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Home Health

News and guidance for home health agencies, covering clinical care, staffing, regulation and agency operations.

  • How Elara Caring Relies on Technology

    Elara Caring takes a high-touch, personalized approach to technology that focuses on the vitality of its patients. In fact, Elara, which is one of the largest providers of in-home care and growing quickly, has made tech central to its operations with the use of its ElaraConnect platform.
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  • How age tech is bridging the labor gap in homecare

    According to data from AARP, 77% of adults age 50 and older want to remain aging at home longer for as long as they can. Unfortunately, ongoing and growing challenges across the senior care industry—including the immense labor shortage of home health care workers—is inhibiting these individuals from doing so. This rings especially true for seniors who wish to return to their homes after a hospital stay caused by a fall or other health emergency. In the weeks and months after they are discharged, seniors are at their most vulnerable and also most in need of enhanced monitoring. This is precisely why this is a pivotal moment for homecare businesses and agencies to explore more innovative and accessible solutions to meet the needs of their…
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  • How States Plan to Use Federal Funds to Build a Better Direct Care Workforce

    The homecare industry should get an estimated $12.7 billion infusion from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which should help put staffing in the spotlight and help expand and enhance home- and community-based services. With this funding, states can take actions to address unique needs within their borders, including making changes aimed at improving the HCBS workforce and structural concerns. It should help states grow capacity for providing critical services, meeting the needs of family caregivers and people on HCBS waitlists and tailoring HCBS activities to address priorities in their communities.
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  • Finding the Facts About Avoiding Infection at Home

    Home health patients are often at increased risk of acquiring infections. Here’s what some recent studies have found and how your own agency can get involved in research into infection control.
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  • Using Pneumatic Compression for Better Healing

    Improve outcomes by going beyond the standard of care
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  • A Model for Optimizing Family Health & Care Team Collaboration

    How respite care can help
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  • It’s Time for Self-Service Care

    Why digital health will be a game changer for homecare
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  • Hitting a Milestone

    Always Best Care walks to end Alzheimer’s
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  • How Connected Care Can Help Seniors Manage Soaring Costs

    The benefits of PERS & RPM for people aging in place
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  • The Growth in Hospital Outreach Will Impact Care

    4 ways to partner with in-home medical service providers
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  • Jumping Into the PACE Pool

    Finding the right support can get you off on the right foot
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  • A Look at Current Home Health M&A Trends

    Despite strong headwinds, the future looks bright
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