With home care agencies at a crossroads, it’s time for operators to focus on what they can control and, specifically, how they manage their workforce and scheduling.
A partnership between Medical Mutual, Conduit Health Services and hospital-at-home provider DispatchHealth has resulted in high rates of consumer satisfaction.
88 percent of long-term care nurses see racism, discrimination from those they serve: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 01, 2023
Eighty-eight percent of nurses working in nursing homes and residential care facilities and in home healthcare have experienced racism or discrimination from residents, patients or clients, according to...
Annual report takes deep dive into home care workforce crisis
By
Liza Berger
May 26, 2023
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...
In-depth report reveals impact of workforce shortage on home care staffing efforts
By
C. Max Bachmann
May 25, 2023
The workforce shortage has had a staggering effect on staffing within the personal care, home health and hospice industries. But providers may be responding to it in the wrong way, a new report from Home...
New York soon may be closing hundreds of agencies that employ family caregivers, organization fears
By
Liza Berger
May 24, 2023
Advocates of New York state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) agencies are concerned that as many as 200 agencies will close this year without legislation to stop it.
ACL awards $20M grant for family caregivers
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C. Max Bachmann
May 24, 2023
In support of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) said earlier this month that it is awarding $20 million in funding to improve support...
Investing in direct care workers’ development key to addressing staffing crisis, researchers say
By
C. Max Bachmann
May 19, 2023
With staffing shortages plaguing providers across healthcare, including home care, investing in the education and training of direct care workers (DCWs) could help stabilize the industry and improve the...
‘Sky is falling’ under weight of home health cuts, NAHC’s Dombi says
By
C. Max Bachmann
May 16, 2023
The healthcare industry is nearing a breaking point due to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 3.925% behavioral rate cut enacted in January, home care leaders said recently.
New federal bill would reauthorize Registered Apprentice program
By
C. Max Bachmann
May 16, 2023
House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced a bill last week that would reauthorize the Department of Labor’s Registered Apprentice program.