Back in January of 2011, Intel partnered its technological know-how with GE’s healthcare expertise to create Care Innovations, a joint venture that creates technology-based solutions to enable people to live independently and safely. The partnership is now looking to narrow its focus to aging in place with a new emphasis on senior care coordination, according […]
Category: Home Healthcare
Many senior living providers are considering diversifying their service lines by adding home health care services, but those in the market for acquiring a home health agency must exercise caution regarding who they work with, a new study from Northwestern Medicine Research suggests. With 10,000 baby boomers becoming eligible for Medicare each day, the need for […]
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) announced on Thursday that it had acquired Advocate Hospice, located in Danville, Ind., for an undisclosed price. Advocate was founded in 2006 and is a leading provider of end-of-life care in its community. “The addition of Advocate Hospice to the Gentiva family enables us to expand our coverage in central […]
The United States’ healthcare system needs fixing, which is exactly what the Affordable Care Act seeks to do, but the reform itself needs improvement and a larger focus on long-term care, says the National Association of Home & Hospice Care (NAHC). “There were a lot of provisions thrown in, in an effort to get something […]
Home healthcare is the most cost-effective post-acute care setting for patients discharged from hospitals when comparing average payments across settings such as skilled nursing facilities, inpatient residential facilities, and long-term care hospitals, according to a Dobson | DaVanzo & Associates study commissioned by the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. The Washington, D.C.-based health care […]
Workforce development and long term care professionals met earlier this month in Washington, D.C. to address the challenges that direct-care workers face today and will continue to face in the coming years. The gathering, initiated by the Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative, featured a panel of experts who sought to answer the question of why […]
Most elderly dementia patients are cared for and die in their homes rather than in an institutional setting, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, reports HealthDay. The study’s findings go against a widely-held belief that most dementia patients end up moving into a nursing home and dying […]
Home health care fraud has made national headlines recently with multi-million-dollar fraud busts having taken place in Dallas and the Miami area in the past several months. A hearing held in late April before the Senate Finance Committee addressed the issue and brought a new—albeit old—potential solution to light. While many proposals have been made […]
The Obama Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services are both reinforcing the aging in place movement by launching the Community Living Administration, which supports the choices of American seniors receive assistive services in their homes or communities rather than needing to go to enter an institution. “For too long, too many Americans […]
Many senior living communities across the country have been battered by recent economic conditions, dealing with factors such as an extended recession, a struggling real estate market, and fluctuating reimbursements, reports U.S. News: Money. Some communities have turned to developing new business models, including expanding services to care for seniors in their own homes. Necessity […]
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