Two major home care advocacy organizations AAHomecare and the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers (NAIMES) have agreed to join forces and become a single organization under the AAHomecare name. The home care group and medical equipment supplier organization will be aptly timed given the rising focus on issues impacting providers among both business […]
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In the scheme of search terms for senior care options, nursing home search has grown while home care search has remained relatively stable over the past decade, still showing a modest increase over time. The Google Trends chart below shows consumer interest in five search terms between January 2004 and April 2013, where purple represents searches for […]
AARP announced today it has launched a new mobile app for caregivers. Including content from AARP’s online caregiver resource center, the app can be downloaded from iTunes for no charge. “We’ve put our Caregiving Resource Center from our website into our AARP iPad app so you can have all the housing options, legal and respite […]
After outlining potential changes to Medicare and Social Security last week in the President’s projected budget for 2014, AARP responded by saying it is “deeply dismayed” over the changes that are essential to so many aging Americans. The proposal included cuts in the measure of more than $370 billion over the course of the next 10 […]
Following the drying up of program funds that helped provide home care to more than 80,000 seniors in Illinois, home care workers are launching efforts to get the funding reinstated. They’re doing it through a public media campaign to raise awareness about the crisis for home care. SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana launched a paid […]
In an increasingly competitive home health marketplace, agencies report they are seeing a viable business opportunity in partnering with hospitals in light of readmission penalties. Since October 2012, hospitals have been subject to reimbursement cuts by as little as 1% per beneficiary after Medicare found readmissions—often avoidable—cost the program an estimated $26 billion annually. The […]
Wisconsin-based Home Care Medical today announced it has acquired HomeCare Resources, a durable medical equipment retailer based in Sheboygan. Home Care Medical, as one of the state’s largest home medical equipment providers, sees the acquisition as expanding the company’s footprint throughout the state through Sheboygan County. “Home Care Medical has been serving Southeastern Wisconsin since […]
A new technology that is making waves in the UK could be the next think to revolutionize home care in the U.S. Medication administration is positioned to be the next target for time saving efficiency through a new technology coming to market: digital pills. The creation was launched by Poteus Digital Health and received U.S. […]
Among recent studies conducted in a quest to reduce hospital readmissions among senior patients, a new study shows part of the answer may be as simple as putting one foot in front of the other. While not found to have a direct cause-and-effect relationship, the study indicates that simply walking around could help older adults lessen […]
Health Net Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of Health Net Inc. (NYSE: HNT) has announced funding grants to help bolster home health care delivery in Los Angeles County. Through $150,000 in grant funding provided to Northeast Valley Health Corporation and 27 additional Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and community clinics, a new in-home health care […]
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