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Great Lakes Caring
Legal namestring
Elara Caring
Websiteurl
greatlakescaring.com
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
1987
Descriptiontext

Great Lakes Caring operates as a legacy brand within Elara Caring, a U.S. private, multi-state in-home healthcare platform headquartered in Jackson with roots in Texas since 1987. The company delivers a full continuum of home-based clinical and supportive services across five primary service lines: skilled home health (nursing and therapy), hospice care, personal care services, behavioral health, and palliative care, with a total workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees operating across the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, and U.S. Armed Forces regions.

The technology backbone consists of the ElaraConnect care coordination platform and an online assessment tool that channels prospective patients into the appropriate service line, supplemented by condition-specific programs (Neuro Advantage, Functional Advantage, Get Home Stay Home), veteran-dedicated programs (Operation Veteran Care, We Honor Veterans, BRAVE), and an institutional website with refer-a-patient pathways for hospitals and physicians. Quality positioning is reinforced by published metrics: 95 Net Promoter Score, 96% patient ratings of four stars or above, and a 94.9% Hospice Care Index score, alongside multiple 2023–2024 industry recognitions including SHP, McKnight's, and HHCN awards.

The business model is fee-for-service home and community-based care reimbursed predominantly through Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payers, and veterans' benefits, with patient acquisition distributed across healthcare provider referrals, direct family contact, and digital self-service pathways. Elara Caring is privately held, completed a strategic investment from Ares Management and DaVita in 2024, and carries a multi-sponsor private equity history (Blue Wolf Capital Partners, Pouschine Cook Capital Management), indicating capital structure activity consistent with continued investment in scale and service-line diversification.

Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
1,001–5,000
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersJackson, United States
HQ citystring
Jackson
HQ countrystring
United States
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
home healthcare services, hospice care services, skilled nursing care, personal care services, palliative care
Industry3 codes
1HLAFAEAA
CodeHLAFAEAAPrimaryYes
2HSABAFAA
CodeHSABAFAAPrimaryNo
3HLAFAEAL
CodeHLAFAEALPrimaryNo
NAICS code1 code
  • 621610
SIC code1 code
  • 8082
Product category
Home Healthcare Services
Marketing channels8 records

Each record includes

Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels3 records

Each record includes

Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
GTM typeB2C
B2C
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Great Lakes Caring provides home-based healthcare services to patients, including skilled home health, hospice, personal care, behavioral health, and palliative care. The brand operates as part of Elara Caring's national home health platform, delivering clinical and supportive care directly to patients in their homes across multiple states.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 of 3 values shown
  • 96% of patients rate 4 stars or above
+2 more records
Product overview1 text field

Elara Caring is a comprehensive in-home healthcare platform offering multiple interconnected service lines. The core portfolio includes Skilled Home Health, Hospice Care, Personal Care Services, Behavioral Health, and Palliative Care, supported by a technology platform called ElaraConnect. Specialized programs including veteran-specific care (Operation Veteran Care, We Honor Veterans, BRAVE), condition-specific programs (Neuro Advantage for neurological conditions, Functional Advantage for physical rehabilitation, Get Home Stay Home for post-hospitalization recovery), and access programs like Call Us First work together to provide holistic care across the full continuum—from short-term recovery to end-of-life care.

Product and service1 record
1Skilled Home Health
Scale indicator3 records

Each record includes

Type, Value, Description, Source

Recent move5 records

Each record includes

Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight5 records

Each record includes

Type, Description

Peers10 records
1Amedisys
TypeDirect peer
Description

Public home health and hospice operator with national multi-state coverage across skilled home health, hospice, and personal care — directly comparable in service mix, geography, and referral-driven model to Elara Caring.

2Enhabit
TypeDirect peer
Description

Home health and hospice operator spun out of Encompass Health, focused on skilled home health and hospice across multiple states — directly comparable in service portfolio, payer mix, and post-acute positioning.

3LHC Group
TypeDirect peer
Description

Large multi-state home health, hospice, and home-based care provider (now part of Optum/UnitedHealth), comparable in service breadth and geographic coverage to Elara Caring's national footprint.

4Bayada Home Health Care
TypeDirect peer
Description

Private, multi-state home health, hospice, and personal care provider serving adults and pediatrics — closely aligned with Elara Caring across service lines, geographies, and payer mix.

5Chemed Corporation (VITAS Healthcare)
TypeDirect peer
Description

Public parent of VITAS Healthcare, the largest US hospice operator — directly comparable to Elara Caring's hospice segment and end-of-life care positioning.

6Compassus
TypeDirect peer
Description

National hospice, palliative, and home health provider with multi-state branch networks and hospital-system partnerships — directly comparable to Elara Caring's hospice/palliative operations.

7Aveanna Healthcare
TypeDirect peer
Description

Public home health, hospice, and medical solutions provider serving pediatric and adult patients across multiple states — comparable in private-duty and skilled home health service lines.

8BrightSpring Health Services
TypeDirect peer
Description

Diversified home and community-based services platform including home health, hospice, and behavioral health — closely comparable to Elara Caring's multi-service in-home care model.

9Pennant Group
TypeEmerging player
Description

Home health, hospice, and senior living operator building scale in selected Western and Midwestern states — comparable in service mix but smaller in national footprint than Elara Caring.

10Encompass Health
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Largest owner of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals; previously operated home health and hospice (now Enhabit). Broad incumbent in post-acute care with overlapping referral relationships to Elara Caring.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Weaknesses5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Competitive moat5 records

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Type, Details

Key risks6 records

Each record includes

Headline, Details, Source

Key highlights7 records

Each record includes

Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Segment6 records

Each record includes

Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile2 records

Each record includes

Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Core technology
Revenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Number of profiles
Profiles3 records

Each record includes

Name, Designation, Designation category, Overview, Profile commentary, Source

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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds2 records

Each record includes

Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors2 records

Each record includes

Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Each record includes

Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

Each record includes

Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Great Lakes Caring

Home Healthcare Servicesgreatlakescaring.com

What Great Lakes Caring does

Great Lakes Caring operates as a legacy brand within Elara Caring, a U.S. private, multi-state in-home healthcare platform headquartered in Jackson with roots in Texas since 1987. The company delivers a full continuum of home-based clinical and supportive services across five primary service lines: skilled home health (nursing and therapy), hospice care, personal care services, behavioral health, and palliative care, with a total workforce of 1,001–5,000 employees operating across the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, and U.S. Armed Forces regions.

The technology backbone consists of the ElaraConnect care coordination platform and an online assessment tool that channels prospective patients into the appropriate service line, supplemented by condition-specific programs (Neuro Advantage, Functional Advantage, Get Home Stay Home), veteran-dedicated programs (Operation Veteran Care, We Honor Veterans, BRAVE), and an institutional website with refer-a-patient pathways for hospitals and physicians. Quality positioning is reinforced by published metrics: 95 Net Promoter Score, 96% patient ratings of four stars or above, and a 94.9% Hospice Care Index score, alongside multiple 2023–2024 industry recognitions including SHP, McKnight's, and HHCN awards.

The business model is fee-for-service home and community-based care reimbursed predominantly through Medicare, Medicaid, commercial payers, and veterans' benefits, with patient acquisition distributed across healthcare provider referrals, direct family contact, and digital self-service pathways. Elara Caring is privately held, completed a strategic investment from Ares Management and DaVita in 2024, and carries a multi-sponsor private equity history (Blue Wolf Capital Partners, Pouschine Cook Capital Management), indicating capital structure activity consistent with continued investment in scale and service-line diversification.

Great Lakes Caring firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Great Lakes Caring
Legal name
Elara Caring
Website
https://greatlakescaring.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1987
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
1,001–5,000 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Where Great Lakes Caring is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Jackson
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

Great Lakes Caring business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Great Lakes Caring product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Great Lakes Caring provides home-based healthcare services to patients, including skilled home health, hospice, personal care, behavioral health, and palliative care. The brand operates as part of Elara Caring's national home health platform, delivering clinical and supportive care directly to patients in their homes across multiple states.

Product overview

Elara Caring is a comprehensive in-home healthcare platform offering multiple interconnected service lines. The core portfolio includes Skilled Home Health, Hospice Care, Personal Care Services, Behavioral Health, and Palliative Care, supported by a technology platform called ElaraConnect. Specialized programs including veteran-specific care (Operation Veteran Care, We Honor Veterans, BRAVE), condition-specific programs (Neuro Advantage for neurological conditions, Functional Advantage for physical rehabilitation, Get Home Stay Home for post-hospitalization recovery), and access programs like Call Us First work together to provide holistic care across the full continuum—from short-term recovery to end-of-life care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Skilled Home Health

Quantifiable outcome

  • 96% of patients rate 4 stars or above
  • +2 more outcomes

Companies that use Great Lakes Caring

Customer profile

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Great Lakes Caring technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Great Lakes Caring partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Great Lakes Caring competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Amedisys: Public home health and hospice operator with national multi-state coverage across skilled home health, hospice, and personal care — directly comparable in service mix, geography, and referral-driven model to Elara Caring.
  • Enhabit: Home health and hospice operator spun out of Encompass Health, focused on skilled home health and hospice across multiple states — directly comparable in service portfolio, payer mix, and post-acute positioning.
  • LHC Group: Large multi-state home health, hospice, and home-based care provider (now part of Optum/UnitedHealth), comparable in service breadth and geographic coverage to Elara Caring's national footprint.
  • Bayada Home Health Care: Private, multi-state home health, hospice, and personal care provider serving adults and pediatrics — closely aligned with Elara Caring across service lines, geographies, and payer mix.
  • Chemed Corporation (VITAS Healthcare): Public parent of VITAS Healthcare, the largest US hospice operator — directly comparable to Elara Caring's hospice segment and end-of-life care positioning.
  • Compassus: National hospice, palliative, and home health provider with multi-state branch networks and hospital-system partnerships — directly comparable to Elara Caring's hospice/palliative operations.
  • Aveanna Healthcare: Public home health, hospice, and medical solutions provider serving pediatric and adult patients across multiple states — comparable in private-duty and skilled home health service lines.
  • BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based services platform including home health, hospice, and behavioral health — closely comparable to Elara Caring's multi-service in-home care model.

Emerging players

  • Pennant Group: Home health, hospice, and senior living operator building scale in selected Western and Midwestern states — comparable in service mix but smaller in national footprint than Elara Caring.

Broad incumbents

  • Encompass Health: Largest owner of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals; previously operated home health and hospice (now Enhabit). Broad incumbent in post-acute care with overlapping referral relationships to Elara Caring.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Great Lakes Caring social profiles

Digital presence

Great Lakes Caring financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Great Lakes Caring leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Great Lakes Caring funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Great Lakes Caring M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Great Lakes Caring

What does Great Lakes Caring do?

Great Lakes Caring provides home-based healthcare services to patients, including skilled home health, hospice, personal care, behavioral health, and palliative care. The brand operates as part of Elara Caring's national home health platform, delivering clinical and supportive care directly to patients in their homes across multiple states.

Is Great Lakes Caring a public or private company?

Great Lakes Caring is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently operating.

When was Great Lakes Caring founded?

Great Lakes Caring was founded in 1987. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.

Where is Great Lakes Caring based?

Great Lakes Caring is headquartered in Jackson, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Great Lakes Caring's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Amedisys, Enhabit, LHC Group, Bayada Home Health Care, Chemed Corporation (VITAS Healthcare), Compassus, Aveanna Healthcare and BrightSpring Health Services. Pennant Group is listed as an emerging player. Encompass Health is listed as a broad incumbent.

Does Great Lakes Caring have an API?

No public API is recorded for Great Lakes Caring.

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