Connecticut home care workers to resume talks today with state over pay, benefits
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 23, 2021
Negotiations with the state of Connecticut are set to resume Wednesday for 10,000 home care workers demanding better pay, healthcare and a pathway to retirement.
Labor expert: Creativity, more than money, could attract workers to home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Home care agencies need to get creative and stand out from the crowd if they want to attract workers, according to Mark McInerney, director of Maine’s Center for Workforce Research and Information.
Hiring challenges top providers’ COVID-19 concerns: McKnight’s Home Care Daily survey
By
Liza Berger
Jun 22, 2021
Most McKnight’s Home Care Daily readers agree COVID-19 has negatively affected their businesses. And hiring challenges continue to be providers’ biggest pandemic-related concern.
Care transitions: Teamwork can help score a win
Jun 17, 2021
To score and win, you must work as a team to get past the 50-yard line. The implications of failing to reach the goal are obviously more serious in post-acute care too.
Home-based care leads Humana’s vision for new healthcare ecosystem
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 16, 2021
Technology and value-based care are driving a new healthcare ecosystem that Humana discussed in detail at an investors day conference on Tuesday.
Humana pushes further into home care with One Homecare Solutions deal
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 15, 2021
Humana extended its reach into home care on Monday, announcing it will acquire One Homecare Solutions from private equity group WayPoint Capital Partners.
Why value-based care will work in the home
By
Cheri Rodgers
Jun 15, 2021
As the delivery of home-based care has become increasingly sophisticated, the home is the central point in the coordination of whole-patient care.
Aging service organizations, labor groups blast infrastructure compromise that leaves out care economy
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
Labor unions, aging services organizations and at least one U.S. senator have turned up the heat on Congress to fund the care economy, which President Biden proposed in his infrastructure plan
CareAcademy leading the charge to train the nation’s care community
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
Online caregiver training platform CareAcademy admits there is no silver bullet when it comes to solving the home care industry’s worker shortage. But Senior Vice President of Marketing Aaron Dun told...
Continuing care at home program earns LGBT cultural competency credential
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Jun 14, 2021
Springpoint Choice, of Plainsboro Township, NJ, a continuing care at home program, honors Pride Month year-round, not just in June.