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The Business Times January 6-19, 2022 n HOME-BASED PERSONAL CARE SERVICES FIRM

CHANGES NAME, LAUNCHES RECRUITING EFFORT

A home-based personal care services provider has a new name and launched an effort to increase the caregiver network at its Grand Junction office by 20 percent. Agape Care has changed its name to Klarus Personal Care. Jet Health, which owns and operates Klarus Personal Care, acquired Agape Care. Based in Fort Worth, Jet Health provides a range of medical and personal care services from locations in Colorado as well as Idaho, New Mexico and Texas.

Klarus Personal Care operates a total of seven locations in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, offering services related to case management, companionship, home maintenance and respite care.

“Over the years, Klarus Personal Care-Grand Junction established a highly regarded care agency and sustained a solid reputation in the Grand Junction area, and we intend to maintain that standing,” said Kara Craig, vice president of personal care at Jet Health. “We are seeking to add personnel to continue to deliver on our proven quality care legacy.”

Craig said Klarus Personal Care offers an incentive package for new employees as well as referral bonuses to current staff. The company also offers flexible scheduling.

“We are hoping people in Grand Junciton look at this as a chance to help make a difference in someone’s life,” she said. “Helping care for those in need of support to remain in their home environment can present an extremely rewarding opportunity. This is a great opporutnity to do that.”

For more information, visit https://klarushomecare.com. n NOMINATIONS DUE JAN. 6 FOR AWARDS

HONORING BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS

Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 6 for annual awards honoring businesses and individuals.

The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce will present Business of the Year awards to firms with fewer than 25 employees and those with more than 25 employees. The chamber also will present its Citizen of the Year award.

The award presentations are planned as part of the annual chamber banquet scheduled for Jan. 28 at the Grand Junction Convention Center.

Nominated businesses and individuals will be evaluated on the basis of why they deserve the awards and what they’ve done to make Grand Junction a stronger and more vibrant community.

Nomination forms are available on the chamber website at https://gjchamber.org.

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