The share of job postings containing words such as “hiring urgently” has risen by over 50% since the start of the year, and health care jobs are the most likely to contain them, according to the jobs site Indeed. Specifically, jobs in home health and home care are most likely to be labeled urgent, reflecting […]
Category: Staffing
Home care hasn’t always had a reputation for great employee perks or benefits packages, but a handful of providers are beginning to change that. In other sectors, including the technology and startup worlds, perks like free daily meals, access to wellness programs and 401(k) matching, with stock options, are relatively common. Some home care operators […]
Baxter takes over as Senior Helpers’ COO Senior Helpers has promoted Mari Baxter to the role of chief operations officer. Baxter first joined Senior Helpers as a field operations manager in 2008, back when the home care franchise company only had 40 locations. As Senior Helpers grew, she took on more responsibility, eventually becoming VP […]
Help at Home — the private equity-backed home-based care company rumored to be exploring a public offering — has solidified its leadership team. The Chicago-based Help at Home named board member Chris Hocevar as its CEO in March, with Hocevar replacing former CEO Paul Mastrapa. The company on Thursday announced eight other key C-suite hires, […]
As Congress debates the merits of President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan, senior care experts are laying the groundwork for why home-based care provisions should be included in it — and why even more needs to be done after. Specifically, that home-based care provision is $400 billion to fund home- and community-based services. That influx […]
A stigma that has taken hold in the nursing industry for years has been that the hospital is the place to be. The home, many previously believed, was where health care workers ended up just before they retired. Much of that notion is tied to the perception that the action in health care is found […]
McAnanly takes over at FirstLight FirstLight Home Care announced Wednesday that it has picked its new president. The appointment comes roughly seven months after FirstLight’s board of directors sought a change in leadership from former CEO Jeff Bevis, who founded the home care company with his son in 2009. Moving forward, the Cincinnati-based FirstLight will […]
Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: CCRN), a provider of advisory and workforce solutions across the care continuum, has acquired Workforce Solutions Group Inc. (WSG). The Boca Raton, Florida-based Cross Country was founded back in 1986, going public in 2001. Its co-founder and CEO, Kevin Clark, took a hiatus from the company for over a decade, […]
Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) has named a new CEO for its large home health and hospice segment. The news comes nearly three months after former CEO April Anthony, the original founder of the business, announced she was stepping down. Ultimately, the Birmingham, Alabama-based health care company didn’t have to go far to find Anthony’s […]
Nearly a third of Americans who pay for senior care hire workers that aren’t tied to a regulated agency, a new study from RAND Corporation suggests. Instead, these individuals hire or use workers from the “gray market,” or the unregulated market of under-the-table labor. For professional home-based care agencies, the findings suggest there’s a huge, […]
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