Nurse practitioners (NPs) are in high demand in the long-term care (LTC) sector, but physician assistants (PAs) could help in many of the same roles—if home health employers can convince them to come. That’s according to a new report from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), which examined job postings for nurse practitioners (NPs) […]
Online caregiving marketplace Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) and Washington D.C.-based advocacy group AARP have thrown their weight behind a new initiative to meet the growing caregiver crisis. The initiative, dubbed The Care Institute, is a not-for-profit corporation meant to provide standardized training to caregivers. To do that, the organization will team up with different organizations, experts, public […]
Hospice nurses are in high demand, but not all positions are paid equally, according to the latest Hospice Salary & Benefits Report from the Hospital and Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS). Hospital-based hospice RNs received the highest pay, according to the 2017-2018 report, while for-profit hospice RNs received the lowest pay. The report analyzed statistics from […]
Home health and personal care aides are among the fastest-growing jobs in America. With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, the demand for home care is on an upward trajectory. And yet wages are not rising for this group of workers, according to nonpartisan Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR). “Despite more rapid […]
Home care franchisor Home Helpers has pledged to add 3,000 veterans and military dependents to its employee ranks by Veterans Day 2018. Home Helpers, which has more than 325 offices and is based in Cincinnati, has approximately 8,000 employees. Serving veterans and their families is an issue close to Home Helpers CEO Emma Dickison, whose father […]
Building on its momentum of creating partnerships with other health care providers, San Francisco-based Honor has launched a new program with the aim of further expanding those types of arrangements. Honor, which has raised $65 million in funding, currently has partnerships with senior living providers, independent home care agencies and continuing care systems, among others. The […]
Louisville, Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) is attempting to draw registered nurses (RN) with cash, offering a $10,000 signing bonus for each of five RN positions in the Louisville area. The high signing bonus, first reported by Louisville Business First on Nov. 3, is also available to RNs in California, New Mexico, Missouri, Colorado and […]
While some in-home care agencies have refined their interviewing processes to find new caregivers, one Middletown, New York-based agency is looking internally, and receiving support from the state to combat the industry’s ever-persistent recruiting and retention issues. Braemar at Wallkill, a 200-bed assisted living residence community, is utilizing a new training program within the community’s […]
“All sunshine makes a desert.” This Arab proverb comes to mind for the labor market of the trade sectors, Dwyer Group Chief Operating Officer Mary Kennedy Thompson told Home Health Care News. That is, as several industries have seen substantial growth over the last several years, burgeoning businesses are finding it harder to and hire […]
Recruitment and retention of home health and home care employees is cited by employers among the most difficult operational challenges in providing care today. Yet some companies—small and large—are having success in recruiting and retaining based on some creative approaches to culture-building, employee perks and by understanding that retaining existing employees is more than half […]
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