Home Care Workers Win $15 Minimum Wage in Massachusetts

Home care workers have scored a major victory in a national fight to raise their pay, as Massachusetts has become the first state to enact a $15 per hour minimum starting wage. The announcement came Thursday, following months of negotiations between the union representing home care workers—1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East—and the administration of recently […]

Behind the Headlines Podcast: How to Be a Home Care Hero

Home Health Care News is excited to kick off its podcast series “Behind the Headlines,” featuring the newsmakers and industry leaders shaping the future of home care. What are “nightmares” in home health? And why did one provider need to take a “look in the mirror” before choosing to launch his own company? Home Health […]

From Patient to Provider: One Home Health Owner’s Strategy

As the home health care industry booms with interest from Americans increasingly seeking to age in place, one new agency is finding its way around the bustling market. Jacksonville, Florida-based Family Focused Home Health Care, a private duty home care agency, recently became licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration and is opening its […]