Personal care

During a time when payment rates and the staffing crisis are stifling home care growth, Homewatch CaregGivers is thriving. During the first quarter of 2023, the company, which offers both medical and nonmedical...

If you want to get a sense of the scale and scope of the workforce shortage across the home care continuum — home care, home health and hospice — check out the 14th edition of the Benchmarking Report...

Addus HomeCare, a personal care, home health and hospice firm, earned $12.7 million in the first quarter of 2023, a whopping 49.6% increase over the year-earlier quarter. Sales grew by 11% to $251.6 million.

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), chair of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced a bill Wednesday that would increase funding and training for direct care workers and caregivers, bolstering the HCBS...

Vicki Hoak, the CEO of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA), one of the country’s major home care associations, is resigning from the organization. Her last day is Oct. 24, following the association’s...

UnitedHealth Group closed Wednesday on its $5.4 billion acquisition of LHG Group. The development comes nearly a year after the massive health insurance firm announced a deal to buy the major Louisiana-based...

Amedisys announced two major deals late Wednesday as it reported fourth quarter 2022 earnings.

On Jan. 27, the world observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor those who lost their lives during the genocide. For those in Selfhelp’s Holocaust Survivor Program, the observance is a...

In an end-of-the-year gift for home care workers in Connecticut, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved federal funding for the home care personal care attendant (PCA) contract. This will...

Becky Reel, executive director of For Papa’s Sake Home Care in Arlington Heights, IL, which recently held a gift card drive, personally knows that simple generosity can make a big difference during the...