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Right at Home Boston and North Announces Recognition

Right at Home Boston and North Recognized as a Top-Rated In-Home Care Agency in America Named "Caring Star of 2020" by Caring.com

Salem, MA 12.16.19 — Right at Home Boston and North, with locations in Salem, Haverhill and Somerville has been selected by Caring.com as one of America’s top-rated in-home care agencies with the website’s “Caring Star of 2020” recognition. Caring.com, a trusted resource for families to find in-home care for their senior loved ones, released its annual “Caring Stars of 2020” list, a reliable industry source of information that showcases the best senior care around the country every year. The list is based on consumer ratings and reviews and features the top in-home care agencies in the United States.

Right at Home, one of the nation’s leading providers of in-home care for seniors and adults with disabilities, is thrilled to announce that of the 466 in-home care agencies that received the Caring Stars of 2020 award, 170 of them are Right at Home agencies, making Right at Home No. 1 in the nation for the second year in a row.

“Being part of the Right at Home system is so important to us,” said franchisee Rosaleen Doherty co-owner of Right at Home Boston and North with her husband/ partner Jay Kenney “We joined the franchise system with the intention of providing personalized and reliable services to our community’s aging members. This award is a wonderful public recognition of the hard work our team performs year-round.”

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In-home care agencies that made the 2020 Caring Stars list had to meet exceptional criteria. They must have had 10 or more consumer reviews on their Caring.com listing by the qualification deadline of Oct. 15, 2019, and must have had an overall average rating of 4.5 stars or higher on a scale of 1 to 5. Old reviews were not allowed to be part of the qualifying criteria. The in-home care agencies had to have three or more reviews on their Caring.com listing dated between Oct. 15, 2018, and Oct. 15, 2019. At least one of those reviews needed to have a five-star rating.

“Right at Home caregivers deliver our mission of improving the lives of those we serve to thousands of clients across the United States and beyond every day,” said Right at Home President and CEO Brian Petranick. “To be honored as the nation’s top-rated in-home care agencies for the second consecutive year is a testament that our mission is impacting our clients’ lives.”

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“Congratulations to Right at Home Boston and North for being among these highly-rated agencies achieving such significant praise from their customers in online reviews,” Caring.com’s CEO Jim Rosenthal said. “They stand out as among the best in the nation for 2020.”

The remarkable impact Right at Home makes is provided through RightCare, a unique approach to in-home care. RightCare is “the Right People doing the Right Things the Right Way for the Right Reason.” Right at Home of Boston and North is committed to providing an individualized RightCare experience for every client to improve their quality of life, and accolades like this give credence to the exceptional work the franchise is doing every day to serve the needs of seniors and adults with disabilities.

To learn more about the Caring Stars program, please visit: https://www.caring.com/caregivers/bestseniorliving.

ABOUT RIGHT AT HOME:

Founded in 1995, Right at Home’s mission to improve the quality of life for seniors and adults with a disability who want to continue to live independently by offering in-home companionship, personal care and assistance. The majority of local Right at Home offices are independently owned and operated and directly employ and supervise all caregiving staff, each of whom is thoroughly screened, trained, and bonded/insured prior to entering a client’s home. Right at Home’s global headquarters is based in Omaha, Nebraska, with more than 500 franchise locations in the U.S. and seven other countries. Right at Home was the highest-ranked senior care franchise opportunity on Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 List in 2018. In 2018 and 2019, Forbes Magazine ranked Right at Home as one of the best franchises to own under $150,000. Right at Home Boston and North has been serving seniors since 2002 and is one of the largest franchises in the US.

For more information on Right at Home, visit About Right at Home at http://www.rightathome.net/about-us or read the Right at Home franchising blog at http://www.rightathomefranchise.com/blog/. To learn more about franchising opportunities, please visit http://www.rightathomefranchise.com/.

ABOUT RIGHT AT HOME BOSTON AND NORTH

The Boston and North office of Right at Home is a locally owned and operated. They serve seniors in the Boston area, the North Shore and in the Merrimack Valley. For more information, contact Right at Home at http://www.rightathomemass.net or call them at 877-500-CARE (2273) or by email at info@rightathomemass.com

ABOUT CARING.COM:

With three million unique visitors to its website monthly, Caring.com is a leading senior care resource for family caregivers seeking information and support as they care for aging parents, spouses, and other loved ones. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, Caring.com provides helpful caregiving content, online support groups, and a comprehensive Senior Care Directory for the United States, with more than 150,000 consumer ratings and reviews and a toll-free senior living

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