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Home Care Industry To Face 6.1M Job Openings By 2034 As Low Wages Fuel Turnover

The home care workforce is projected to add more new jobs than any other occupation in the U.S. over the next decade – but also projected to have over 6.1 million total job openings due to workers ...

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Home Care Providers Rethink Caregiver Pay Models Ahead Of DOL Overtime Rule

Home care providers are plotting new retention strategies in anticipation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) reinstatement of the companionship exemption. The DOL proposed to rein...

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Half Of Home-Based Care Providers Plan To Ramp Up AI Utilization Despite Privacy Concerns

As home-based care providers face mounting margin pressure and seek to boost operational efficiency, nearly half plan to increase their investment in artificial intelligence (AI) over the next 12 t...

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AI Adoption Fast-Tracks Home Health Providers’ Path To Value-Based Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows promise to improve patient outcomes, simplify operations and enhance patient outcomes while reducing costs, but only a fraction of home health care providers have...

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Why ‘aging in place’ is actually harder for senior than moving (& what to do instead)

Why ‘Aging in Place’ Is Actually Harder Than Moving Aging in place may seem ideal, but it often leads to increased isolation and risks. Explore smarter alternatives for seniors that support...

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Breakfast timing may hold the key to living longer, new research reveals

Eating breakfast earlier in the day may help add years to your life, new research suggests.A decades-long study tracking nearly 3,000 adults over the course of about 30 years found that the timing ...

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‘I can't handle the guilt if anything happens’: Family next door repeatedly leaves their elderly parent on a neighbor's porch without asking, sparking the neighbor's worry that if she ever gets hurt, they'll be liable

As our parents age, we can only hope that we have the means to support them in the next phase of their lives. If we don't, it's important to find a trusted individual or assisted living facility wh...

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Nurturing the Golden Years: Comprehensive Guide to Elderly Care

Spread the love As we age, our needs evolve, and ensuring our elderly loved ones receive the care and support they need becomes paramount. At Polish Care Services, we are dedicated to providing e...

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Home-Based Care Providers Vie For Part Of $50B CMS’ Rural Health Fund

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The Rural Health Transformation Program — which includes $50 billion in funding — is being positioned as a possible solution to the ...

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Home Care Workers Rally For $21M In State Funding To Boost Wages, Secure Paid Overtime

Home care workers and union advocates took to the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol on Monday to push lawmakers to pass a state budget that includes major investments into the care workforce....

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Shocking pics show care home left mum, 85, eating ‘slop not fit for a dog’ and ‘covered in own urine’ before death

A DEVASTATED daughter claims her elderly mum was fed “slop not fit for a dog” by a care home before her death – and has photos to prove it. Colette Clarke has shared ima...

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Daymark Health Secures $20M For Hybrid Virtual, In-Home Cancer Platform

Oncology coordination care company Daymark Health, which offers in-home services, has raised $20 million in new funding, the company confirmed to Home Health Care News. Philadelphia-bas...

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Home Health Agency Sues HHS Over $34M Medicare Payment Recoupment

Infinity Home Care of Lakeland, a Florida-based home health provider and affiliate of Amedisys, has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over Medicare recoupments. The ...

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CMS Withdraws Incorrect OASIS Guidance For Outpatient Therapy Data Collection, Says Alliance

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed that completing the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data collection is not required for outpatient therapy services, ...

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Pennant Acquires Healing Hearts Home Health, Expanding Wyoming Footprint

On Wednesday, the Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) announced that it has acquired Healing Hearts Home Health and Healing Hearts Outpatient Therapy. Healing Hearts offers home health, non-med...

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‘Fanatic, Tenacious’ Home Health Providers Poised To Succeed Under HHVBP

Home health providers aiming to achieve success under the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model must implement clinical strategies that will help improve their scores. Detail-ori...

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OIG Urges Stronger Safeguards As Remote Patient Monitoring Billing Rises

As home-based care providers increasingly adopt remote patient monitoring (RPM), watchdogs are heightening scrutiny of potential fraud in billing for these services. The Department of Healt...

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Exact amount in savings you need to get free care and how to fund it yourself

AS you get older, it is common to start worrying about how you will pay for care. Depending on your health, you may require the help of a carer or you may move into a res...

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At-Home Care Is Cost-Saving Engine For PACE Organizations

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership What was once known as health care’s “best kept secret” — the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) model — is gaini...

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How to Choose Comfortable and Supportive Furniture for Seniors

We all know that feeling of settling into a chair that seems made just for you — supportive in all the right places, inviting you to relax while keeping you steady and secure. That balance of comfo...

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How Trilogy, ALIYA Combat Big, Bad 3 Clinical Concerns In Nursing Homes

By Kristin Carroll More advanced technology, a team-based approach to prevention and care, and concerted efforts to drive vaccination are among the key strategies that can help nursing h...

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