Globally, Japan stands as a useful example for Americans — and home-based care providers — wondering what will work and what won’t as more and more people reach old age in the coming years. Its makeup, after all, currently consists of a 65-and-over population that accounts for nearly 30% of the country’s general populace. In […]
Regent Healthcare
The home has become the place where most Americans die of natural causes — beating out hospitals for the first time since the early 20th century. The trend sheds further light on the need for in-home care, including palliative care services and even proactive, non-medical home care. This is one takeaway from a study published […]
With the rapidly aging population in the U.S., the need for dementia care isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. The specialty remains ripe with opportunity for in-home care providers, industry experts say. In fact, the boom in specialized dementia care is a big reason why home care has taken over health care’s center stage of late. […]
As the demand for home-based care services continues to soar, so does the industry’s shortage of workers, with as many as 7.8 million caregiving positions projected to sit unfilled by 2026. The multimillion-dollar question for agencies remains how to survive the staffing crisis, which industry leaders have identified as the No. 1 challenge within home-based […]
Citing a rising need among older Americans and an opportunity to boost profit margins, several U.S. home care agencies have taken steps to launch specialized dementia care business lines and associated caregiver training programs. A Maryland-based home care agency is looking to continue that trend — and eventually spin its new specialized caregiver training program […]
Regent Acquires Loving Touch Home Care Regent Healthcare — one of the largest, non-franchised home care agencies in central Maryland — has completed its acquisition of Loving Touch Home Care. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Odenton, Maryland-based Regent Healthcare is a Joint Commission-accredited home care agency that provides in-home companionship, personal care […]
Amedisys Announces New Senior Secured Credit Facility Amedisys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), one of the largest independent home health, hospice care and personal care companies in the country, has entered into a new secured revolving credit facility. The new credit facility more than doubles the Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys’ borrowing capacity, increasing it from $250 million […]
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