Biz Buzz: Right At Home Twin Cities

Business:  Right at Home Twin Cities

Your Name: Paul R. Blom

Job Title: Chief Cook and Bottle Washer (CEO/Owner)

Give us a brief overview of your business and what services you provide the community: 

Since 2001, we have provided non-medical in-home care and assistance for older adults in the Twin Cities area.  Our amazing caregivers help our clients with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, errands/transportation, and assistance with basic personal care activities like dressing, grooming, and bathing.

How many years have you been in business?  21 years.

What’s something unique we should know about your business? 

My (now) husband, Bob, and I had been thinking about this type of business for several years when we discovered that Right at Home had just started selling franchises of the very concept we were considering.  We drove to Omaha and visited with them for a day and decided to purchase Territory #3! 

What’s your favorite thing about your job? 

I haven’t had a “job” in 21 years!  I have been honored to provide meaningful employment to caregivers and our office support staff while providing older adults with an amazing in-home support system and improved quality of life!  I guess, at the end of the day, my favorite thing about what I do is that I always feel like I’m making the world a better place to live each day!

What’s the best thing about working with the LGBTQ community? 

I have been involved with research and education related to the unique needs and barriers of the older LGBTQ community for the past 13 years.  With a trauma-informed history (over 100 years), our elders have a resiliency that amazes me on a regular basis.  This is true of the entire LGBTQ Community!

Does your business have anything new, fun or unique happening on the horizon? 

On Sunday, March 12^th we took all staff and a guest to our 20^th Annual Evening at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre!  (Were it not for COVID, it would be the 22^nd Annual, but who’s counting).  We started doing this 22 years ago and had 24 people in the Director’s Box for “My Fair Lady”.  This year we have reservations for 160 people in the Main Theatre for the production of the new Broadway smash hit, “The Prom”!  It’s a story of LOVE, ACCEPTANCE and embracing the person you were meant to be!

If you weren’t doing your current job, what would you be doing? 

Wow…I’ve been doing this for so long it’s hard to imagine anything else.  Sometimes I think I’d make a pretty good mortician like my friend, Jason!