Senior Care Franchise Owner Testimonial | Dave Schanz

We do this because we love to. We worked for other people all our lives. I was retired from the corporate world, and my business partner reached a point where he was tired of working for others. The first thing we agreed on was that we wanted to work for ourselves.

Typically, our calls come from a child or grandchild who discovers that Mom, Dad, Grandma, or Grandpa is having accidents, has fallen, or is in the hospital, and the hospital won’t send them home. It’s a crisis. We’re able to quickly identify what the options are, what they can afford, and where they want to be geographically.

We love what we do because when we’re done, people say, “Oh my God, thank you so much for helping us. We were in a crisis. You found her a fantastic place with everything she needs. Now that she’s there, we can get back to our lives again.”

Most of our business (about 85%) comes from fees received from the communities we place families in, very much like a realtor. When you buy a house, the person showing you homes doesn’t cost you anything; the seller pays their fee. It’s much the same for us.

And what we loved about Senior Care Authority was, first, Frank—knowledgeable and very experienced—and second, the training. They provided all the tools we needed to be successful.

We feel like we couldn’t have made a better choice!