Griswold Home Care

About Griswold Home Care

Since 1982, the team at Griswold Home Care has been assisting the elderly, disabled adults, and others with illnesses in communities throughout the United States. We believe that everyone deserves to age comfortably in their home, when possible, and we provide the compassion, empathy and services they need to stay safe, happy, and healthy. We are one of the oldest non-medical home care franchise organizations in the country and we operate in a rapidly growing industry that shows signs of strong growth trends into the distant future.

Griswold Home Care was founded by Jean Griswold, a care professional who noticed that the elderly, and more often lower-income seniors, lacked the assistance they needed to remain living independently at home. Some of these things included personal care assistance, meal preparation, light duty housecleaning and companion care. She was determined to fill this void, and so in 1982, that’s exactly what she did when she started her business. Her early success led her to franchise the opportunity in 1984. .

The Care Services We Provide

There are so many unique needs of the elderly and those with disabilities or illnesses, which is why we offer a wide variety of services to accommodate them all. Our care plans are customized to fit the requirements of our clients and can be adjusted as their needs change over time.

Our home care services include:

• Homemaking
• Personal care
• Companion care
• Hospice care
• Respite care
• Live-in and overnight care

About Jean Griswold

Jean Griswold, was a care professional who became a visionary entrepreneur when she started the first non-medical home care franchise in the United States while running her own home care business. Jean started at her dining room table in 1982 in suburban Philadelphia. Her husband, Reverend and Doctor Lincoln Griswold, informed her that an elderly woman in their parish had died through the complications associated with malnutrition and dehydration because she had no support system for care.

Jean was deeply saddened by what she felt was an easily preventable tragedy and she was driven to act. Jean Griswold was an extraordinary leader. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1967 at the age of 36 but continued to work actively in her office until she was 79. She published a book, “Fears of the Elderly,” in 2013.

Jean was born in New York City. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics and business from Douglass College and a master’s degree in personnel and guidance from Rutgers University. She received an honorary doctorate from Holy Family University in 2006. From 2003 to 2004, she was Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She won numerous awards, including the Spirit of Philadelphia Award, the Working Woman’s 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year honor, and the 2002 MS National Achievement Award of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Jean passed away on January 28th, 2017 at the age of 86. She was an inspirational woman and entrepreneur, and despite her passing, her values live on in Griswold Home Care today.