Assist at Residence, one of many largest dwelling care suppliers within the nation, has introduced three transactions.

The corporate acquired Care By Your Aspect, One Care Well being and AAMedcare, all dwelling well being care suppliers based mostly in Georgia.

“By bringing our distinctive worth proposition to extra communities in Georgia, we are able to present nice days and significant moments,” Ray Smithberger, Assist at Residence’s chief working officer, mentioned in an announcement. “We stay centered on creating an surroundings that helps caregiver well-being and satisfaction, enabling them to ship the best high quality of care to extra shoppers who select to age in place.”

Chicago-based Assist at House is a private care supplier centered totally on Medicaid home- and community-based companies (HCBS). The corporate has greater than 180 places in 11 states, with 67,000 shoppers and greater than 58,000 caregivers. It’s backed by The Vistria Group and Centerbridge Companions.

It already had a big presence in Georgia, however primarily within the southern a part of the state. Now it is going to additional increase its footprint within the Atlanta and Augusta markets. The acquisitions will even assist the corporate “proceed its dedication to its footprint in southern Georgia,” the press launch mentioned.

Final month, Assist at Residence President Tim O’Rourke informed HHCN at Residence Well being Care Information’ FUTURE convention that the corporate is trying to increase its footprint within the quick time period. The latest exercise in Georgia is additional proof of that.

O'Rourke additionally defined that the corporate would proceed to give attention to dwelling care, moderately than branching out into different service areas.

“The expansion continues to be actually sturdy in what we do, each natural development and M&A exercise,” he mentioned. “We proceed to see that as an ideal alternative for us, not solely right this moment, but additionally going ahead. I believe the largest change we proceed to see is that this means to essentially join dwelling care with well being care. Our means to assist our caregivers much more than they've ever had earlier than — with this group of social employees, nurses, neighborhood well being employees — and to reconnect folks to the well being care system is a big alternative for us.”

O'Rourke added that Assist at Residence just isn’t specializing in different service areas, however it does need to create alternatives for extra companies for shoppers, reminiscent of transportation, meals and pharmacy companies.

“We’re all the time working to satisfy the rising demand of seniors and people with disabilities who need dwelling care companies that enable them to dwell as independently as doable in their very own houses,” Jennifer Clayton, Senior Space Chief at Assist at Residence, mentioned in an announcement. “We need to welcome caregivers, shoppers and our payer companions within the Peach State to Assist at Residence.”