Hi everyone I saw a lot of pretty problems in my surroundings related to old age parents. Let me explain the problem in brief using an example, suppose there is a family having only one boy child, when turned 22 he got a job in a different city ( not in the city where his parents live) , so he has to leave the city where he was born. Now his parents are left in his old house and his salary is not enough so that he can carry his parents along with him. Now his parents have no support at his old house and also his parents are so old that they can't handle all the work so they need a person who can care for them. So here our startup comes into picture. Basically we provide the one caretaker of old parents in that case. Currently in India there are more than 3 million NRI who need that type of services and in India, a lot of families traveled in another city and they need that type of services. In future this business will definitely grow because nowadays a large number of people don't live in joint families. Note:- i am not supporting that old age parents should be left by the child, but there may be some difficulties.
Suggestions are most welcomed :) See you all in the comments section.
This is a great initiative and people would be willing to pay as well. Only one thing - trust.
There are many agencies who provide caretakers, who in turn rob old parents, don't provide food on time, doesn't care about cleanliness.
Money is not the issue here, trust is. They want someone who would treat them like family
Exactly these are the loophole we make trust first.
How will you ensure
I remember seeing a startup in Shark tank s1 where same work was being done but they were using ex army professionals to do it. How will you compete against them as the trust factor there rises slightly and discipline will also be more in them
Very difficult to scale even without proper training you can not gauge the intention of the person you are hiring for the job.
Take example of other services like
Ola- not all drivers do their job well.
Wherever there is human involved it's very very difficult to scale.
The problem is real and people will definitely pay but it's ops heavy.
Great problem Statement. I can resonate with this. I remember Sajith Pai of Blume Ventures writing a tweet on this recently. Please connect with him. He will surely respond to your emails.
It will be great help if you share his email
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