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Home care workers might be wearing masks a while longer, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave fully vaccinated Americans the green light to stop wearing them indoors.
In January, ConcertoCare a tech-enabled, risk-based home healthcare provider, named Julian Harris, M.D., to lead the company into a post-COVID-19 landscape.
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found stark COVID-19 vaccination disparities depending on geographic location, racial and social disparities.
The third annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards program is finally here!
It might have been fate or perhaps divine intervention that led Bill Glover to caregiving at age 60.
Survey: 88% of Americans want telehealth to continue … CareNiva launches new telehealth platform … Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) last week withdrew the state plan amendments to expand Medicaid, setting the stage for legal action
States can only use enhanced Medicaid funds from the recently passed $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package to strengthen their home- and community-based services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed late Thursday in newly released guidance.
Investment in home-and-community-based care for seniors and people with disabilities is helping drive support for President Joseph Biden’s American Jobs Plan.
Ride-share companies Uber and Lyft are part of the latest effort to get the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of more people, including homebound seniors.
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 third quarter, the firm said this week.
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Twenty-four years ago, Stephen Rymal, attorney, became Stephen Rymal, franchisee. Rymal operates Griswold Home Care in Burlington County, New Jersey.
It’s National Nurses Week (May 6-12), a time to give a nod to nurses everywhere.
Executive Care CEO Lenny Verkhoglaz knows something about resilience.
When Enriched Life Home Care Services started its podcast in May of 2020, it was hoping to serve a few people with helpful information. Little did the Livonia, MI-based home care agency know that the podcast would resonate with people throughout the United States.
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.
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May 25 is the deadline to submit your nomination for the McKnight’s Tech Awards and Summit. For the first year, McKnight’s Home Care will be part of the competition.
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.
When the brutal reality of COVID-19 made itself known in the United States, the most at-risk populations were residents of long-term care facilities like nursing homes and hospices. At the height of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified these residents as being in the top three of vulnerable populations in…
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Despite its popularity for convenient communications, text isn’t always best for home health clinicians.
Events
It’s not too late to reserve your place. The third annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction event will take place next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Home care operators: Now is your chance to tell your peers about the innovations you have introduced in the last year. Nominations are open for the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. The entry deadline is May 25.
McKnight’s Home Care will hold a FREE webinar on April 29 on the subject of the landmark Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) regulations.
A “McKnight’s” webinar on March 4 at 1 p.m. ET will be geared to home care providers and focus on how to engage seniors through technology.
Join us for a McKnight’s Home Care Daily webinar on Thursday, Oct. 29, to learn more about the extraordinary challenges of COVID-19 faced by home health agencies.
