Read the latest from HomeCare contributors on how to run your home health agency, whether you're providing skilled care and therapy, managing a care plan, working in the hospice field or supporting personal care.
KIRKLAND, Wash. (March 25, 2020) -- Home health, hospice and homecare providers should prepare to be called on to handle a surge of patients as hospitals are overwhelmed by the coronavirus epidemic, one provider who has been at the forefront of the crisis said Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 25, 2020) -- As a hospice nurse in Seattle, Diane Speer said giving out hugs to patients and family members was a routine part of home visits.
But in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, she now tells family members to keep their distance.
“There’s no touching hands or handshakes,” said Speer, who works for Renton, Washington-based Providence St. Joseph Health. It’s “time for a virtual hug.”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 4, 2020)--As news outlets focus on nursing facilities' role in the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), homecare disaster preparation consultants and the National Association for Homecare (NAHC) have released guidelines for home health care agencies.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 2, 2020) -- An outbreak of coronavirus disease in a nursing home near Seattle is prompting urgent calls for precautionary tactics at America’s elder care facilities, where residents are at heightened risk of serious complications from the illness because of the dual threat of age and close living conditions, Kaiser Health News reports.
CHICAGO (February 27, 2020)--Prepared Health, an AI-powered care coordination platform, has changed its name to Dina.
St. Petersburg, Fla. (Feb. 25, 2020) — Synzi, a virtual care company, has announced that United Methodist Communities (UMC), a faith-based, nonprofit organization with a 112+ year history in New Jersey, is using Synzi’s virtual care platform in HomeWorks, its home care division. Synzi will strengthen engagement between their nursing staff and clients.
