President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy could reduce the number of workers available to the home health care industry during an already worrying caregiver shortage. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on September 5 that the administration will end the Obama-era program that protects about 800,000 […]
In the aftermath of two major hurricanes, home health agencies across the U.S. are racing to comply with the new emergency preparedness rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) before November’s deadline. But many are finding that the associated costs aren’t so easy to nail down. The rule mandates that heath care providers across […]
Though the U.S. health care industry — including home health — is growing at a steady clip, health care workers across the board are actually making the same amount of money, or even less, than they were a decade ago. That’s according to a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). The […]
A new emotionally intelligent tool from computer scientists at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada, could one day help seniors with Alzheimer’s disease complete everyday tasks throughout their homes or nursing facilities, enabling them to age at home longer. The virtual assistant, Act@Home, helps someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia perform an activity of daily living (ADL), such as […]
Amid concerns that home health aides may not be able to meet every client’s cultural needs, some big providers are paying more attention to who they hire—and how. The need for more cultural competency among home health aides is clear, especially when working with Spanish-speaking clients. Just 20% of Hispanic Americans over the age of 40 felt “extremely or […]
Having more in-home support services in place could help prevent spousal caregivers from dropping their partners off at the emergency department as a source of respite, a phenomenon known in some medical circles as “pop drop.” That’s according to a new University of Michigan study in the Aug. 24 edition of the Journal of the American […]
The owner of a small chain of home health care agencies near Houston has been sentenced to decades behind bars for bilking Medicaid and Medicare out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of the Southern District of Texas this month ordered Godwin Oriakhi, 61, to spend 40 years in federal prison for running a […]
Presence Health, the largest Catholic health system in Illinois, is being acquired by a joint venture of Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S., the companies announced Tuesday. Presence Health will become part of Amita Health, a joint venture between Alexian Brothers Health System and Adventist Midwest Health, that is based in Chicago and […]
Home health industry advocates in the Land of Lincoln are cheering a newly approved bill relating to hospital referrals and licensed home health agencies. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law SB1676 on Aug. 21, which makes it so hospitals or other health care providers that receive state funding can’t refer a patient to an in-home care services […]
Hispanic Americans aren’t very certain that home health aides can meet their cultural needs, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, a Chicago-based research and journalism partnership. Just 20% of Hispanics age 40 and older are “extremely or very confident” that home health aides can take their cultural needs into account, […]
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