Having lived in Indiana all his life, Carl Bossung is a proud Hoosier. After working 40 years as an accountant at Crowe, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm, in South Bend, he entered the home care space when he founded Senior1Care with his son, Kyle, in 2006. Recently, the Indiana University Kelley School of Business accounting department honored Bossung with the Recognition of Lifetime Achievement award.
Given the school’s storied history as well as his Kelley MBA, he is thrilled to be recognized.
“It was quite an honor and I’m very humbled by it because there are thousands of accounting grads from IU Kelley and I know many of them that had very successful careers,” Bossung told McKnight’s Home Care Daily Pulse. “I was surprised that they would pick somebody like me.”
After having difficulty finding care for his mother, Loretta, Bossung founded Senior1Care in 2006 to make the services (personal care, companionship, meal preparation and recovery care, among others) that she required at the end of her life accessible to more people in Indiana. Fresh off of retiring from Crowe, he relished the chance to use his professional skills to help others who were in his situation.
With the organization approaching its 18th anniversary in April, Senior1Care has maintained an impressive longevity in the industry. Bossung attributes it to a culture that emphasizes teamwork and seeks to create a familial atmosphere. He has been especially grateful for the chance to mentor his son and see him grow into the CEO position he holds today.
“It’s been wonderful and I recommend it,” Bossung said. “Don’t underestimate the power of working with your kids and seeing them grow and develop. Kyle has just done an amazing job, the work we do is gratifying. I love it because we’re really helping people who need it.”
While he may be approaching 80 years of age, Bossung does not plan on slowing down any time soon. At least not until he’s properly trained one of his children to be his caregiver.
“I’m pretty energetic. As long as my health holds up, I’m gonna continue,” Bossung said. “I tell people we started business because of my mother but I also tell them I really started because I wanted to get one of my kids training to take care of me. They’re not quite there yet, they’ve got a ways to go to meet my standards.”
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