Home health care franchise owner grows up in the business

When she was 19 years old, Danielle Dyer jumped at the chance to become the first employee of the Southwest Florida home health care Right At Home franchise as a part-time caregiver. A decade and a half later, the now 35-year-old is the sole owner of the franchise that covers most of Lee and Collier counties and employs more than 220 people. The business has grown 20% to 23% over the past five years.

In between was a brief stint in Arizona where she helped manage an auto body shop; the death of her mother, a Cape Coral resident and a certified nursing assistant; and courtship with her now-husband and company vice president, Steve Dyer, whose financial and accounting acumen complements Danielle’s creative ambitions. “We joke that he is the chief frugal officer,” quips Danielle.