Unvaccinated New York healthcare workers have scored a temporary win against the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Rhode Island vaccine mandate sends some home care workers to the exits
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
Rhode Island’s shortage of home care workers is about to get even worse.
Legal challenges sow confusion on COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 16, 2021
Legal challenges are adding to the complexity surrounding state and federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for home care and home healthcare agencies.
Half of Americans polled favor workplace vaccine mandates as states ratchet up requirements
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 30, 2021
More than half of American workers favor COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace, according to a new Associated Press-NORC poll.
Potential home care crisis looms as New York counts down to state vaccine mandate
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 30, 2021
A new survey by the Home Care Association of New York (HCA) portends a potential home care disaster when that state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for home care workers takes effect in one wee
Vaccine mandate brings relief to home care agencies but raises questions
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 13, 2021
President Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers at healthcare agencies receiving Medicare and Medicaid was the kind of good news Louisiana home care agencies needed.
New York home care firm requires COVID-19 vaccinations for new hires
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
On Monday, Glenn Lane came to a decision that made him a possible outlier in the home care industry. The founder and CEO of Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care mandated COVID-19 vaccinations as...
Low vaccination rates among home care workers worry NAHC president
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 03, 2021
As cases of the COVID-19 delta variant continue to spike across the nation, pressure is mounting on the home healthcare and home care industry to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for staff.
State vaccine mandates expected to send some home healthcare workers for the doors
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 20, 2021
As angry healthcare workers descended on Maine’s state house all week protesting a looming state COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Care & Comfort President and CEO Mike Stair worried about the toll the rule...
Peer-to-Peer: Westchester Family Care founder discusses why he is not ready to institute a COVID-19 vaccine...
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Diane Eastabrook
Jul 22, 2021
Four years after Glenn Lane launched Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care, the inconceivable happened: a global pandemic struck.