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BURKBURNETT, Texas (April 8, 2021)—HomeWell Care Services a non-medical in-home care provider, announced the relaunch of their foundational Life Enrichment & Activities Program (LEAP). The program aims to provide enrichment in clients’ homes enhancing care beyond the typical assistance with activities of daily living. 

DETROIT, Mich. (April 5, 2021)—ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, is providing training and resources to caregivers through its Staying Connected Caregiving Training Series. The free monthly 30-minute live virtual training is designed to expand a caregiver’s skills, provide practical field tips for client care, and attract new people to the caregiving field. An attendee does not need to be employed by ComForCare to attend.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (April 2, 2021)—Advocate Aurora Enterprises has announced its acquisition of Senior Helpers, a national leader in homecare and wellness offerings for seniors.
 

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (April 2, 2021)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced that it has been selected as the only primary non-medical organization to be awarded with a grant to facilitate rapid Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 testing that will further help to ensure the safety of caregivers, clients, patients and their families.
 

Updated April 19, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. CDT, to include quote from AAHomecare.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2021)—Industry advocates are lauding President Joe Biden's newly-released infrastructure plan, which includes $400 billion dollars for home- and community-based care for seniors and people with disabilities; it would also increase wages for in-home caregivers. 

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (March 31, 2021)—Best Life Brands, LLC, a family of companies focused on the well-being of clients along the continuum of senior care, has completed the acquisition of PROHealth Home Health Services, which provides in-home nursing, therapy and homecare services to patients across the greater Los Angeles area.

MINNETONKA, Minn. (March 30, 2021) – Accra, a provider of homecare services based in Minnesota, has promoted Susan Morgan to Chief Operating Officer. Morgan will assume increased responsibility for operational performance and the overall client and caregiver experience.
 

As the story goes, Jean Griswold started Griswold Home Care at her dining room table in 1982. Through her church, of which her husband was the minister, she saw the need for more care in the home. She also taught at a community college near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, granting access to many newly minted certified nursing assistants. 

INDIANAPOLIS (March 25, 2021)—Anthem, Inc announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire myNEXUS, Inc., a comprehensive home-based nursing management company for payers. myNEXUS delivers integrated clinical support services for approximately 1.7 million Medicare Advantage members across 20 states.

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BALTIMORE (March 18, 2021)—One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Senior Helpers, a provider of in-home senior care, released findings of its “Seniors: One Year in Quarantine” survey, which explores attitudes and behaviors of adults aged 65+ since March 2020, along with their feelings toward the future. Surprisingly, a majority of seniors (72%) reported they feel safer and more comfortable seeing friends and family now, even without having been vaccinated themselves.

ATLANTA (March 17, 2021)—Angelo Spinola and a team of four, including some of the nation’s leaders in advising the home-based care industry on employment legal matters, have joined Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli. The expansion of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department includes a trio of well-known attorneys: Spinola, shareholder and new co-chair of the Home Health, Home Care and Hospice Practice; Anne Mellen, shareholder; and William Vail, shareholder.

CHICAGO (March 15, 2021)—Help at Home, a provider of homecare and community-based services in 12 states, announced today that board member and experienced health care executive Chris Hocevar has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He succeeds Paul Mastrapa, who will remain on the company's board of directors.

DALLAS, Texas (March 9, 2021)—Axxess, a technology provider for health care at home, is pleased to announce the launch of its certification program, which is designed to create a standard of home health, homecare and hospice industry knowledge and competency.

Washington, DC (March 4, 2021)—Homecare and hospice are changing at an unprecedented rate. Last year agencies faced two of their biggest challenges—COVID-19 and Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM)—on top of staffing shortages. As a result, the sector is evolving and needs national research to guide efforts and help define what it means to provide health care in the home.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 4, 2021)—A coalition of innovative health care companies has launched a group called Moving Health Home to fundamentally change the way policymakers think about the home as a site of clinical service. Americans want to receive health care in their homes. Evidence from the pandemic shows it's possible, and data proves it is safe and effective.

DENVER (March 4, 2021)—InnovAge Holding Corp. announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 16,666,667 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 per share. The shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq) under the ticker symbol “INNV” on March 4, 2021, and the offering is expected to close on March 8, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.

DALLAS (March 2, 2021)—A new home health software integration will help care at home organizations manage documents with protected health information as they engage physicians. Axxess, a technology provider for care at home, has integrated its home health solution with Doctor Alliance, which provides an easy-to-use system engaging physicians that streamlines the process of providing patient care.