How Airbnb Is Helping Seniors Age In Place

The online peer-to-peer home-sharing network Airbnb is no longer just appealing to millennials. It is now a useful source of income for the baby boomer generation who want to age in place but don’t have the income in retirement to do so. The San Francisco-based startup launched in 2008 and has since changed the way […]

Pew: Americans Realize Uber’s Potential for Seniors

Older Americans are pretty familiar with the concept of a shared economy—and that may bode well for their eventually choosing to age in place at home. In fact, many older adults, may very well may have taken an Uber ride and bought used goods online this week, according to a new research report from Pew […]

Editor’s Picks: Bundled Payment Programs Galore

Home Health Care News revolved around bundled payment programs this week, as a private duty provider became a partner in one and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) joint replacement bundled payment initiative went into effect. Readers also tuned in to learn about home health apps taking cues from different social media sites […]

Seniors Embrace Sharing Economy to Age at Home

Seniors, like their younger, urban counterparts, are participating in the on-demand and sharing economy as both users and providers, The Washington Post reported. The trend could mean seniors living at home longer. Companies such as Uber, Instacart and TaskRabbit now offer alternatives to past ways of offering senior-oriented services—potentially transforming how the older demographic accomplishes […]

Editor’s Take: Telehealth is Dead, and Good Riddance

Does no one care about telehealth? That question has been on my mind for a while now, and it all goes back to one of my favorite daily activities: checking our Home Health Care News website stats, to see which articles are getting the most attention from readers. Often, we can predict which articles will […]