Maxim Partners with Johns Hopkins for Training Program

Maxim Healthcare Services is offering its nurses a new online training program through a partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Columbia, Maryland-based Maxim provides home health care, health care staffing, behavioral care and population health and wellness services. The company operates more than 260 offices around the U.S., 183 of which are focused on in-home […]

Top Reasons Home Health Aides Want to Quit

Browse and apply to management and executive home health care jobs and positions from leading professional firms serving the industry.  Employers can post single jobs, purchase job packages or our premium subscription that includes unlimited job posts and editorial coverage for one year. Visit HHCN Jobs today to browse home health jobs today. Consistent patient assignment, job satisfaction, benefits, […]

Workforce Development Tips from LHC Group, BrightStar, Great Lakes Caring

Many leaders across the home health care industry agree that staffing is among the greatest challenges they’ll face over the next decade. To attract and retain top talent and help surmount a growing workforce shortage, some large home health and home care companies are “testing the heart” of applicants, drawing inspiration from a well-known e-commerce brand, […]

Millennials Solve Corporate Needs in Home Care

The youngest members of the workforce have made ideal administrators at one in-home care provider. Millennials, born between 1980 and 2000, are quickly becoming the largest group in the workforce, making their presence in home care essential. Millennials’ strengths with technology, social media and communications have made them successful in corporate roles at Idaho-based Assisting […]

Bayada, Addus Hire and Acquire to Meet Hispanic Demand

Amid concerns that home health aides may not be able to meet every client’s cultural needs, some big providers are paying more attention to who they hire—and how. The need for more cultural competency among home health aides is clear, especially when working with Spanish-speaking clients. Just 20% of Hispanic Americans over the age of 40 felt “extremely or […]

Why It’s Hard to Be a New Nurse in Home Health

It’s certainly no secret that elder care providers of all stripes have trouble finding and retaining solid talent. But home health and home care companies have the added detriment of a largely solitary workplace environment, which can make it even more difficult for operators to convince new recruits that a patient’s home is the best […]

Immigration Bill Could Jeopardize Future of Home Health Care Workforce

A new bill that seeks to cut immigration into the U.S. could make an already high workforce deficit in home health care dramatically worse, industry insiders and experts fear. The Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act, co-authored by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Louisiana and supported by […]

Movers & Shakers: Rainbow Hospice, Addus HomeCare

Addus HomeCare Appoints Manning to Chief Human Resources Officer Post Frisco, Texas-based Addus HomeCare Corporation (NASDAQ: ADUS) has appointed Laurie Manning as the home care services provider’s chief human resource officer, effective August 14. Manning brings more than 25 years of experience working in the health care industry. Prior to joining the Addus team, Manning […]

The Big-Picture Strategy to Combatting Caregiver Turnover

Recruiting top talent—and retaining them—continues to be a balancing act that management teams struggle with, regardless of the industry. This issue has certainly become an epidemic in the home health care sector, and more hard evidence available supporting this notion. Stephen Tweed, CSP, is CEO of Leading Home Care, a Louisville, Kentucky-based boutique consulting and […]

How Home Care Companies Can Get Caregivers to ‘Stay’

The reality of talent shortage—marked by high turnover and challenges recruiting and retaining top talent—continues to plague the home care industry. In fact, among the 600-plus home care providers surveyed in Home Care Pulse’s 2017 Home Care Benchmarking Study, 77% of participants consider “caregiver shortage” a top industry threat, according to Home Care Pulse Founder and […]