Local Home Care Agency Celebrates Milestone Anniversary

Sharon Massafra, certified senior advisor and president/owner of Home Instead Senior Care in Trumbull and Sandy Hook, has announced the tenth anniversary of her franchise ownership. Ms Massafra began the franchise in February 2000 with a staff of one.

Today she oversees a staff of six, employs 125 caregivers, and she is welcoming her husband, Robert Massafra, to the executive staff in the position of vice president.

Home Instead Senior Care is a network of independently owned and operated senior care franchises worldwide. No matter where a senior lives, in their home, an assisted living facility, or a nursing home, Home Instead Senior Care provides services through a network of 800 franchise offices throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Korea, Finland, and Austria.

“Owning this franchise for the past ten years,” stated Ms Massafra, “has been one of the most rewarding business experiences of my life.”

Previously, Ms Massafra worked in various management positions with Park City Hospital in Bridgeport, and Waterbury and Danbury Hospitals.

As owner of a Home Instead Senior Care franchise, Ms Massafra employs professional administrative staff members as well as caregivers who assist older adults with everyday, nonmedical tasks including personal care, meal preparation, medication reminders, laundry and light housekeeping, escort for shopping and errands, and respite care.

Ms Massafra’s team of caregivers serve seniors and their families in 33 towns throughout northern Fairfield, southern Litchfield and northwest New Haven counties.

Last fall,, she brought her husband, Robert, into her franchise ownership in the position of vice president. She commented, “Bob currently oversees quality assurance, Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders, and chore services.”

Ms Massafra oversees on a daily basis, Home Instead Senior Care operations to assist senior citizens and their families in the northern Fairfield County towns of Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Danbury, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, New Fairfield, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Sherman, Stratford, and Trumbull.

In southern Litchfield County, their caregivers serve residents in Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, Roxbury, Washington, Watertown, and Woodbury. In northwest New Haven County, they serve the communities of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Derby, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Seymour, and Southbury.

The Home Instead Senior Care Trumbull office can be reached at 203-386-1151, and the Sandy Hook office at 203-426-6666. For other locations in Connecticut, call toll free to 888-297-2916, or visit www.homeinstead.com/307 for more information.