Tech alliance aims to improve care transitions for family caregivers
By
Foster Stubbs
Mar 18, 2024
Transitioning to care at home after a hospital visit can be a difficult experience — for patients and family caregivers. Fortunately, a collaboration between electronic health record (EHR) provider...
Franchise 500 list names 15 home care-related companies
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Foster Stubbs
Mar 11, 2024
When it comes to franchise quality, home care and home health agencies are holding strong with companies such as Taco Bell, UPS and Dunkin’. No less than 15 home care and home health-related organizations...
Texas caregiver named Caring Senior Service’s 2023 Caregiver of the Year
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Foster Stubbs
Mar 04, 2024
Christina Divine’s trip to Cancún, Mexico, next month will come with some shiny, new hardware. In addition to spending time soaking up the sun, she will be recognized on the stage as Caring Senior Service’s...
Home health aide’s quick thinking saves client’s life
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 26, 2024
When he arrived in the United States, Desmond Asare knew he wanted to work in healthcare. After migrating from Ghana about a year ago, he found entry into the field in the form of a home health aide job...
True love: NJ home care franchisees balance life as co-owners and spouses
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 12, 2024
Gimbert and Carmen Fernandez are proof that a couple who owns a home care agency together stays together. The Fernandezes became Always Best Care franchisees serving western and central New Jersey in 2014....
University of Colorado researcher uses platform to advocate for LGBTQ+ patients in hospice care
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 05, 2024
Personal identity plays a big role in Carey Candrian’s research. An associate professor of medicine-internal medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine who identifies as a lesbian, her...
Caring Senior Service aims to ‘close the gap’ on seniors’ grab bar needs
By
Liza Berger
Jan 29, 2024
Three years ago, Jeff Salter, founder and CEO of Caring Senior Service, traveled 9,500 miles on his electric bike over four months to raise awareness about Grab the Bars. The initiative set out to install...
Home care operator earns prestigious award from Indiana University
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 22, 2024
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...
Hospice care advocate aims to increase awareness, reduce stigma surrounding industry
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 08, 2024
Like many in the field, the professional journey of Ruth Thomson in hospice care began when she stumbled upon it. While she was originally looking for a way to pay off her medical school debt, Thomson...
Keep an eye on winter blues among older adults, home care franchisee says
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 18, 2023
When it turns cold and gray in the winter, many begin to feel like the weather: dreary. The gloom can even find its way to sunny Florida, says Always Best Care Jacksonville owner Marlynn Bruno. She believes...