DETROIT (January 10, 2020)—Columbus, Mississippi, ComForCare franchise owners, Columbus and Clotye Jones were awarded the 2019 Franchise of the Year award at ComForCare’s annual franchise conference in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 16, 2019. Franchise of the Year is the most prestigious award following Caregiver of the Year.
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ROSEVILLE, Minn. (January 7, 2020)—Pediatric Home Service (PHS), an independent comprehensive homecare provider, is proud to announce a new partnership with The Care Group, a specialty group providing respiratory care and enteral nutrition to patients in Houston and Dallas, Texas.
OMAHA, Neb. (January 2, 2019)—Home Instead, Inc., the franchiser for Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of in-home care for older adults, announced that Global Chief Information Officer Jim Hood will assume the role of president, effective immediately. Current president and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Huber will remain CEO.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 11, 2019)—Local entrepreneurs looking to run a business that makes a difference in the lives of North Carolina families have to look no further. BrightStar Care, a national franchise specializing in providing A Higher Standard of Care in medical and non-medical in-home care services, has announced plans to add 15 franchise territories throughout North Carolina, and is seeking qualified franchise partners to operate in each market.
AMSTERDAM (December 5, 2019)—Royal Philips, a provider health technology, today announced a collaboration with Humana Inc., a health and well-being company in the U.S., to help improve care and health outcomes for select high-risk Medicare Advantage members.
PASSAIC, N.J. (December 5, 2019)—CareFinders, a growing home health care provider in the Northeast region, has expanded its footprint into Pennsylvania with the addition of At Home Quality Care, a leading provider of personal homecare services based in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, and an acquisition of Philadelphia Home Care, Inc., a homecare provider in the Philadelphia area.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2019)—In mid-November, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Massachusetts) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) announced a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting input to inform the Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force as it works to develop bipartisan legislation to improve health care outcomes within underserved communities.
SUNRISE, Fla. (December 3, 2019)—Interim HealthCare Inc., a national franchiser of homecare, hospice and health care staffing, is a silver winner of the 2019 Workforce: Optimas Awards. Selected for its multi-pronged approach to building a strong workforce. Interim HealthCare’s commitment to this initiative is first and foremost to help combat the nation’s caregiver shortage. By 2025, the United States will need to hire 2.5 million new health care workers to care for its aging population.
BOSTON (November 25, 2019)—Seniorlink, Inc., a tech-enabled health services company, has launched its fourth annual #thankacaregiver campaign to increase awareness and support of family caregivers in Georgia, and throughout the United States. The campaign is part of Seniorlink's continued commitment to honor family caregivers during the month of November, National Family Caregiver's Month.
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (November 18, 2019)—To help identify and scale new evidence-based techniques to improve clinical outcomes around wound care, Advocate Aurora Health’s Post-Acute Division is advancing customized education through a collaboration with Medline for more than 400 nurses across Illinois and Wisconsin.
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BURNSVILLE, Minn. (November 13, 2019)—Ōmcare, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anser Innovation, announced today that it will partner with Ecumen, a leading provider of housing and care resources for older adults, and Thrifty White Pharmacy, a Midwest-based pharmacy chain of retail, long-term care and telepharmacy locations, to evaluate the ability of the Ōmcare Telemed System to improve medication adherence, reduce costs and assist caregivers.
BEDFORD, Mass. (November 13, 2019)—Mavencare, an advanced homecare technology company, announced its partnership with Minuteman Senior Services (Minuteman), a non-profit organization based in Bedford, Massachusetts that provides programs for seniors, disabled adults and caregivers.
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MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (October 30, 2019)—Generations Homecare System unveiled its hospitalization and ER report functionality in what is the company’s follow-up to the launch of state-specific electronic visit verification solutions as required by the United States Government’s 21st Century Cures Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 30, 2019)—On Oct. 28, the House of Representatives approved HR 647, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), legislation that would make improvements in the training, education and provision of palliative and hospice care. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has advocated for passage of this bill since it was introduced.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (October 29, 2019)—BAYADA, one of the nation’s largest providers of home health care, launched a new podcast series for clinicians and patients and families of home health care, "Healing on the Home Front," in May of this year as part of Nurses Week.
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DETROIT (October 18, 2019)—The Alzheimer’s Association has renewed its recognition of DementiaWise, a proprietary curriculum of best practices and activities for home caregivers to help care for clients with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, created by ComForCare, a provider of in-home care.