From Caregiver To Founder: Building Faith-Based, Human-Powered Home Care

What if the help your parents need could actually protect their independence instead of taking it away? We sit down with Magnificare Home Care founder Ryan Mendoza to explore what compassionate, non-medical support looks like when it’s guided by faith, informed by data, and delivered by people who truly care. Ryan’s story starts at the bedside in 2001 and grows into a community-rooted agency serving North and South Orange County and parts of Los Angeles, built on word-of-mouth trust and a clear promise: dignity, safety, and consistency at home.

Ryan unpacks a common misconception that stops families from seeking help—the belief that hiring a caregiver means surrendering control. Drawing on his master’s studies in gerontology and decades of hands-on experience, he explains how the right care plan actually extends autonomy by preventing falls, reducing hospital visits, and keeping daily routines steady and meaningful. We talk about caregiver-client matching, why continuity matters for early warning signs, and how small rituals—like shared meals or a short walk—can lift energy and restore purpose.

You’ll also hear the human side of home care. Ryan shares how family life, quick cooking hacks, and a calm presence translate into better support for clients. He speaks candidly about time, legacy, and what it means to show love to aging parents now—not later. If you’re weighing options for a loved one, this conversation offers practical guidance, heartfelt insight, and clear next steps for finding reliable in-home help in Orange County and nearby communities.

Explore Magnificare Home Care at magnificare.net or call 949-438-8881. Want to connect with Ryan directly? Reach him at 949-300-6740. If this conversation helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s caregiving, and leave a review to help more neighbors find support.

Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, a place where
local businesses and neighborscome together.
Here's your host, Rachel Fly.

SPEAKER_01 (00:12):
Well, welcome to the Good Neighbor Podcast.
Now, if you have an aging parentor loved one and you're in need
of in-home care to help withdaily living activities, meals,
and other general duties, well,we have the perfect resource for
you.
Today I have the pleasure ofintroducing your good neighbor,
Ryan Mendoza, with MagnificareHome Care.

(00:36):
Ryan, how is it going?

SPEAKER_02 (00:37):
Hi, Rachel.
I'm doing well.
Thank you.
How are you doing today?

SPEAKER_01 (00:41):
I am great.
And I gotta tell you, we'rereally excited to learn about
your business.
So tell us about your company.

SPEAKER_02 (00:47):
Yeah, okay.
Uh Magnificare Home Care.
Uh we are a non-medical homecare.
We are serving both North andSouth Orange County and some
parts of LA.
And um, let's see, uh,Magnificare, we are our tagline
is we are faith-based, uh, weare data driven, and we are a

(01:08):
human-powered home careorganization.

SPEAKER_01 (01:11):
Wonderful.
Now, how did you get into thiskind of business?

SPEAKER_02 (01:15):
Okay, um, I started working as a caregiver myself,
and this was back in 2001, thatwas 24 years ago.
And um, I came from a family ofcaregivers.
Um, right now, my sisters, youknow, from working as
caregivers, they are um one ofthem is an RN and one of them is
uh PT.

(01:36):
And um basically we are I I I umI moved here in the US back in
2001 from the Philippines, andwe were given this opportunity
to serve as caregivers.
And from then on, I neverstopped until I founded Magnific
Air up to this point.
That's how I started.

SPEAKER_01 (01:54):
Well, what do you think are maybe some myths or
misconceptions in your industry?

SPEAKER_02 (01:58):
You know, that's a really good question because
there's a lot of misconceptionsabout uh home care, but I can
point to one right now, which isvery important, is that uh
people think, you know,especially the older adults,
they feel that um once theystarted to have a home care or a
caregiver, it means that they'relosing their independence.
And that's that's really is notthe truth.

(02:21):
Um, I'm currently in school, youknow, doing a master's in
gerontology, and there's a lotof theory of aging.
And for me, it's reallyimportant to get definitions,
you know, um, from formalschooling and you know,
maintaining active, um, engagedlifestyle, you know, really
helps older adults to preservetheir independence and their you
know sense of purpose, and youcan you can do it safely having

(02:44):
help like a caregiver in place.
So that's a misconception that Ithink is important to be
addressed.

SPEAKER_01 (02:51):
Wow.
So now um now we know marketingis really the heart of every
business.
So how are you finding your youryour clients and you know family
members to take care of?

SPEAKER_02 (03:02):
Um, you know, um like I mentioned earlier, I
worked in this industry since2001.
And people people want to hirepeople that they know, you know.
So it's really um, you know,like I work for a patient for a
client, the family referred myname to other people, and it
came to a point that I couldn'tspread myself too thin, you

(03:23):
know.
So I founded this magnificare.
And um, the way we had beenfinding patients really is
through word of mouth.
Um, we currently um um hired uhtwo marketers, you know, one um
focusing on the north OrangeCounty and one in the south.
And that really is helping us,you know, a lot just to focus on
being intentional in terms oflike getting more clients.

(03:47):
And um, so that's how we'redoing it.
Uh word of mouth, um, having theright people working for you,
and um we're social media aswell, you know, we're active in
social media, and um we're we'recoming to uh we want it to be a
source of information, you know,being there out in the in the
field.

SPEAKER_01 (04:08):
Wonderful.
Have you ever thought of doingyour own podcast?

SPEAKER_02 (04:12):
I I really I really don't think I would like to have
my own podcast, you know.
But this is wonderful, just youknow, having this experience
speaking with you.

SPEAKER_01 (04:20):
Good, good.
Now, uh Ryan, outside of work,what do you like to do for fun?

SPEAKER_02 (04:25):
Okay, um, I I have two little kids, you know.
So my wife and I uh we have aseven-year-old daughter and a
four-year-old, four-year-oldson, and I just wanted to spend
time with them.
You know, if I'm not at work,you will just see me in the
house uh playing board games,watching TV cartoons, going to
parks.

(04:45):
We like to go to theme parks,and um, I also like to cook, you
know.
I I learned how to cook, youknow, being a caregiver, I I
just learned how to make quickmeals, whatever is available in
the fridge.
You know, I like making garbageomelette, I would say, all those
uh vegetables that needed to becooked.
So I like to cook and spend timewith the family.

SPEAKER_01 (05:06):
Wonderful.
Well, Ryan, please tell pleasetell my listeners, our
listeners, one thing they shouldremember about uh magnificare
home care.

SPEAKER_02 (05:14):
Okay, yeah.
So Magnificare Home Care.
I mean, I've been in thisindustry since 2001.
And I think I would like foreveryone to know that life is
really short, you know.
I mean, we're not here for thelong, we're not here forever.
I mean, those people that I havetaken care of back in 2001, I am

(05:34):
now taking care of their adultchildren.
And it just kind of tell you,like, you know, life is short,
you know, live your life to thefullest.
Whatever your parents need now,so that they can live their
life, just give it everything.
And it, you know, it's uh it'simportant, you know, that um for
myself, I need to be reminded aswell, you know, that we have to

(05:55):
just do our best right now,whatever you do for work.
And for caregivers, it kind ofis uh more magnified because
it's kind of personal in a way,hard to find the line between
professional and personal.
And um, you know, so life isshort.
I think uh we have to, you know,support our parents, you know,
make sure that they they feelthe love, you know, from the

(06:17):
family.

SPEAKER_01 (06:18):
Wonderful.
Well, how can our listenerslearn more about Magnificare
Home Care?

SPEAKER_02 (06:23):
Okay, we have our website, it's uh
magnificare.net, and also ouroffice number is uh
949-438-8881.
And you can call that number anytime of the day.
And I will also give my uhdirect uh cell phone number so
that those people who would liketo directly contact me.

(06:45):
And my number is area code949-300-6740.

SPEAKER_01 (06:52):
Wonderful.
Well, Ryan, I really appreciateyou being on the show, and we
wish you and your businessreally all the best moving
forward.

SPEAKER_02 (07:00):
Thank you so much, Rachel.
Thank you so much.

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