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title: "Jacksonville Business Journal: Right at Home to Open in Jacksonville, Florida as Demand for Senior Care Rises"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4468d854-4e58-4a56-a860-6a4dd0772410
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/rightathome/jacksonville-business-journal-right-at-home-to-open-in-jacksonville-florida-as-demand-for-senior-care-rises-11671
category: "Home care"
industry: "Senior Care"
segment: "Home care"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2017-04-06T17:12:23.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:05:48.009Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ef4c5b85886af53ba75b4fc7b77e6b031031.jpg
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# Jacksonville Business Journal: Right at Home to Open in Jacksonville, Florida as Demand for Senior Care Rises

**TL;DR:** Right at Home franchisee Kimberley Schafer is opening a location in Jacksonville, Florida to meet the rising demand for senior care. The new location, scheduled to open in May, will bring 20 jobs to the city and serve the Jacksonville area.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-04-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/rightathome/jacksonville-business-journal-right-at-home-to-open-in-jacksonville-florida-as-demand-for-senior-care-rises-11671).*

## Story

Right at Home franchisee Kimberley Schafer first started looking into business opportunities within the senior assistance sector after realizing the amount of care and attention required by family members as a loved one grows older. Now, Schafer is getting ready to open a Right at Home in Jacksonville that's scheduled to open this May.

"In the Jacksonville market we have a lot of snowbirds, and there are families are trying to figure out care for their relatives that may live in multiple cities," Schafer told the Jacksonville Business Journal. "For someone like myself with a marketing background, Right At Home's commitment to quality and their strong brand drew me to them."

Right at Home currently has 18 locations throughout Florida and over 500 offices worldwide. Schafer's Right at Home will be the only location serving the Jacksonville area and upon opening, will bring 20 jobs to the city.

"This market and business is booming and we expect to grow rapidly. We need a broad number of caregivers and after our initial launch, we will always be hiring," Schafer told the Jacksonville Business Journal.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Senior Care (sector)
- senior care (topic)
- Jacksonville, Florida (location)
- job creation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/rightathome/jacksonville-business-journal-right-at-home-to-open-in-jacksonville-florida-as-demand-for-senior-care-rises-11671). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4468d854-4e58-4a56-a860-6a4dd0772410).