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...
End of enhanced jobless benefits could be a wildcard in recruitment
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 08, 2021
The end of enhanced unemployment benefits could be a boon for home care agencies struggling to hire workers since the pandemic struck early last year.
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...
Kaiser study finds severe workforce shortages challenging HCBS providers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 12, 2021
A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found home care and group home providers suffered significant workforce shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
Amid growing cases of COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy continues to plague home care sector
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 21, 2021
As the number of COVID-19 cases spikes in nearly every state, National Association for Home Care and Hospice President William Dombi told McKnight’s Home Care Daily vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge...
New online platform offers resources, training and community to home care workers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 09, 2021
After more than a decade in the making, Evonne Keeler finally got an online platform for home care workers off and running earlier this week.
Labor expert: Creativity, more than money, could attract workers to home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Home care agencies need to get creative and stand out from the crowd if they want to attract workers, according to Mark McInerney, director of Maine’s Center for Workforce Research and Information.
Go West? California providers reimagine caregiver roles, propose guest worker program to fix caregiver...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 17, 2021
California — the state that has led the nation on everything from environment standards to labor rights — now may be blazing a trail on the caregiver crisis.