Seth Rogen Partners with Home Instead For Alzheimer’s Care Campaign
Actor Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity event is teaming up with Home Instead Senior Care to provide in-home grants to families living with Alzheimer’s Disease. The event and Hilarity for Charity Fund,...
View ArticleSenior Community Links Hospitals With Care Visits to Reduce Readmissions
A partnership between an affordable senior housing community and nearby health system has significantly reduced the senior housing residents’ visits and admissions to the emergency room. Harrisburg,...
View ArticleAAHomecare Unveils New App, ‘Nerve-Center’ for News
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) recently unveiled the AAHomecare app, the latest in a stream of initiatives designed to modernize its communications platforms. The AAHomecare App...
View ArticleHome and Community-Based Services Are Becoming Essential in Senior Living
Home and community-based services (HCBS) are grabbing the attention of senior living providers, and a growing number are entering the sector, data show. Today, more than half, or 52% of the largest...
View ArticleTech Startup Eyes Untapped Opportunity in Home Health
A new technology startup is building a support platform that could disrupt the way families, health professionals and others access home healthcare services. CareZapp, in beta, has three main...
View ArticleNAHC Establishes Ebola Task Force for Home Care Workers
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) announced the creation of an Ebola Task Force Wednesday, which aims to help home care agencies protect their workers from the spread of the...
View ArticleStudy: Americans In Hospice Often Receive Less Than 1 Week of Care
Of ongoing concern to hospice and palliative care professionals is the fact that 34.5% of patients died or were discharged within seven days of admission, according to the latest National Hospice and...
View ArticleWaPo Beats Government In Creation of Online Hospice Guide
A new online consumer guide to hospice published by The Washington Post aims to address what it says is a lack of Medicare data that is easily accessible for consumers. The Washington Post gathered...
View ArticleCaregiving Costs Americans $522 Billion Annually
The price tag for informal caregiving of elderly people by friends and family in the United States amounts to $522 billion annually, a new study finds. The new RAND Corporation study, published online...
View ArticleCMS Finalizes Payment Changes for Medicare Home Health Agencies
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final rule Thursday that will enact changes to the Medicare home health prospective payment system (HH PPS) for calendar year 2015,...
View ArticleTennCare Disputes Patient’s Ability to Continue Receiving Home Care
Tennessee’s Medicaid managed care program is trying to move a patient who currently receives 20 hours of daily nursing care at home to a nursing home to cut costs, but the patient is fighting the move,...
View ArticleLHC Group Enters Ala. Three-Party Home Health Venture
National home health, hospice and post-acute care provider LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) announced it has entered into a three party home health joint venture with Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC)...
View ArticleGrant Expands Employment, Training for NYC Home Care Aides
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) recently received a $40,000 grant from the Capital One Foundation to support training and employment for home care aides in the Bronx. The Foundation’s...
View ArticleBoomers’ Homes Aren’t As Ready for Aging As They Think
Not only do the majority of Baby Boomers prefer to age in place, but they also feel their homes are places they can stay as they get older (75%). This sentiment exists despite the fact that many of...
View ArticlePBS: The Ins and Outs of In-Home Services
About one-third of older Americans use paid caregiver help, and that number is projected to double from 13 million in 2000 to 27 million in 2050, says PBS NewsHour in a recent article. As more...
View ArticleMega Million Dollar Deals Color M&A Home Health Activity
Fifty-three home health and hospice transactions have taken place year-to-date, and even greater merger and acquisition activity is on the horizon, says Irving Levin Associates in its recent report...
View ArticlePoor State Training for Personal Care Aides Leading to Home Care Crisis
State training standards for personal care aides (PCAs) are inadequate and inconsistent, say health workforce researchers. Less than half of states, or 45%, have one or more programs with no PCA...
View ArticleProgram Helps Nurses Fight Depression Among Homebound Elderly
A new intervention tool may provide relief to homebound older adults who suffer from moderate to severe depression, show results from a new study recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The...
View ArticlePlanning for Alzheimer’s Tied to Increased Use of Home Care Agencies
Loved ones who make financial plans for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia care are more likely to use elder care services, such as home care agencies, according to a new AgingCare.com survey. More than a...
View ArticleWest Virgina Home Care Owner Makes Case for More State Funding
While the number of people age 65 and older in West Virginia is expected to increase by 1.5% by 2025, the amount of workers available to take care of that population is expected to decline by 9%, a...
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