Family Resource Home Care and Family Home Care have merged.

The merger, which was effective Jan. 1, was announced by David Lawrence, chief executive officer and owner of Family Resource Home Care, and Jeff Wiberg, president and CEO of Family Home Care.

They said the merger joins two of the oldest and largest homecare providers in the Northwest, with eight locations in Washington and Idaho. Family Resource’s three branches in western Washington (Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma) serve a five-county area. Family Home Care has five branches in eastern Washington and Idaho.