AARP poll: Majority of voters want more support for family caregivers
By
C. Max Bachmann
May 08, 2023
A new poll released by AARP Friday revealed that voters in the United States want Congress to provide support for family caregivers.
Provider groups applaud Biden’s executive order advancing home care services
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 19, 2023
The Biden administration’s executive order to improve home-based and long-term care services received swift and positive reviews Tuesday by providers and associations representing the aging services...
Kansas researcher developing dashboard to track caregiver workforce
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 19, 2023
A University of Kansas researcher is launching a four-year study to collect data on the number of direct caregivers in the U.S. in an effort to raise their stature in the economy.
CVS Health puts home at the forefront of healthcare in report
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 18, 2023
CVS Health laid out a roadmap for healthy aging that drives more care into the home.
Badger State aims to recruit 10,000 home care workers with online training program
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 13, 2023
If there is a blueprint for solving the caregiver crisis, Wisconsin may have it.
New York Association on Aging calls out governor for skimping on seniors
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 05, 2023
Insufficient funding for home- and community-based services across New York state is putting some seniors at risk, according to the executive director of the Association on Aging in New York.
Burn bright, not out: Tips for lowering caregivers’ stress
By
Foster Stubbs
Apr 03, 2023
Given all the talk about the home care workforce shortage, we know that caregiver burnout is real.
Home care providers offer solutions to caregiver shortage in new report
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 28, 2023
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice and the Home Care Association of America are headed to Capitol Hill Tuesday and Wednesday with a new list of recommendations to alleviate the nation’s...
Organized home care workers in two states demand better wages, benefits
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 28, 2023
Home care workers in Illinois and Oregon are the latest direct care workers to call on their state legislatures for better wages.
Workforce, Medicare cuts to take center stage at NAHC’s upcoming March on Washington
By
Liza Berger
Mar 24, 2023
Home care providers will focus on the negative impacts of the workforce shortage and Medicare home health payment cuts when they converse with lawmakers during the National Association for Home Care &...