For 2021, home care looks for expanded Medicaid and Medicare coverage, solutions to staffing shortage
By
Liza Berger
Feb 03, 2021
As the pandemic has shined a light on the capabilities of home care and home health, associations are looking for the Biden administration to expand Medicaid and Medicare coverage in the space this year.
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...
Survey: Half of caregivers for the elderly aren’t vaccinated
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 27, 2021
A new study of 2,000 caregivers for the elderly found only half are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
How medication home delivery can drive accuracy, adherence and safety for vulnerable populations
By
Bob Rowland
Aug 17, 2021
Through automation and at-home delivery, pharmacies can expand their customer base, keep vulnerable populations at home and adherent, and support their bottom lines.
89 percent of families with loved ones in long-term care facilities consider home care: survey
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 18, 2020
Eighty-nine percent of families with loved ones living in nursing homes or assisted living communities who participated in a new survey said they have considered switching to in-home care due to the coronavirus...
U.S. unpaid caregivers struggling the most with emotional health problems: report
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 25, 2021
Nearly seven out of 10 unpaid U.S. caregivers say that the pandemic has worsened their emotional health. Their 68% rate was more than a tenth higher than the 61% registered by these workers worldwide.
Home Helpers Home Care poised for historic changes with Cared-4 service suite
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 26, 2021
Against the backdrop of a proposed $3.5 trillion federal budget aimed at driving more senior care into the home, Home Helpers Home Care is launching a new suite of services that could help it take advantage...
Peer-to-Peer: AccordCare, which dropped anchor on East Coast, now has designs on West
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 13, 2021
Starting AccordCare two months before a global pandemic hit was either the best time or the worst time to launch a personal care company with a unique subset in complex clinical care.
The new test case for vaccine mandates? New York home care workers may show the way
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 28, 2021
New York soon may become the bellwether on how unvaccinated home care workers will respond to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Home care agency partners with online training company to combat vaccine hesitancy
By
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...