SEIU launches cross-country blitz to promote home care workers in American Jobs Plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 04, 2021
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) said Thursday it will host in-person and virtual town hall meetings in 20 states over the next six weeks to promote jobs and investment in the nation’s...
Drive to home dialysis picks up speed with two new efforts from industry leaders
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 03, 2021
The movement to home-based dialysis picked up momentum on Wednesday as three industry leaders rolled out new efforts to get more patients to dialyze at home.
Home Care briefs for Thursday, June 3
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 03, 2021
LHC Group to purchase Charleston, SC-based Heart of Hospice … Humana’s CenterWell expands its value-based care model to original Medicare beneficiaries … OIG orders Jacksonville, FL, home health...
OSU Wexner Medical Center extends its reach further into in-home medical care
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Diane Eastabrook
Jun 02, 2021
For the second time in a week, The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center announced another expansion into in-home medical care.
New home sensor technology helps relieve stress of dementia caregivers, studies find
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 02, 2021
New eye-in-the-sky sensors could help alleviate anxiety, depression and social isolation among dementia caregivers.
LeadingAge blasts Republicans for trying to derail plan with $2B for seniors housing
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 01, 2021
Efforts by congressional Republicans to strip senior housing from President Joseph Biden’s American Jobs Plan are drawing outrage from LeadingAge, which represents 5,000 nonprofit seniors service providers.
Peer-to-Peer: HomeWell Care Services revisits its branding, prepares for a post-pandemic future
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 01, 2021
2021 is turning out to be the year many home care companies hit the reset button, following upheaval from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey: Pandemic could increase demand for more in-home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 27, 2021
The pandemic may have shined a light on the need for more in-home care for seniors living alone.
Home Instead joins the ranks of franchise operators courting veterans
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 27, 2021
Calling all veterans: Home Instead wants you as possible franchisees.
Home care providers welcome confirmation of Brooks-LaSure as new CMS administrator
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 26, 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at last has a new administrator. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to head CMS by a 55 to 44 vote, with four Republicans...