A longtime provider of in-home private health care in Eastern Washington and Idaho has bought AtHome Care, which has an office in Kennewick.

Liberty Lake-based Family Home Care acquired AtHome Care, a 30-year provider of in-home services based in Boise, Idaho, with offices in Kennewick and Spokane. The acquisition was finalized Oct. 9.

The combined businesses will employ 385 part-time and 25 full-time workers to serve more than 600 families throughout Eastern Washington. Twenty caregivers will work in the Tri-City area.

The transaction also will result in Family Home Care entering the Boise and Tri-City markets for the first time as part of a strategic initiative to expand geographic reach.

“In acquiring AtHome Care, it gives us a new presence and we’ve been met with open arms down there,” said Dean Roberson, vice president of business development at Family Home Care.

Wayne Irish, CEO/owner of Your Problems Solved Inc., doing business as AtHome Care, said when his company contemplated selling, it looked for a company with similar values and integrity.

“The first name that came to our minds was Family Home Care. They have always been a good neighbor, always dealt fairly and most importantly had an uncompromising reputation in the market. We could not be happier with our choice to continue the care for our clients and to continue employment of our staff with such a great organization,” Irish said in a news release.

Family Home Care provides personal in-home care to its clients on an hourly basis.

Established in 1966, it serves hundreds of clients in Spokane, Whitman, Benton, Franklin and Asotin counties in Washington and Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce, Ada and Canyon counties in Idaho.

All client care is supervised by health care professionals and registered nurses to guarantee they receive the best care possible, Roberson said.

Types of care provided include personal care, from bathing assistance and dressing to assisting with grooming and toileting; transportation; medication assistance; meal preparation; light housekeeping; pet walking and care; assistance with exercise programs; transferring and positioning while confined to a bed; companionship; nurse-delegated care such as catheter, ostomy and wound care; and respite care to give caregivers a break.

Current AtHome Care customers shouldn’t notice any changes in service, Roberson said.

“We have gone above and beyond to be the best home care provider in the area. We go out of our way to do that,” he said.

For more information, contact Family Home Care at 509-586-9870, 6855 W. Clearwater Ste. H Kennewick or online at FHCcares.com.