Virtual Health announced it’s the first customer to go live on the Intel-GE Care Innovations Guide. The Care Innovation Guide was developed to go beyond the first and second generation tele-health systems by collecting data and enabling patient behavior and lifestyle change through an interactive relationship with their clinician. “We are eager to extend the marketplace beyond what […]
Category: Home Healthcare
The U.S. long term care market is expected to see steady growth in the coming years according to research from Kalorama Information. In 2005, the market’s value stood at $186 billion and has grown to $258 billion in 2010. For the next five years, growth will continue at annual rates of over 6%, resulting in […]
Home hospice care is emerging as one of the fastest areas in senior living and senior care but what are the profiles of the end users? The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a report on national estimates on home health care and discharged hospice care patients from data in collected from the 2000 and 2007 […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced four initiatives to give states more flexibility to adopt innovative new practices and provide better coordinated care for people with Medicaid and Medicare last week. According to HHS, fifteen states will receive federal funding to develop better ways to coordinate care for people with Medicare and […]
A trade group praised the Georgia House of Representatives on Tuesday for passing a bill to allow frail seniors the ability to receive necessary care in home and avoid unnecessary moves to institutional environments. According to the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA), the bill creates a licensure category for assisted living and expands the […]
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) study finds that while many older adults likely needed meals or home-based care in 2008, they did not receive Title III or other government program assistance, such as Medicaid, that they needed. Preceding a reauthorization of The Older Americans Act (OAA), enacted to help older adults remain in their homes and communities, […]
Several years ago, National Church Residences saw a hole in what had historically looked like a complete continuum of seniors housing and health care. Residents at its affordable senior housing apartment complexes needed additional services, but didn’t need to move into NCR’s assisted living or nursing facilities. So in 2008 NCR started InCare, a Medicare- […]
Home and community based service delivery is a critical component for the future of senior care but a new study finds that paid caregivers may not be up to the task. A new study, titled “Inadequate Health Literacy among Paid Caregivers of Seniors”, by Northwestern University finds that more than one-third of caregivers had difficulty […]
Healthcare spending is up another 4% in 2009 to $2.5 trillion based upon data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary. The increase of approximately $8,000 per person is the slowest growth rate in the 50-year history of the National Health Expenditure Accounts (NHEA). The recession has led to […]
Senior care franchises are popping up all over the place and competing with both established and small, independent operators. A new report from Franchise Business Review takes a look at Senior Care and Home Healthcare franchise opportunities for 2011 and see opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs. Besides identifying the obvious pros and cons, the report highlights […]
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