An initiative to help home-bound seniors take part in this year’s elections asks home health agencies to “Bring the Vote Home,” backed by the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare and the Council of State Home Care Associations. Caregivers working for agencies in more than a dozen states may be able to reverse the trend of […]
A statewide taskforce in Oregon unveiled a proposal on Monday focusing on how to handle the growing population of those who suffer from memory impairments, including a requirement for all caregivers to get training about dementia and a recommendation to develop appropriate community-based settings of care. Alzheimer’s disease is becoming more prevalent as the U.S. […]
Home healthcare and hospice provider Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) saw its net revenues drop 5% to $427.7 million in the second quarter ended June 30, 2012, but cost-cutting helped the company beat analysts’ estimate of $435.2 million. The decrease in revenue compared to the second quarter of 2011 was due in part to a […]
A Pennsylvania-based home care division has recently merged operations with a larger home care and hospice organization, Lutheran Social Services of South Central Pennsylvania, the two organizations announced on Tuesday. Effective July 1, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries’ three home care programs—Diakon Hospice Saint John, Diakon Home Health, and Diakon Help at Home—was integrated into Lutheran […]
The home health care industry has seen an enormous amount of Medicare fraud in the past few years, and it may see some more bad apples exposed—and shut down—in upcoming months thanks to a public-private partnership between government and public organizations that’s sending a strong message to would-be fraudsters: We will find you, and we […]
A Michigan retirement community has designed a program aimed at providing a comprehensive continuum of care to people—similar to what’s generally available at a continuing care retirement community—all without asking them to leave their homes. The program works by charging an upfront membership fee (the equivalent to an “entrance fee” for traditional CCRCs) along with […]
The nation’s largest provider of home health and hospice services in terms of revenue, Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) announced on Thursday that it had acquired Advocate Hospice, located in Danville, Ind., for an undisclosed price. Advocate was founded in 2006 and is a leading provider of end-of-life care in its community. “The addition of […]
America’s headed toward a “geritocracy,” says a home health care association regarding the aging of the massive boomer generation, and health care reform initiatives could forge “crucial” alliances between the home health care industry and hospitals to continue a substantial growth trajectory. The Northwest Herald reports: [The] National Association for Home Care & Hospice has […]
The home health care industry has seen an enormous amount of Medicare fraud in the past few years, and it may see some more bad apples exposed—and shut down—in upcoming months thanks to a public-private partnership between government and public organizations that’s sending a strong message to would-be fraudsters: We will find you, and we […]
Home-based care teams can help dementia patients maximize their independence, improve quality of life, and stay at home longer before transitioning into a nursing home, suggests new research covered in a HealthDay article. The team, consisting of a nurse, a psychiatrist, and a care coordinator, can determine each person’s needs, whether it’s fall-proofing a bathroom […]
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