24 Hour Home Care plans to lay off 738 employees, according to a California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect on Sept. 15, according to the filing. 24 Hour Home Care said the layoffs were the result of Health Net’s planned discontinuation of Personal Care and Homemaker […]
Category: Staffing
Home care relies on one fundamental principle — care provided in the home. However, in a car-centric country such as the United States, caregivers face delays with public transportation, car break downs or issues maintaining or financing a personal vehicle. Transportation barriers can cause patients to miss care, frustrate families, fuel caregiver turnover and lead […]
Heather Dixon leaves Addus, Brad Bickham steps in as interim chief operating officer Heather Dixon, chief operating officer of home care services provider Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), has left the company after serving as president and COO since September 2025. “[Dixon] has been an important member of the team, and we are grateful for […]
A caregiver’s match with their client can determine whether a home care relationship becomes a stable, long-term arrangement or a source of stress, disruption and potential safety concerns. As providers contend with high caregiver turnover and labor shortages, effective matching can strengthen employee satisfaction and retention, while a mismatch can have the opposite effect by […]
The first 90 days of a home-based care worker’s employment serve as a critical tipping point for retention, and industry leaders have found that transparent onboarding process and early engagement practices ca helps new workers feel prepared for work that can often feel isolating. Leaders from TheKey, Elevate Home Health and DispatchHealth said retention efforts […]
Home care providers could lose some Haitian immigrants in their workforce after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation — and the work authorization tied to it — to expire. These staffing gaps could lead to turned-away referrals, strained hospitals and health systems, disrupted care relationships and an […]
After succeeding Andy Ray as CEO of BrightStar Care, Josh Wall plans to scale the company’s service lines, targeting high-growth services including memory care, childcare and in-home therapies. Wall, who previously helmed the youth enrichment platform Unleashed Brands as chief operating officer, also aims to modernize operations by prioritizing proprietary technology and AI-driven initiatives as […]
A new report on trends in home-based care hiring got me thinking about my own tech habits. Over the past few years, I’ve tried to reduce digital distractions. In that effort, I’ve been putting my phone on Do Not Disturb or leaving it in another room in the evenings. As a consequence, I am often […]
Five of Enhabit’s six top executive leaders are departing, two months after the company’s acquisition by Kinderhook Industries. Newly appointed CEO Dale Clift will remain. Enhabit confirmed to Home Health Care News that five leaders are set to depart in the coming weeks: Chief Financial Officer Ryan Solomon, Executive Vice President of Home Health Julie […]
While demand for home-based care services continues to rise, workforce shortages are limiting providers’ ability to take on new patients. A new report from Homecare Homebase found that 63.3% of home health providers reported turning down referrals. The analysis also found that referral conversion rates have declined 13%, while referral rejections tied to staffing shortages […]
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