OIG audit gives home health industry a passing grade with room for improvement
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 29, 2021
Six out of eight home health agencies had infection control policies and procedures in place that met Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements.
Weekly, at-home COVID-19 testing would stem pandemic, study finds
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 15, 2021
Without any at-home COVID-19 testing, 11.6 million infections and 119,000 related deaths would occur or a 60-day period, with $10.1 billion in overall costs (inpatient and lost-productivity costs combined)....
What the Olympics can teach us about beating COVID-19
By
Liza Berger
Jul 23, 2021
. As infections and hospitalizations rise around the country and vaccine hesitancy lingers, we have to ask ourselves: Are we being the best we can be?
Home care associations target workers’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
By
Liza Berger
Jan 26, 2021
As the pandemic continues to inflict damage on staffing levels, the home care and home health field is turning to the topic of vaccine hesitancy among workers.
Study shows far fewer COVID-19 cases at home than in nursing homes, assisted living
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 10, 2020
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths for home- and community-based services programs pales in comparison with those for nursing homes, concludes a recent study in the JAMDA, Journal of Post-Acute and...
Study: Pandemic increased the number of homebound, isolated seniors
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to more older adults living at home and heightened their risk of infection from COVID-19, according to a new JAMA Internal Medicine study.
ArchCare aiming to become first PACE program mandating vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 09, 2021
ArchCare, which operates three PACE centers in the New York City metro area, is mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all 5,000 of its employees
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.
FDA panel approves COVID-19 boosters for those 65 and older
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 17, 2021
A Food and Drug Administration panel Friday unanimously approved booster shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and anyone over 16 who is at high risk of developing a severe...
NAHC president: Demand for home care workers soars 125% due to pandemic
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 02, 2021
Increasingly, home care choices are seen as safe, effective options for seniors, due in large part to COVID-19. That’s the view of William Dombi, president of the National Association of Home Care &...