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Home Health Care News
29m ago
Tameco Brewster, Home Care Specialist for Sharecare, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News.
To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers.
Home Health Care News caught up with Brewster to discuss their time in the home healt ..read more
Home Health Care News
29m ago
Delisa Lockett, Caregiver for Help at Home, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News.
To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers.
Home Health Care News caught up with Lockett to discuss their time in the home health care ind ..read more
Home Health Care News
29m ago
Folashade Oluseye, Home Health Aide for Open Systems Healthcare, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News.
To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers.
Home Health Care News caught up with Oluseye to discuss their time in the ..read more
Home Health Care News
29m ago
Sarah Fong, House Call Nurse Practitioner for Senior Care Clinic House Calls, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News.
To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers.
Home Health Care News caught up with Fong to discuss their t ..read more
Home Health Care News
5h ago
Rene Smith, RN Case Manager for Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News.
To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers.
Home Health Care News caught up with Smith to discuss their time in ..read more
Home Health Care News
20h ago
Kaiser Permanente and an investment firm are teaming up to launch a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) venture.
Specifically dubbed Habitat Health, Kaiser and Town Hall Ventures will begin building out the program in California in 2025 – in Sacramento and Los Angeles.
“Our dedication to helping improve the health of our communities and members includes ensuring that people covered by Medicaid and Medicare can count on receiving the care and coordination that Kaiser Permanente delivers to our members,” Bechara Choucair, chief health officer at Kaiser Permanente, said in a stat ..read more
Home Health Care News
20h ago
Transitions from hospital to home remain one of the biggest problem areas for the U.S. health care system.
There are benefits of a patient staying in the hospital. Chief among them is the ability to have regular attention being paid to the patient.
Home-based care enablers are targeting that precious transition period to ensure that patients don’t feel the loss of the hospital post discharge.
“Patients who are in the hospital are seen multiple times a day by a nurse, a physical therapist, a doctor,” myLaurel President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcy Carty told Home Health Care News. “Then ..read more
Home Health Care News
2d ago
Oftentimes, talks between home health providers and their many referral partners are an exercise in education. For providers offering palliative care, that education usually starts at a 101-level.
Part of that conversation with hospital and health system partners includes convincing case managers that patients will be better suited at home.
“The longer a patient lays in a hospital bed, I’m convinced that it catches on fire,” Choice Health at Home CEO David Jackson said at the Hospice News/Palliative Care News Palliative Care Conference in Tampa, Florida. “Our mission is the pursuit of excellen ..read more
Home Health Care News
2d ago
Spa services, discounts to local businesses and access to ride-share services are just some of the unique employee benefits that companies across home care have made available to caregivers over the years.
Amid a persistently challenging labor market, home care companies are still constantly working on configuring the best possible employee benefits package for caregivers. Companies like Right at Home San Gabriel Valley, Devoted Guardians and Family Tree Private Care have emerged as standouts when it comes to crafting impressive benefits packages.
At Devoted Guardians — a home-based care compa ..read more
Home Health Care News
2d ago
Two months after it was first listed on the public market, BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) has closed on multiple acquisitions.
The company announced Tuesday that it has acquired a Maryland-based home health operation, the remaining equity interest in a behavioral therapy JV in Michigan and a long-term care pharmacy in Montana.
For one, the deals align with what is likely to be a relatively aggressive M&A strategy from the home- and community-based services (HCBS) provider. But they also are a good representation of the brand diversity that BrightSpring has, from home health, t ..read more