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Safe at Home

OASIS SENIOR ADVISORS HAVE A GAME PLAN

When seniors must relocate to ensure their safety, Oasis Senior Advisors franchisees use the company’s finely tuned software to match them with the right home for their particular needs and wants. The service is free to seniors and their families; Oasis franchisees earn referral fees from the chosen facilities.

Oasis Senior Advisors, founded in 2013 in Columbia, Maryland, has been franchising since 2014 and has 82 franchisees. Territories are protected, and Oasis CEO Tim Evankovich says a franchisee eventually may expand with a second territory.

For franchisees, one huge appeal is that they’re giving back. “It’s a true feel-good franchise. We help people,” says Evankovich, who has 25 years of experience in franchising. Another plus: They’re running their home-based business a month after paying their fees, and one week of that is spent training in Florida. Start-up costs, including fees, are only about $53,300 to $93,500.

Franchisees can receive assistance from headquarters at every step, even long after opening day. “We have a weekly call once training ends, for the first 12 weeks,” Evankovich says. “After that, we have a weekly webinar for 16 weeks.” If a question arises, an operations representative typically returns the franchisee’s call within an hour. Oasis Senior Advisors also has an annual convention, holds monthly conference calls on a topic usually chosen by a franchisee, and hosts monthly marketing calls covering new tactics.

Proprietary software handles front-office tasks like invoices, accounting, a client database, and lead and document storage. When software is enhanced, online training is offered at multiple times for convenience.

Franchisees hail from diverse backgrounds such as engineering, golf course management, and nursing. “The important thing is that they’re caring and compassionate and can build relationships with geriatric professionals who provide referrals – social workers, case managers, hospital discharge officials, attorneys,” Evankovich says. They also need to raise their profiles in the community, networking with the chamber of commerce, Kiwanis Club, etc. “They won’t be in their offices much. They’ll be out knocking on doors and meeting with families.”

– Mary Vinnedge

For more information, visit www.oasissenioradvisors.com.

September 2019