New Website For Professionals

Posted by  •  0 comments  •  Monday, Jun 14, 2010

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Most of the things you use daily were relatively recent inventions which were met with the question, “what do I need that for? I can just keep using what I am using today.” . I recall seeing a single panel comic where a king is leaving his tent for a battle, dismissively waving his hand at a salesman with a Gatlin gun. The caption reads “I don’t have time for a salesman, I have a battle to win!”. The humor, of course, is obviously that the king would have done much better to listen to the salesman because the Gatlin gun would have offered him a clear benefit in the coming battle. The deeper humor is the possibility that this might have been the salesman’s second sales call of the day! 

Of course, salesmen who would have offered the Gatlin gun to medieval kings would have made a fortune. That’s because they would have a new technology that saved money, answered a great need, and was far superior to any competing product. GrandCare Systems offer anyone associated with them professionally similar benefits, there just needs to be some way to introduce it to those who need it. 

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I know that GrandCare is a superior product that meets a pressing and ubiquitous need, but I need to share that knowledge with others. Since they won’t know the value of learning about GrandCare unless I offer some value to them (which I think is only fair), I’m first going to have to provide a service that benefits them! Mutual benefit, win-win, whatever you prefer to call it, that’s the approach I’m taking. It really makes sense to do things that way anyway, because it’s congruous with the main benefits of GrandCare- improving the quality of life for those involved with it.

To this end, I have created a website that is parallel to the existing website linked to this blog www.yourhomeservesyou.com, which I designed mainly for consumers. The new website, www.grandcare-systems.com, is designed more for professionals whose interests would be served by associating with a GrandCare dealer. It offers a brief description of what GrandCare Systems are, and then explains the benefits the website itself offers to industry professionals. 

For instance, caregivers can register for a soon to be developed course to certify them in the use of GrandCare Systems, and a way to be listed as such so that consumers can find them. The caregivers benefit by being able to find clients, and by earning a certification that distinguishes them from other, less qualified, competitors. For healthcare professionals, I offer listing as healthcare professionals who work with patients who use a GrandCare System. This distinguishes them from their competitors and offers their patients the benefits of seeing healthcare professionals who understand their GrandCare Systems. Of course, they will require some yet to be created training as well, which will be offered to them as an additional benefit.

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 Of course, consultants and installers will be needed to design, lease and install these systems; www.grandcare-systems.com gives a brief explanation of the opportunities available to those who understand the rewards available to such a “ground floor” opportunity and provides them a path forward. I’m particulary excited about this, because it is an incredible opportunity to profit by offering genuine value to customers. 

Charities and foundations may also benefit by visiting www.grandcare-systems.com by registering as viable recipients of rewards program payments, which is explained on the website as well. Professionals who would prefer their rewards payments (for registered referrals that result in leased systems) be sent to charity will be able to choose from a list of suggested charities who have registered for consideration. 

There may be further benefits I could offer customers or professionals, the brainstorming will continue. I will gladly entertain suggestions! Please share the site with your network of professionals; I’m sure their participation, comments and suggestions will simply add value to the website’s services. 

As I have promised my readers, I will always disclose when products or services discussed in my blog entries are those either I or my employer offer. My employer is an authorized GrandCare and Home Automation Incorporated dealer.

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In-home caregivers

Posted by  •  0 comments  •  Thursday, Jun 10, 2010

As a professional in-home caregiver, your income depends upon your being able to provide care to your clients. If you care for one client, and that client no longer needs your care, you’re out of a job. What if that single client suffers a stroke or a fall, and uncertainty lingers as to the client’s ability to return to the home environment? Do you look for another client, or wait it out while watching your bank account dwindle? What if you find another client and your original client returns home? Do you leave your new client high and dry to return to your old client, who now has no caregivers to return home to? While it’s possible that your original client will continue to pay your normal pay for a week or so just to make sure they have a caregiver when they return home, they may not. It might seem a bit selfish to approach your ailing client or anguished family members to bring your problem- you need an income- to them at that time.

When clients need caregivers, their needs are immediate. When a caregiver is unemployed, the caregivers’ needs are immediate. Having the two coincide is rare. It’s usually that the caregiver needs a client when the client already has a caregiver, or that the client needs a caregiver when the caregiver is occupied with a client. Both the caregiver and the client are looking for security. If the client already has a so-so caregiver, the client may be unwilling to replace them. What if the new caregiver is worse than the old one? What if the new caregiver gets a better offer from someone else? A caregiver with a client is reluctant to leave that client for another. What if the new client doesn’t work out? Will the old client take them back? If the caregiver has “the word out” that they need a client, what if they go to work with the first client who is willing to hire them but then a more attractive client (lives closer to home, pays more, is more pleasant) becomes available a week later? Ethics, loyalty, affection for the client and financial realities are not always aligned.

Quality caregivers are a rare commodity, mediocre caregivers can afford to be so because there is a shortage of in-home caregivers that will be far more acute in coming years. This will coincide with governments being asked to keep expensive promises they can’t afford to keep. It would be a great advantage then, if quality caregivers could care for several clients simultaneously. It would also be a great advantage if clients and could locate and identify quality caregivers who can provide care for multiple clients.

Technology allows us to increase our output, to do more than what we could possibly do without it. Mowing an acre of lawn with scissors can be done, but to get it done in one day you would need an army of people cutting grass with scissors. With a lawnmower, you could cut the same acre of lawn with one person. The lawnmower is technology that allows one person to get more done. Instead of one guard at each of a dozen doors to secure a building, one guard could watch cameras and unlock doors remotely if needed. Again, technology allows one to do the work of many. Why can’t technology allow one quality caregiver to care for multiple clients if there is a technological solution that makes it possible? It can!

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Coming soon will be a website where caregivers and clients can connect. Coming soon will be online training for caregivers who want to become certified to use a GrandCare System, to enhance their skills and to help prospective clients to distinguish the quality caregivers from the mediocre ones. Once caregivers obtain certification, they will have access to GrandCare clients nationwide. For more detailed information, contact the author using the link below.

 

Keeping my promise of full disclosure when I’m discussing a product or service I or my employer offer, the services and equipment discussed will be shortly offered by my employer, NANLOW-DUNN inc. Any questions or comments may be directed to artdunn@yourhomeservesyou.com. www.yourhomeservesyou.com

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