Alabama Expansion

November 09, 2007
Pat Abernathey

San Antonio, TX -Caring Senior Service announced today a strategic partnership with ChristianCare of Alabama. The partnership will add two Alabama locations, in Athens and Decatur, and will be managed by Caring Senior Service. The Alabama locations will begin operating as Caring Senior Service offices as of Jan. 1, 2008.

"ChristianCare is a great company with excellent staff and a strong-family tradition," said Caring Senior Service founder and CEO, Jeff Salter. "This partnership will be great for Caring Senior Service and for our partners. It will allow us to continue the excellent service started by Irene Russell and Annie Sewell."

Alabama will be the eighth state served by Caring Senior Service, joining Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey and North Carolina. The addition of two offices in Alabama continues Caring Senior Service's recent growth. In 2007, Caring Senior Service added 10 offices in four states. These two will bring Caring Senior Service up to 32 offices nationwide.

"Athens and Decatur are starting points," Salter says. "We plan to be in Huntsville very quickly, then expand throughout Alabama. We have opened four offices in Illinois after starting in April 2007, and we see similar growth potential in Alabama. Plus, this gives us good geographic tie in with our Nashville and Chattanooga offices."

Caring Senior Service provides personal assistance services (PAS) to the elderly and infirm in their homes or places of residence. Services include help with bathing, dressing, transfers, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errand running and medication reminders. For more than 17 years, Caring Senior Service has provided a high level of customer service and consistency to seniors - including a one-hour service guarantee, 24/7 phone answering and supervisor availability, and a simple hourly-price structure that does not increase for nights, weekends or holidays.