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I have always had such respect and passion for working with the elderly.  I have taken care of family members and relatives of friends.  How can I make this my business?

Start a care home.

Start a agency to provide care staff to care homes.

Start a services that provides live in / home visiting carers.

Regards, John

True. A nursing home would be the most suitable business for you. Train volunteers who are needed to provide respite for caregivers, companionship to patients, and emotional support to families. Volunteers can be lay people or health care professionals who learn to develop a better understanding of the needs of hospice patients, and are skilled at communicating with families.

Starting some sort of services for the elderly would be easiest. Like buying groceries for them, taking care of their household needs etc. This would require no investment. Eventually you can start nursing homes, old age homes etc.

You should just check out first the business licenses you need.  Most probably the government agency which is in charge of this will have the guidelines and all.

You could start a nursing home but it could cost you though, you must have all the needed facility to establish it. This is a good business by the way and its a great help for the community too.

Good Luck to you. 

When you move into the medical end you get into a lot more expense, licensing, and regulation.  The "elder care" non-medical (run errands for them, shop with them, watch them while caregivers are away, etc) is a booming market right now.  You can step into it yourself, or if you don't have enough info there are many franchises that will help you get started and provide some support.

Good luck

You can pursue a career in nursing, or become a caregiver. If this is what you are passionate about taking care and helping the elderly, then simply having a business that serves elderly people won't really be to you what actually taking care of them is to you.

Sure you should make it to your profession because you feel proud to do so. To start a care home you have to provide care staff to care home.

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Maine Home Care

If you want take care of elder's then I think, you can do any business, you will success in that business. Your thinking is more match to nursing business. In this business you can do much better take care of elders's. It's a great job and I hope, you can very well do it.