The vast majority of home-based care organizations are dealing with capacity constraints, rising levels of staff burnout, recruitment roadblocks and other operational challenges. While many of the current hurdles are due to macro-level forces that are largely outside of an operator’s control, some can be cleared with the help of smart scheduling, strategic incentives and […]
Category: Staffing
A trip to the Home Care 100 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, this past week was refreshing. It was an escape from the frigid Chicago temperatures. It offered the opportunity to talk to many of the faces that make up the home-based care industry, in person, for the first time in a long time. But most […]
The cost of home health care and home care increased more than it did in any other provider setting in 2021. That’s according to Genworth Financial Inc.’s (NYSE: GNW) annual cost of care survey, which showed that while the cost of all long-term care services increased in the last year, home-based care was especially impacted […]
Barb Jacobsmeyer’s takeover of Encompass Health’s (NYSE: EHC) home health and hospice segment took place during abnormal times. For starters, she was replacing a former CEO in April Anthony, who originally founded the segment. She also assumed the role in June, six months after Encompass Health had announced it was pursuing “strategic alternatives” for the […]
Home-based care workers are generally underpaid. That’s something almost everyone in the industry can agree on. Getting them more money, however, is another issue. Regardless, the labor situation is worsening. A survey published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Wednesday found that Americans strongly support raised wages for direct care workers. Specifically, 73% of survey […]
The home care battles currently taking place in New York are local in theory. But every provider in the industry should be paying attention. The Fair Pay For Home Care Act has reached a Democratic majority in the state Senate, with additional support from the AARP and other advocacy organizations. The legislation, which would raise […]
The long road that was Encompass Health Corporation’s (NYSE: EHC) journey to finding the right “strategic alternative” for its home health and hospice segment is nearing its end. And while the segment is about to undergo a $13 million to $18 million rebranding as it spins off as Enhabit Home Health & Hospice onto the […]
Throughout home care’s ongoing staffing shortage, agencies have deployed a number of tactics to recruit caregivers. Some have even begun looking outside of the home care talent pool altogether. And with good reason. Roughly 599,800 openings for home health and personal care aides are projected on average each year, over the next decade, according to […]
Bayada Home Health Care is laying off 682 workers in Florida while closing four of its locations in the state. The Business Observer was the first to report the news. The locations hit hardest by the layoffs are Brooskville, Brandon and New Port Richey, where 306, 150 and 144 workers will lose their jobs, respectively, […]
Nurse employment data during the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that the health care labor market tightened overall, but certain workers and settings were affected more than others. That’s according to a new analysis published by Health Affairs on Tuesday that analyzed aggregate data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics from […]
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