Mounties Group Acquires Carers & Companions To Build Upon Successful Health Care Model
22 Feb 2022
Launching innovative home-based healthcare service Mounties Care almost two years ago, Mounties Group has now acquired Carers & Companions to expand its service reach and health offering to members.
For more than 30 years, Carers & Companions has been providing compassionate and personal care as well as extraordinary companionship services in the home for those in New South Wales.
Operating across Sydney, the Hunter, Shoalhaven, Illawarra and Central Coast areas, Carers & Companions will join the club group family, with Mounties Group to officially take over from 25 February 2022.
Operated by Debbie Harrison, Carers & Companions was formed in 1988 and now provides a wide section of home-care support including daily care, 24-hour care, companionship, live-in-care, post-hospital support, respite care and new parent support.
"It is not easy to step away from something that you have grown and nurtured and that you view as essential in the community. A lot of interest was received from potential buyers, but without question, Mounties Group continued to prove themselves as the best fit time and time again,"said Carers & Companions Managing Director, Debbie Harrison.
"I am certain that under the management of Mounties Group, Carers & Companions will continue to sustain the reputation and credibility we have earned since our establishment in 1988," she concluded.Â
Mounties Group CEO, Dale Hunt, explains that the acquisition of Carers & Companions will allow it's existing healthcare service, Mounties Care to support even more members in the community.
"Mounties Group is committed to improving all aspects of the lives of our members, and our plans to take Carers & Companions onboard will booster our unrivaled health sector presence.Â
"The service will join already established Group ventures including Specialised Medical Services, Invitation to Health, our state-of-the-art fitness centres as well as health and wellbeing services across our nine clubs.
"Our ethos of improving the lives of our members is something we carry through in everything we do. When we first launched Mounties Care, the goal was to provide members with access to quality home care services and Carers & Companions will expand our ability to reach all those in the communities in which we operate," he concluded.
Carers & Companions will become the facilitator of Mounties Care services and will have a dedicated office and call centre as part of Mounties Care at Mounties.