Local Entrepreneur Opens Business Dedicated to Making a Difference in Birmingham

Birmingham, MI – Local entrepreneur Edwin Wudyka is fulfilling his dream of making a difference in the lives of residents in Birmingham by opening a BrightStar Care homecare and medical staffing agency. This new business will provide a range of compassionate, person-centered medical and non-medical care to people of all ages, from infants to seniors in the safety and comfort of their homes.

With an official opening date of January 9 BrightStar Care of Birmingham will offer a myriad of comprehensive services that meet the highest industry standards and will work to help educate residents on the right questions to ask when searching for an in-home care provider for a loved one. The location will service in the communities of Birmingham, Bloomfield Twp., Bloomfield Hills, Franklin, Beverly Hills, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Pleasant Ridge, Oak Park and Southfield.

“I witnessed first-hand what it was like to watch a close family member struggle to remain in their home while battling cancer,” said Wudyka. “After seeing the difficulty my family experienced as we sought reliable, professional in-home care, I was lead to my decision to open BrightStar Care of Birmingham so I could provide a better experience for my community members going through similar situations.”

Wudyka holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Grand Valley State University, and for the last 20 years has been helping people get back on their feet via his insurance restoration business. During his time there, he led performance consulting for 90 newly franchised Certified Restoration DryCleaning Network (CRDN) locations across 48 states. Continuing on with his dedication to person-centered businesses, it was a natural fit for Wudyka to open up his own BrightStar Care location.

BrightStar Care conducted third-party research that shows that as families seek quality in-home care for their aging loved ones, the most important factors they consider include having a compassionate caregiver they can trust, somebody who understands the unique needs of their loved one, and having qualified, skilled medical professionals overseeing the care. However, the lack of clinical quality standards within the local and national private duty in-home care sector, combined with the public’s lack of knowledge of the industry, can make it challenging for Birmingham families confronted with the need for care or professionals looking to select a trustworthy service partner.

Further setting them apart from the competition, the BrightStar Care of Birmingham Registered Nurse Director of Nursing Mary Healey creates unique, personalized plans of care for each client and oversees a professional care team of well-qualified, experienced caregivers to deliver expert, compassionate, and personal care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Having worked in the medical field since 1986, Healey brings immense experience to BrightStar Care of Birmingham, including a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington and 14 years of working as a Registered Nurse. Her RN experience, combined with her personal caretaking of elderly family members inspired Healey to bring her talents and expertise to BrightStar Care so she could continue her passion of delivering to seniors the high quality of care that they deserve.

The Registered Nurse Director of Nursing leads regularly scheduled care plan review meetings. The national BrightStar Care franchise received The Joint Commission’s Enterprise Champion for Quality award and is committed to having each of its agencies comply with Joint Commission standards. BrightStar Care also offers all clients access to its CareTogether® program, a free, private secure online caregiving resource.

BrightStar Care of Birmingham is part of a national network of 300 individually owned and operated private duty home care and medical staffing franchise that provide medical and non-medical services to clients within their homes, as well as supplemental care staff to corporate clients.

BrightStar Care of Bloomfield Hills can be reached by phone at (248) 952-9944 or by emailing Edwin.Wudyka@brightstarcare.com.

About BrightStar Care

Based in Chicago, BrightStar Care is a national private duty home care and medical staffing franchise with more than 300 locations which provide medical and non-medical services to clients within their homes, as well as supplemental care staff to corporate clients. BrightStar Care franchise locations across the country employ over 2,500 registered nurses who play a unique role in overseeing the care for each individual client, a service that no other private duty home care provider offers. In addition, BrightStar Care is the only national home care franchise to receive The Joint Commission’s Enterprise Champion for Quality award every year since the award’s inception. In 2015, the company ranked No. 177 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 list, No. 27 on Crain’s Chicago “Fast Fifty,” ranking and was included for the tenth consecutive year on Inc. Magazine’s prestigious Inc. 5000 list. For more information on BrightStar Care please visit www.brightstarcare.com; to find out more about BrightStar Franchising, visit www.franchise.brightstarcare.com.

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