Griswold Home Care of West Houston
Hospital & Health Care - Houston, Texas, United States
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Compassionate Home Care for the Elderly & Those with Special NeedsGriswold Home Care was founded by the late Jean Griswold in 1982, making us the oldest non-medical home care franchise organization in the country. While we operate in a growing industry with many respected competitors, we are unique. We call the characteristics that make us unique are our Griswoldness. Those characteristics come directly from Jean Griswold.About Jean GriswoldOur founder, Jean Griswold, was a care professional who became a visionary entrepreneur when she started the first non-medical home care franchise in the United States while running her own home care business.Jean started at her dining room table in 1982 in suburban Philadelphia. Her husband, Reverend, and Doctor Lincoln Griswold informed her that an elderly woman in their parish had died through the complications associated with malnutrition and dehydration because she had no support system for care. Jean was deeply saddened by what she felt was an easily preventable tragedy and she was driven to act.Jean Griswold was an extraordinary leader. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1967 at the age of 36 but continued to work actively in her office until she was 79. She published a book, "Fears of the Elderly," in 2013.Jean was born in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree in economics and business from Douglass College and a master's degree in personnel and guidance from Rutgers University. She received an honorary doctorate from Holy Family University in 2006. From 2003 to 2004, she was an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She won numerous awards, including the Spirit of Philadelphia Award, the Working Woman's 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year honor, and the 2002 MS National Achievement Award of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.To learn more about our home care services, contact our caregiving team today online or call us at (832) 937-9751.
