CDC gives green light to COVID-19 booster shots for seniors, healthcare workers
By
Liza Berger
Sep 24, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention early Friday recommended giving the COVID-19 Pfizer booster shot to seniors, people with underlying medical conditions and healthcare workers.
Scholarship, started during pandemic, offers a way to say thank you to employees
By
Liza Berger
Sep 20, 2021
“Education is very important to us and we find it as a pathway to advancement,” said Matthew Istrin, business technology analyst for Libertana Home Health based in Los Angeles.
President’s $400B proposal to invest in Medicaid HCBS represents ‘historic opportunity,’ Democratic...
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Liza Berger
May 13, 2021
Democratic congressmen and long-term care worker advocates beat the drum Wednesday for President Biden’s plan to invest $400 billion in Medicaid home- and community-based services.
Long-term care should include more HCBS, panelists assert
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Liza Berger
Mar 12, 2021
The long-term care system in coming years should include an expansion of home- and community-based services (HCBS), policy, advocacy and consumer experts said during a virtual roundtable discussion Thursday...
InnovAge grows members, centers in latest quarter as ModivCare weathers pandemic with personal care acquisition
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Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
InnovAge, a new publicly traded company that contracts with Medicare and Medicaid through the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), experienced signs of pandemic recovery in the fiscal...
When it comes to combating vaccine hesitancy, it’s ‘science, science, science,’ home care provider...
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Liza Berger
Mar 25, 2021
Explaining the science behind the development of the COVID-19 vaccinations as well as the community benefit of getting vaccinated helped EvergreenHealth, a home care provider in Washington State, attain...
Mentorship programs could help reduce high turnover among caregivers, experts offer
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Liza Berger
Jun 16, 2021
Low salary and lack of job growth are the two leading reasons that home caregivers leave their jobs, according to a new survey by the tech company Medflyt.
Home care, get on board the vaccine mandate bus
By
Liza Berger
Jul 30, 2021
To require vaccinations or to not require vaccinations. That, to paraphrase William Shakespeare, is the question.
‘Right person at right time’: Winthrop Marshall, first Black LeadingAge chair, dies
By
Liza Berger
Dec 08, 2020
Winthrop Marshall, the first Black chair of the organization formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, passed away last week.