Survey: Majority of Black caregivers struggle with financial security
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 17, 2021
While the pandemic has hit the Black community particularly hard, the same can be said of this group’s informal caregivers. Most Black caregivers have concerns about financial security, according to...
Home care agency partners with online training company to combat vaccine hesitancy
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 16, 2021
Home care agencies are still grappling with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among caregivers. Recently, the leader of one agency, Best of Care Inc., shared with McKnight’s Home Care Daily his efforts to combat...
Home care workers sue employer for lowering wages to achieve cheaper overtime
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 12, 2021
Home care workers at Red Lion Home Care in Wynnewood, PA, claim that the home care agency cut their hourly rates during the weeks they worked overtime in order to shrink their time-and-a-half rates. This...
Senators urge Biden to pursue plans to invest in Medicaid HCBS
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 08, 2021
Several U.S. senators encouraged the administration to fulfill its campaign pledge to invest $450 billion in Medicaid home- and community-based care. In a Friday letter to President Biden and Vice President...
Home care association heads: Sector needs more robust data, answers to workforce problem
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Joe Jancsurak
Feb 05, 2021
Patient-centered innovations, policy barriers, data sharing and workforce issues are some of the leadership challenges facing home care in 2021 and beyond. This, according to three association leaders...
Pandemic drives increase in programs that compensate family caregivers, AARP reports
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 05, 2021
With more family caregivers stepping up to provide home care for loved ones during the pandemic, and with many suffering financial hardship due to lost work or caregiving responsibilities, more states...
Ellume receives $230M government contract to ramp up production of at-home COVID-19 test
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 04, 2021
More older Americans at home and their caregivers now will be able to test for COVID-19. That is because the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense recently awarded Ellume,...
Home care providers applaud Biden’s executive order to revisit Public Charge rule
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 03, 2021
Home care and home health providers praised President Biden Tuesday for signing an executive order to revisit the Trump administration’s Public Charge rule, which denied green cards to illegal immigrants...
Indiana agencies expand tech-enabled integrated care pilot
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 28, 2021
Two Indiana caregiving agencies announced on Thursday the expansion of their pilot, which focuses on the integration of care teams using the Vela secure collaboration app.
CVS Health launches voice-activated medical alert system
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 15, 2021
CVS Health has launched a new medical alert system designed to “help give caregivers peace of mind as they monitor a loved one’s safety and well-being through a connected health approach,” said Adam...