DENVER & OMAHA, Neb. (October 28, 2022)—Global homecare provider for aging adults, Home Instead and DispatchHealth, a comprehensive in-home, high acuity medical care provider, announce their nationwide collaboration to provide in-home acute care for Home Instead Clients. 

DALLAS (October 27, 2022)—Elara Caring, a provider of home-based health care, has added hospice care to its offerings at its location in Tinley Park, Illinois. The expansion of services will enhance community access to expert, compassionate, personalized care for those facing life-limiting illness.
 

ST. LOUIS (October 25, 2022)—As the National Association for Home Care & Hospice’s (NAHC) Annual Convention and Expo concluded today in St. Louis, Missouri, one issue loomed over the attendees: What will happen with the federal government's home health final payment rule, which must be released no later than Nov. 2? 

Washington, D.C. (October 21, 2022)—The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (PQHH) recently released the results of an independent study that found the Medicare home health sector faces increased demand, a dwindling talent pool, and financial challenges due to inflation and pressures from the pandemic.

BOSTON, (October 21, 2022)—Caring for patients with monkeypox requires training at scale for caregivers to help limit the spread of the virus. As part of its commitment to provide accessible, accurate health care information, care enablement platform CareAcademy has released a free online resource that educates direct care workers on the monkeypox virus to better care for themselves and their clients during this public health emergency. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 20, 2022)—The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has named Katrina Loraine Amos Washington as the new senior director, business development and strategic partnerships, and Joseph Dzierzewski, PhD, as vice president, research and scientific affairs. For more than 30 years, NSF has been the leading voice in sleep health for the public.

DALLAS (October 20, 2022)—After a thorough audit of its home health, homecare and hospice software solutions, Axxess has earned ACHC Product Certification. The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC) offers product certification based on a comprehensive evaluation of the product’s ability to meet ACHC standards in administration, operations, fiscal management, human resources, provision of care, quality assurance/performance improvement and risk management.
 

CHICAGO (October 20, 2022)—Help at Home, a national provider of in-home, person-centered care for seniors, announced the creation of its new care coordination business segment. Care Coordination from Help at Home will focus on transforming the delivery of in-home personal care services, increasing access to care, improving quality and cost outcomes, and increasing client satisfaction and health equity for aging-in-place seniors, the underserved and chronic care populations.