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5 tips to increase continuity of care in home care [free care plan worksheet]

AlayaCare

Develop a comprehensive care plan Developing a comprehensive care plan can increase continuity of care in your home care agency because it ensures that all caregivers and staff are working together towards the same goal by providing consistent care.

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How the right technology can support recruitment and retention during the caregiver shortage

AlayaCare

In recent years, the demand for at-home care has increased drastically, however, employee retention and recruitment has dipped significantly. At-home healthcare is currently undergoing a “workforce crisis” where employee turnover is at a record high. Agencies leaning on contract labor to fill shortages.

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How the right technology can support recruitment and retention during the caregiver shortage

AlayaCare

In recent years, the demand for at-home care has increased drastically, however, employee retention and recruitment has dipped significantly. At-home healthcare is currently undergoing a “workforce crisis” where employee turnover is at a record high. Make sure employees are reimbursed promptly for work-related expenses.

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Pennsylvania Home Care Recipients Advocate for Better Access to Home Care

Hearts for Home Care

COVID has only exacerbated this issue, with a mass exodus of health care workers no longer willing to risk their lives for a career that yields an average of only $12.40/hour. BAYADA Home Health Care has had to deny 40% of PAS cases in 2020 and 2021 because there were not enough caregivers to staff the cases.

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5 Ways to Support the Nurse-Caregiver Relationship

Home Care Pulse

Some nurses take a supervisory role in homecare, supporting and coordinating various client-facing job functions, making them as important to the staff they support as they are to the clients in their care. The client suffers when these teams are at odds, as does the home care agency.

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Ep.2: The Truth About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—And What Agencies Should Be Doing Differently

Home Care Pulse

And I think the thing that really ship the things for me is when in 2009, I had the opportunity to join a Home Care national home care agency. You become an attractive force because reality is home care agencies, there’s not a lot of differentiation. As a young man. First as a consultant.