Woman Trades in Corporate Life for Service-Oriented Business Venture
Until 9/11, Lucille K. Green made a good living as a corporate head hunter, recruiting lawyers from one firm to another. But after the events that shook the country’s foundation, she found she wanted more from her career.
“I just burned out on it,” said Green, 76. “I didn’t want to work for a corporation.”
So in 2002, she purchased her first Visiting Angels franchise, a company that provides nonmedical, living-assistance services to seniors.
[…] “We’re nonmedical providers,” she said. “We do hourly, 12-hour shifts a.m. and p.m. and 24-hour live-ins.”
The caregivers Green employs do everything from cooking and light cleaning to shopping and bathing.
“We offer everything,” she said. “Anything that is nonmedical.”
The goal is to help seniors stay in their own homes longer.