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ALEXANDRIA, Minnesota—Knute Nelson and Walker Methodist announced their new name and brand—Vivie. With more than 150 years of combined service to older adults in their communities, Vivie unites two legacies under one name and vision.
BOSTON & DALLAS—Medically Home, a tech-enabled services company operationalizing decentralized ca
WASHINGTON—This year’s LeadingAge annual meeting, which was held at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, announced its Aging Services Award winners: Lourisa “Lulu” Solomon and David Gehm. The annual meeting, which hopes to bring in mission-driven providers who represent the continuum of aging services, brought together over 6,000 attendees from across the country this year.
LONGVIEW, Texas—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, announced the opening of a new franchise location in Longview, Texas. The new location will be managed by franchisee Keith Carter, who seeks to provide senior care services, including skilled home health, non-medical in-home care and senior living referral services to the aging population in Longview.
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico—The Health Group, an insurance marketing organization, has partnered with Electronic Caregiver, a digital health solutions company and provider of the virtual caregiver “Addison Care,” in an effort to empower health insurance agents and improve client solutions. This partnership aims to improve both the portfolios of health agents and the lives of their clients.
NEW YORK—With Halloween approaching, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is offering five tips for family caregivers to help their loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related illnesses remain comfortable and safe during the holiday.
CHICAGO— Help at Home, a national provider of in-home personal care services, announced the acquisition of Caregiver Services Inc. (CSI), a caregiver referral services provider. Help at Home said the acquisition aims to expand its homecare presence in Florida, as well as its Medicaid managed care programs and homecare services for aging seniors.
RENTON, Washington & BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—Providence, a not-for-profit health system serving the Western United States, and Compassus, a national provider of integrated home-based care services, announced an agreement to form a joint venture in home health, hospice, community-based palliative care and private duty caregiving services.
MANSFIELD, Ohio—Right at Home, an in-home care franchise with locations across the U.S. and five other countries, is looking to expand with a new location in Mansfield, Ohio. This expansion aims to allow entrepreneurs in the area to improve their communities and provide care and peace of mind for their clients.
DALLAS— Axxess, a global technology platform for health care at home, has named longtime leader Tim Ingram as its new executive vice president (VP) for talent acquisition. In this new position, Ingram aims to work with company leaders around the world in an effort to ensure new hires reinforce the company’s culture and mission: “The Axxess Way.”
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth Corp., a home health care solutions provider—including home medical equipment and medical supplies—announced Diana Nole has been appointed to its board of directors.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—CenterWell Home Health, a home health provider, has collected nearly 90,000 meals in its 20th annual food drive to feed people in the communities it serves nationwide.
Thanks to the many individuals and organizations who gave, CenterWell collected food and monetary donations equivalent to 89,456 meals.
TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare, a home care franchise ranked on the Entrepreneur 500 list and in the Franchise Business Review’s top 50, announced nine of its locations have joined the Parkinson’s Foundation community
PHILADELPHIA—Bayada Home Health Care, a nonprofit home health care provider, will join the 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Philadelphia, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, as its local presenting sponsor for the second year in a row. Bayada served as the Philadelphia walk's local presenting sponsor in 2023, in which the organization formed 58 teams that collectively helped raise more than $62,000 in support of the walk.
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania—River Oaks Home Care, a senior homecare service provider, has been awarded ninth place on the “Philadelphia100” list, in recognition of the company’s growth in the senior care industry. The award was announced during the Philadelphia100 awards dinner ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Bill Dombi met his first bully in kindergarten.
It only took a day for him to fight back, leaving the bully with a bloody nose and Dombi punished in a corner, the retiring president emeritus of the National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) said as he bid farewell on the last day of the organization’s annual conference in Tampa, Florida.
ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced Ryan and Ashley Mitchell as the new owners of the Always Best Care franchise in Terre Haute, Indiana. The franchise—located at 605 Ohio Street, Suite 415—will continue to provide senior care services, such as non-medical in-home care and senior living referral services, under the new leadership.
PHOENIX—MD Home Health, an Arizona-based home health agency, announced the expansion of its health care services to include in-clinic care, virtual care, remote patient monitoring, house calls and hospice care. This expansion has made the company one of the first privately-held home health agencies in Arizona to offer an omnichannel health care approach.
OZARK, Missouri & ATLANTA—HealthRev Partners, a revenue cycle management partner specializing in technology-driven solutions for home health and hospice agencies, and Trella Health, provider of market intelligence and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the post-acute care industry, announced a new partnership.
TAMPA, Florida—The National Alliance for Care at Home and its legacy organization have established a scholarship fund in honor of retiring National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) President Bill Dombi, leaders announced Monday at the organization’s transitional conference in Tampa, Florida.
DALLAS—Enhabit Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced it has been recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as an Age-Friendly Health Systems participant.
