We ended up with 3rd place. If we'd played just a little better, we could've been in the championship. But, it was not to be for this tournament.
After the tournament we had almost all the girls and their families over to our house to swim and relax. It was a lot of fun and now that the weekend is over, we are back at work to promote At Home Adult Care.
The things we'll be working on today is to find a brochure delivery service to distribute flyers to the neighborhoods that we'll be focusing on in La Mirada and nearby cities, and to get an email service setup so we can tell all the people we know about our business.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
This weekend: a break for our daughter's soccer tournament
This weekend, we took a much-needed break from business development for a soccer tournament with our daughter, Sukanya. Here's her team's picture (and she's the one in the front holding the gold/white soccer ball:
The tournament they are in is the Long Beach Pyramid Cup 2008 tournament. We played our games at Cal State Long Beach on the intramural fields. Our first game on Saturday, we won 5-1. The second game on Saturday, we lost 1-3. We have a game tomorrow (Sunday) at 11. If we win, and take the maximum points, we might have chance to play for the championship, but only if the strongest team in our bracket does poorly. So we'll see... The girls have had a good time anyway, even if we don't take 1st or 2nd so that is what's most important. I'll update tomorrow on how we've done.
The tournament they are in is the Long Beach Pyramid Cup 2008 tournament. We played our games at Cal State Long Beach on the intramural fields. Our first game on Saturday, we won 5-1. The second game on Saturday, we lost 1-3. We have a game tomorrow (Sunday) at 11. If we win, and take the maximum points, we might have chance to play for the championship, but only if the strongest team in our bracket does poorly. So we'll see... The girls have had a good time anyway, even if we don't take 1st or 2nd so that is what's most important. I'll update tomorrow on how we've done.
Friday, July 25, 2008
A Fantastic Resource for Family Caregivers
Today we found a great resource for family caregivers. It's called the Caregiver Resource Center of Orange County. They help people provide care to their family members. Many of our clients are caregivers themselves to their parents or other family members. They hire us for a respite from time to time to supplement the care they provide so that they can take a break or take care of other things they need to do. This organization provides complete and free support to family caregivers including:
- Training
- Emotional support and advice
- Grants to pay for respite care
- Legal and financial advice
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Another step complete: The website is up!
Our website is nearly complete. You can see it at www.athomeadultcare.com. Even though I'm pretty good at building websites, it took longer than I thought. Oh well, I guess everything does.
The purpose of the website is to allow existing clients and potential clients to find answers to their questions about our in-home care servicse. Hopefully we did a good job at getting that information online and making it easy to find.
Yesterday, my wife and I visited some senior apartments and skilled nursing centers in Anaheim and Fullerton and left behind our brochures.
We also visited the Orange County Office on Aging to get advice on continuing education and training for our employees. I recommend this office as a great resource for seniors. The staff is very helpful. They understand what facilities are available to assist seniors, and what benefits are available through Medicare, Medi-Cal and other programs. They are also up-to-date with pending legislative items affecting seniors. (You can visit their website by clicking on their name in this paragraph.) While there we picked up an application to do be included in their referral database. Hopefully these referrals can help us build our client base.
When you are starting this kind of business, the up-front fixed monthly costs are difficult to manage and make it difficult to grow. Insurance is the biggest, then payroll service is next. We're doing our best to manage, but look forward to having enough clients to provide income to pay these fixed costs so we can operate in the black.
The purpose of the website is to allow existing clients and potential clients to find answers to their questions about our in-home care servicse. Hopefully we did a good job at getting that information online and making it easy to find.
Yesterday, my wife and I visited some senior apartments and skilled nursing centers in Anaheim and Fullerton and left behind our brochures.
We also visited the Orange County Office on Aging to get advice on continuing education and training for our employees. I recommend this office as a great resource for seniors. The staff is very helpful. They understand what facilities are available to assist seniors, and what benefits are available through Medicare, Medi-Cal and other programs. They are also up-to-date with pending legislative items affecting seniors. (You can visit their website by clicking on their name in this paragraph.) While there we picked up an application to do be included in their referral database. Hopefully these referrals can help us build our client base.
When you are starting this kind of business, the up-front fixed monthly costs are difficult to manage and make it difficult to grow. Insurance is the biggest, then payroll service is next. We're doing our best to manage, but look forward to having enough clients to provide income to pay these fixed costs so we can operate in the black.
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