franchise specializing in comprehensive home care for seniors, new mothers and individuals needing recuperative and continuing assistance. Direct Link is its proprietary line of 24/7 medical alert systems, including a fall sensor and an automated medication dispenser. Home Helpers and Direct Link of London, Kentucky, serves Pulaski, Laurel, Rockcastle, Knox, Whitley, Bell and the surrounding communities.

Home Helpers and Direct Link offers free in-home consultations and works with each client to create a flexible, affordable care plan based on a person's individual needs. Services offered include personal care such as grooming, bathing, ambulation, medication management and care management as well as respite care, meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping, companionship and transportation.

Gentry is no stranger to the need for companion care and in-home services.  During his more than 20 years of in-home delivery services, he found that some seniors only had companionship when orders were delivered to their homes.  His wife Tracy, a nurse with 25 years of experience, saw similar needs during time spent in the home care sector. The struggle really hit home a few years back when his grandfather needed assistance. The only grandchild of his paternal grandparents, Gentry was the only immediate family for his widowed grandfather, but he lived more than an hour away and his job kept him in other states two to four days a week.

"When my grandfather lost my grandmother, I lived too far away and none of the extended family could help provide assistance and companionship.  The family trusted a young woman my grandfather knew to keep things in order, but she ended up deceiving him and our family. The stress made my grandfather ill and he died within three months. I'm hoping, by offering professional services in this community and hiring top-notch caregivers, I can save someone else from having to go through that kind of heartache," Gentry said.

With Home Helpers, each individual client receives services tailored to meet their specific needs by caregivers who become an extension of their family. Home Helpers' full-range of home care services empower clients to live healthier and more rewarding lives in the privacy, safety and comfort of their own homes.

Gentry is a Southeastern Kentucky native and graduate of Pineville High School. He earned his degree in business management from Eastern Kentucky University and is a Certified Alzheimers Educator.  Gentry sees Home Helpers as an opportunity to make positive impact on the lives of seniors and families in his community.

"We do things differently than other agencies. We are locally owned and operated, we don't have a three-hour minimum, you can reach a live person 24/7 and, if you sign on at 20 hours of service or more per week, we'll include our Direct Link services at no additional charge. We want to build relationships with our clients that allow them to live the longest, healthiest and happiest life possible," Gentry said.

For more information about how Home Helpers and Direct Link can serve you and your family, call (606)657-9441, email WGentry@HomeHelpersHomeCare.com or visit www.homehelpershomecare.com/londonky.