Home care company adds Ridgewood location
OCTOBER 23, 2014 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY MELANIE ANZIDEI
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
* Florida-based Interim
now has 8 N.J. locations
Interim HealthCare Inc., a Florida-based national network of home care, hospice and health staffing franchises, said Tuesday that it added 15 locations across the U.S. in 2014, including one in Ridgewood. It is the company’s first location in Bergen County and is expected to open at the end of this month.
The Ridgewood location is Interim’s eighth in the Garden State. The others are in Union City, Hamilton, South Plainfield, Union, Toms River, Point Pleasant and Voorhees, according to the company’s website.
The Ridgewood location will serve clients in Bergen County. Elise Merhige, president of Interim HealthCare in Ridgewood, said Wednesday there are about five employees at that location. The business plans to bring in more people in the coming weeks and is currently hiring home health aides and companions for seniors, she said.
According to Interim HealthCare President and Chief Executive Officer Kathleen Gilmartin, the company pursued this year’s expansion to meet a growing demand for home health care.
“As baby boomers age and home care is the most affordable option for senior Americans as well as people with conditions requiring ongoing medical care, the demand for quality home health care will only continue to rise,” Gilmartin said in a news release.
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