Dwelling care supplier Better of Care is increasing its portfolio once more, this time on the event of its forty third anniversary. On Wednesday, the corporate introduced that it has acquired Barton's Angels, additionally a house care supplier.

Better of Care has diversified its portfolio lately by way of acquisitions. It provides care administration by way of TUCKed In Eldercare. Via Transferring Mentor, it provides transfer administration companies for seniors.

Via the acquisition of Barton's Angels, the corporate strengthens its bread-and-butter residence care phase, with 60 caregivers and greater than 120 purchasers.

“Barton's Angels was engaging to us due to its popularity, its legacy, its management and the overlapping enterprise they’d within the type of shared contracts and referral sources,” Kevin Smith, CEO of Better of Care, instructed Dwelling Well being Care Information. “They’re a 27-year-old group that has constructed a superb popularity within the Western Massachusetts group, with their state-funded Medicaid contract companions, in addition to with their non-public purchasers.”

Better of Care additionally works with each Medicaid and personal purchasers. The corporate relies in Quincy, Massachusetts and supplies companies to greater than 1,500 purchasers all through Massachusetts by way of its 450 healthcare suppliers.

The deal formally closed in November, Smith stated. Since then, the combination course of has been seamless, with no 'service disruptions'.

“Our partnership with Better of Care displays our mutual respect for the healthcare career and our dedication to making a supportive work expertise,” stated Nancy Barton Whitley, founder and president of Barton's Angels, in a press release. “Collectively, we’re able to increase the attain of our companies and contact extra lives with compassion and professionalism.”

Better of Care's purpose is to be near a one-stop store for seniors going by way of the growing older course of.

Sooner or later, the purpose is to have residence well being, care administration and transfer administration capabilities in every of the communities it serves, Smith stated.

“This newest acquisition of Barton's Angels in Western Massachusetts now provides us the house care footprint to help referrals from our transferring managers, from our care managers,” he stated. “Wherever we discover a new geography for a type of companies, we attempt to comply with it and chase it with the opposite. So wherever there’s residence care, I would like care administration and relocation administration. Wherever there’s care administration, I need to make sure that we’ve got residence care and transfer administration.”

The corporate has no plans to be significantly acquisitive from the beginning in 2024, however is – as all the time – open to putting a smart deal if one comes alongside.

Over the subsequent 12 months, it’ll additionally search for “new partnerships” with different corporations that work with seniors – from senior residing communities, to senior advocates, to actual property professionals.

“We’ll proceed to construct a strong mannequin to serve older adults and their households,” Smith stated.