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Hi, thanks for your response it was actually quite helpful! There is a growing need for technology in home healthcare and there are a few products out there that address some specific needs but I see lots of room for growth. I have an eye towards selling, applying and training caregivers and clients for using existing products and technology and I also have a few ideas of my own for developing new useful and possibly novel products and software. I am seeking advice on how I can enter this business and gain the personal contacts and practical experience I would need given that I do not *currently* have a background in medicine?

Hello All: I am an electrial engineer by degree and experience but I want to become involved with the non-skilled stay-at-home caregivers business. I do not have any prior nursing experience but I am willing and very enthusiatic about gaining the education, training and clinical or field experience. My first motivation is an intense passion and desire to help people, My second motivation is to secure a future for myself and my wife who is a CNA with 20+ years of experience and I do have prior experience with running a small business. In researching what I can immediately bring to the table, I have noticed that there is a growing availability and need of technology based products that is targeted to the "aging-in-place" market; everything from medication reminder systems to "all-in-one" dedicated computers that monitor everything from client heartrate and respiration to making sure that the lights in the living room are turned off and notifying caregiveres if something is amiss. Given the growing need for this technology and from what I understand about the business so far, I think my IT / computer skills and some of my other experience will prove valuable. Does anyone out there have any experiece with starting one of these franchises? If so, I would like very much to know how you are doing with it and I am also seeking advice on what I need to do to get started. (Especially with marketing!)