Examples of some of the franchises that cater to older Americans are listed below.

RetiredBrains provides this list to show some of the many kinds of franchise available and makes no guarantee that the companies on this list are legitimate enterprises. Check with your attorney before investing in these or any franchise opportunity.

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Seniors Helping Seniors
Seniors Helping Seniors match seniors who want to provide services, such as chores around the house or companionship, with seniors who are looking for

Senior Helpers
Senior Helpers provides in home, personal, and companion care for seniors in need. Services include caring companionship and conversation; bathing.

Sarah Adult Day Services
SarahCare Adult Day Services offers day care to seniors an upscale country club like setting at a reasonable cost as an alternative to residential car.

Work HelpingHands Services
@WORK HelpingHands Services is an in-home assistance service. @Work concentrates on four main areas of service, including daily living assistance.

Moving Solutions Franchise
Moving Solutions helps people relocate, particularly mature adults, individuals in the midst of health crises, and people of any age who have disabilities.

Aristocare
AristoCare is a comprehensive home health agency. AristoCare provides professional staff to clients in the comfort of their own home.

Champion Home Health Care
Champion Home Healthcare provides in-home assistance to elders and others. Champion provides customers with home health aides, companions and live-ins.

Brightstar Healthcare Franchising
BrightStar Healthcare seeks to provide families and their loved ones the highest level of accessible home care, dignity, and personal attention.

Synergy Homecare
Synergy HomeCare is a non-medical home care service that works with anyone in any age range and with any home care need.

Eldirect In-Home Senior Care
ELDirect In-Home Senior Care offers short-term, long-term, light, or 24/7 care at home, hospital

Grandma's Loving Hands Senior Home Care
Grandma's Loving Hands Home Care Services is a home care business for the elderly. Grandma's Loving Care offers services to people with dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc.

Accessible Home Health Care
Accessible Home Health Care provides health care professionals such as HHA's, CNA's, Companions, RN's, LPN's, and Therapist as Live-ins, hourly, or as needed.

Always Best Care Senior Services
Always Best Care works with case managers, social workers, discharge planners, doctors, and families to assist seniors.

CareMinders Home Care
CareMinders Home Care is dedicated to providing safe, caring services.

Home Instead Senior Care
CAREGivers provide companionship and care for seniors who need either a few hours or 24 hours of service.

Home Helpers
Home Helpers provides a helping hand to people who wish to live independently. Home Helpers can supplement the care and assistance provided by family.

Comfort Keepers
Comfort Keepers provides in-home care for seniors and others who need assistance in the home. Comfort Keepers provides: companionship, meal preparation..

Direct Link
Direct Link/Home Helpers provides non-medical care and companionship to senior citizens. The company allows active seniors to maintain their independence

Interim Homestyle Services
Interim HealthCare is a home care and medical staffing company that provides health care personnel at all skill levels in all settings. Services

Massage Envy Limited
Massage Envy provides many different types of therapeutic massage including Swedish, deep tissue, sports, reflexology, trigger point, and cranial.

Rodeway Inns
Rodeway Inn is an economy motel chain that caters to the senior travel market. Guest amenities include free local calls, a free weekday newspaper.

Homewatch CareGivers
Homewatch CareGivers offers companion care and on-call 24/7 services. Homewatch provides physical, emotional, and social support

Griswold Special Care
Griswold Special Care is a non-medical home care company that refers caregivers who provide in-home care services including personal care, homemaking.

Right At Home
Right at Home is an in home care and assistance agency that provides trained, insured, and bonded caregivers for a variety of professional home health

ComForcare Senior Services
ComForcare Senior Services is a provider of private duty non-medical home care. Caregivers provide personal care for those individuals seeking assistance.

Kidzart
At KidzArt, child development is fostered by teaching children how to draw, and by teaching children about fine and contemporary art.

Touching Hearts
Touching Hearts brings help and companionship to seniors and persons with disabilities by visiting and caring in their home or at our facilities.

American Ramp Systems
American Ramp Systems provides affordable, easily accessible ramps for wheelchairs, scooters and power chairs.

Kidstage
KidStage is an after-school drama program that provides acting classes, theater activities, and performance opportunities for kids of all ages