Hat trick of nominations for Home Instead Senior Care in Irish Franchise Association Awards

02/02/2010 15:53:20

Home Instead Senior Care, Ireland's trusted source of home care for seniors, has been nominated for three categories in this year's prestigious Irish Franchise Association Awards. The awards recognise excellence in franchising and take place in Croke Park, Dublin on Friday, 19th February 2010.

Home Instead Senior Care has been nominated as the Franchise of the Year in the service category. Chief Executive, Ed Murphy has been nominated as Franchise Person of the Year and Noeleen Cronin, Managing Director of Home Instead Senior Care in Cork has been nominated as Franchisee of the Year in the service category.

Home Instead Senior Care was set up in Ireland in 2005 and now has 18 offices throughout the country. The organisation is regarded as Ireland's trusted source of home care for seniors, enabling seniors to maintain their independence and live at home for longer than otherwise possible. Home care services include help with day-to-day activities such as meal preparation, laundry or shopping and specialist Alzheimer and dementia care in the home.

Commenting on the hat trick of nominations for Home Instead Senior Care, Ed Murphy, Chief Executive of Home Instead Senior Care said: "It is so rewarding to see that Home Instead Senior Care and the home care service we provide to Ireland's seniors has been so strongly recognised by the Irish Franchise Association. As Chief Executive of Home Instead Senior Care I am very passionate about not only providing the highest quality home care service, but also a truly caring service that makes a real difference in the lives of seniors. It is a terrific accolade for such efforts to be acknowledged".

Home Instead in Ireland is no stranger to award wins and was a finalist in the 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. It was also named 2008 'Irish Franchise Business of the Year' and 2007 Irish Small Business of the Year. In 2006 Home Instead Senior Care received the 'National Small Business Service Award' from Small Firms Association.