BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (March 31, 2021)—Best Life Brands, LLC, a family of companies focused on the well-being of clients along the continuum of senior care, has completed the acquisition of PROHealth Home Health Services, which provides in-home nursing, therapy and homecare services to patients across the greater Los Angeles area.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 30, 2021)—“I can’t pay enough for this.” Clare McHugh shared her experiences in receiving long-term in-home care for her mother in a recent panel discussion from Kaiser Health News. McHugh shared how caregiver Karen Gilmore put her own life on pause when the pandemic hit in order to care for McHugh’s mother.

LARKSPUR, Calif. (March 30, 2021)—Hospice by the Bay, a provider of hospice, palliative care, and in-home health care services, today announced that it has taken a new name, By the Bay Health. The name change is designed to more accurately reflect the organization’s current breadth of services, which include hospice care, palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care and skilled home health care services.

ATLANTA (March 30, 2021)—Graham-Field is proud to win the Manufacturer of the Year award in the 10th Annual Movers & Makers Awards by Partnership Gwinnett. Partnership Gwinnett is a public-private initiative dedicated to bringing new jobs and capital investment to Gwinnett County, Georgia.

MINNETONKA, Minn. (March 30, 2021) – Accra, a provider of homecare services based in Minnesota, has promoted Susan Morgan to Chief Operating Officer. Morgan will assume increased responsibility for operational performance and the overall client and caregiver experience.
 

NEW YORK (March 30, 2021)—To help adults discuss Alzheimer’s disease with young children in an age-appropriate way, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) has published “Dancing with Granddad: An Alzheimer’s Story for Children and Their Families” in both English and Spanish. The book can be purchased through AFA’s e-store at shop.alzfdn.org.

MCLEAN, Va. (March 30, 2021)—ShiftMed, LLC, a provider of on-demand health care staffing platforms, announces ShiftMed Next Day Pay. Nurses and CNAs can download the ShiftMed mobile application for iPhone or Android to find shifts on their schedule. Complete the onboarding, work your first shift and then you are eligible for Next Day Pay.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2021)—The Senate has passed by 90-2 vote a long-awaited bill that, among other health care provisions, would eliminate the 2% across-the-board cut to all Medicare payments, known as sequestration, until the end of 2021. To pay for the change, the bill would increase the fiscal year 2030 sequester cuts.

As the story goes, Jean Griswold started Griswold Home Care at her dining room table in 1982. Through her church, of which her husband was the minister, she saw the need for more care in the home. She also taught at a community college near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, granting access to many newly minted certified nursing assistants. 

BALA CYNWYD, Penn. & ALBANY, N.Y. (March 26, 2021)—Connect America, a nationally recognized provider of connected health solutions, announced that the New York City, Department of Social Services, Human Resources Administration (DSS) awarded the company a three-year contract to provide personal emergency response systems (PERS) and smoke detectors to Medicaid recipients in New York City.