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...
How a Caregiver of the Year found his calling at age 60
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 17, 2021
It might have been fate or perhaps divine intervention that led Bill Glover to caregiving at age 60.
The power of play: Gamification and home care
By
Levi Pavlovsky
May 13, 2021
As home care leaders look to improve their team communication and compliance, they often overlook how technology can provide a way to meaningfully connect with their team and enhance the work experience.
Peer-to-Peer: Executive Care emerges stronger from pandemic
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 03, 2021
Executive Care CEO Lenny Verkhoglaz knows something about resilience.
Peer-to-Peer: Seniors Helping Seniors finds older workers make the best workers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 26, 2021
Pennsylvania-based home care franchise Seniors Helping Seniors might have found the secret to solving the home care industry’s worker shortage. The solution, quite simply, is in its name.
Adviser to senior living communities: Think big before jumping into HCBS
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 22, 2021
“Thinking small” is the biggest mistake senior care communities can make when expanding into home-and-and-community-based services (HCBS).
To attract home care employees, treat them like healthcare workers, expert says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 31, 2021
The pandemic highlighted the numerous challenges the home care industry faces as the U.S. population ages, Robert Espinoza, PHI vice president of policy for the nonprofit PHI, which tracks the direct care...
Lawmakers to press Biden to increase funding for HCBS as part of larger system reform
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 25, 2021
Some Democratic lawmakers are holding President Joseph Biden’s feet to the fire, demanding he fulfill a campaign promise to direct $450 billion to home- and community-based services (HCBS). This funding...
New OSHA COVID-19 inspection and whistleblower program targets home healthcare, among other providers
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 16, 2021
Home healthcare services are part of a long list of businesses under scrutiny by the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration program.
In tightening labor market, Amedisys, LHC Group hone in on recruitment, retention
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 11, 2021
Two of the nation’s largest home care providers say they are getting creative and aggressive when it comes to recruiting and retaining workers in their industry’s highly competitive labor market.