Synergy HomeCare has opened its newest franchise location in south-central Florida. Headquartered in Sebring, the company provides a variety of non-medical, in-home care services to Highland County communities, including Avon Park and Lake Placid. These services range from companionship to personal and respite care. “If more people had someone at home to provide companionship, medication […]
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In a year filled with attention-grabbing, newsworthy articles, it can be easy for some stories to fall through the cracks, no matter how compelling. As the year comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to revisit some of the Home Health Care News stories that warrant a second viewing. These stories cover the truth […]
Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton forced home-based care providers in the impacted areas to up their games, to go even further to care for their clients and patients. Helene and Milton had devastating impacts on the Southeast. The former resulted in loss of more than 200 lives, and the latter is considered one of the […]
Proper caregiver training is essential for delivering safe, quality care to clients. It is also a tool for retaining employees, combating burnout and empowering caregivers in their roles. That said, only 43.8% of home-based care staff and 55% of home health and hospice staff feel prepared to care for new clients, according to the 2024 […]
Home care agencies that are part of larger franchise networks get to reap the benefits of operating under established names and reputations. But that doesn’t stop franchise owners from thinking up various ways to stand out in the crowd. Franchise owners at companies like Always Best Care, Right at Home and Griswold Home Care are […]
Spa services, discounts to local businesses and access to ride-share services are just some of the unique employee benefits that companies across home care have made available to caregivers over the years. Amid a persistently challenging labor market, home care companies are still constantly working on configuring the best possible employee benefits package for caregivers. […]
In 2023, Right at Home’s caregiver count checked in at 45,453 across the company’s vast franchise network. The company is now hoping to add at least 26,000 caregivers to meet the current demand for care services by the end of 2024. The impetus behind Right at Home’s hiring initiative was the increased growth in client […]
More than a dozen home-based care companies have earned a spot on Entrepreneur’s 45th annual Franchise 500 rankings. Their inclusion on this list points to the fact that home-based care franchise networks are some of the fastest growing in the country. In order to be ranked on the list, a franchise company needs to be […]
Despite an already-large U.S. footprint, the home care franchise Right at Home is still looking to grow. It did so last year, and plans on planting more flags in 2024. In 2023, Right at Home closed the year with 24 signings and 17 openings. The company attributes that growth to its strong lead generation and […]
Around 2019, Medicare Advantage (MA) was all the rave among home care providers. That’s because, in 2018 and 2019, two pathways opened for MA plans to provide more benefits to beneficiaries: the primarily health-related benefit pathway and the Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) pathway. Included in those were plenty of areas of […]