Home care’s future looks bright — and daunting — as workforce challenges loom large
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 19, 2020
With the number of Medicare beneficiaries expected to increase from 54 million to more than 80 million by 2030, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee, and with the public expressing a preference...
Home care need rises in Connecticut as state addresses workforce challenges
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 17, 2020
Companions & Homemakers, a Farmington, CT-based home care agency, has experienced a 20% increase in referrals since the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year. That’s representative of a statewide...
Addus powers through the pandemic, but challenges remain
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 04, 2021
Addus HomeCare executives admitted Tuesday the COVID-19 delta variant is challenging the home care industry as it tries to emerge from the 17-month global pandemic.
Hiring challenges top providers’ COVID-19 concerns: McKnight’s Home Care Daily survey
By
Liza Berger
Jun 22, 2021
Most McKnight’s Home Care Daily readers agree COVID-19 has negatively affected their businesses. And hiring challenges continue to be providers’ biggest pandemic-related concern.
Home care association heads: Sector needs more robust data, answers to workforce problem
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 05, 2021
Patient-centered innovations, policy barriers, data sharing and workforce issues are some of the leadership challenges facing home care in 2021 and beyond. This, according to three association leaders...
Home care workers faced 5 challenges early in pandemic: JAMA
By
Joe Jancsurak
Nov 04, 2020
Five major themes emerged when researchers from several New York institutions conducted a qualitative study of 33 home healthcare workers employed by 24 home care agencies to see to what extent home healthcare...
Walgreens, Uber partnership could help to topple vaccination hurdles for seniors
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 11, 2021
Older adults living at home, many of whom struggle to find transportation to COVID-19 vaccine appointments, stand to gain from a recently announced partnership.
Workers at home health agencies receiving Medicare, Medicaid must get vaccinated: CMS
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 09, 2021
President Biden on Thursday applied excessively more pressure on employees at home health agencies to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Home health workers at agencies receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding...
White House pulls out all the stops to promote care economy plan
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 13, 2021
On Thursday, the White House initiated a full court press for its $3.5 trillion budget blueprint that would provide billions of dollars for home- and community-based services, higher caregiver wages and...
Amedisys CEO predicts sequestration could help solve labor shortage
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 06, 2021
Amedisys is betting the end of government stimulus from the pandemic will help solve the dearth of home care and hospice workers by early next year.