STOCKHOLM (May 3, 2021)—Permobil has entered into an agreement to acquire Progeo, an Italian manufacturer of manual wheelchairs. With this acquisition Permobil strengthens its presence in the Italian market while improving its portfolio of manual wheelchairs in Europe.
 

FRISCO, Texas (May 3, 2021)—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of homecare services, announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (April 29, 2021)—Humana Inc.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 28, 2021)—Caring Senior Service, a national in-home, nonmedical care provider committed to improving the lives of seniors, is celebrating its 30th anniversary by creating a movement to address the unmet needs faced by aging adults who live at home.

GURNEE, Ill. (April 28, 2021)—BrightStar Care, a national private duty homecare and medical staffing franchise with over 340 locally owned and operated locations, is excited to announce that it has joined Moving Health Home, a coalition of pioneering health care companies aiming to change how policymakers think about home as a site of clinical service.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (April 28, 2021)—RedSail Technologies, LLC, an independent pharmacy network providing pharmacy software to community and long-term care pharmacies, announced the launch of a new integration with Pointy from Google. Pointy helps local pharmacies reach more customers by showing them what their store sells.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (April 28, 2021)—Ageless Innovation LLC, a global company devoted to reimagining how we positively live and age together through the power of play, today unveiled the Walker Squawker—a cheery, artfully crafted animatronic bird created to deliver joy, fun and companionship to older adults and their families. Designed to perch playfully atop of walking devices, this realistic bird aims to create a more positive relationship between older adults and their walkers.

BOSTON (April 28, 2021)—CareAcademy, a homecare and home health workforce empowerment platform, announced the launch of the “CAREer Path Initiative,” an all-encompassing program designed to address critical industry constraints and attract more workers into the profession.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 27, 2021)—A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday, April 22, to provide reimbursement to providers for telehealth services in the Medicare Home Health benefit.

Introduced as S. 1309, the Home Health Emergency Access to Telehealth (HEAT) Act is a top 2021 legislative priority for the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

MINNEAPOLIS (April 27, 2021)—Nonin Medical, Inc., a global provider of noninvasive medical monitoring, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its founding in 1986. Over the past three decades, Nonin has introduced dozens of groundbreaking medical monitoring solutions, including the first portable pulse oximeter and first fingertip pulse oximeter.