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Addus Orients M&A Strategy Away From Hospice, Towards Home Health, Personal Care

Hospice News

Addus HomeCare Corporation’s (NASDAQ: ADUS) is shifting its M&A strategy away from hospice deals to focus on its home health and personal care businesses. The Land of Lincoln represents “a lot of opportunity to expand into value-based care markets,” he added.

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Addus Bolstering Workforce, Building Density for Hospice, Home Health, Personal Care

Hospice News

Hospice operators have relied on contract nursing to stay afloat during a time of worsening labor pressures, elevated turnover and rising demand for care. Texas-based Addus provides personal care to upwards of 42,000 patients across 22 states and roughly 210 locations.

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Is Technology Good For Seniors?

Home With Help

Health Care Apps. One of the best uses of technology are health care apps for our aging population. Senior Care Tips and Resources companion care Elderly Care Home With Help personal care technology and seniors tips for seniors

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Palace of Care – True Flies

Palliverse

FOAMPal #PallANZ Clinical Practice communication culture fun interaction Whole Person CarePhoto by Dieter Pelz on Unsplash Every summer the hospice is visited by thousands of flies. We are situated next to a big park and flies are a constant presence in the warmer months.

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Palace of Care – Polypharmacy Pals

Palliverse

We didn’t really know, but that’s what his Cardiologist had recommended at their last appointment, and as a model patient he would follow the instructions carefully. FOAMPal #PallANZ Clinical Ideas Practice Heart failure rapport Whole Person Care youth

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Tips For a Smoother Healing Process

Home With Help

They can help you with homemaking, personal care, and even medication reminders. It just depends upon your needs and care preferences. For a more comfortable healing process, non-medical home care may be your best bet!

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I think therefore I am? – SEP

Palliverse

Sound familiar when you think of palliative care patients and their problems? To let the next person in line sort it out, but it is not good medical practice. Because the practitioners comfort levels are more important that the actual person going through their illness?

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Caregivers Can Help People of All Ages

Home With Help

If you are like most people, then you probably picture someone helping an elderly person. You want home-cooked meals or chores done, but you don’t have the energy to do it because you are caring for your elderly loved one. Respite care.

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3 reasons Living Assistance Services is different from other homecare providers

Living Assistance Services

As our family members grow older, they often need more support with personal care, daily tasks and running errands outside the home.

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Be the Voice for your Loved-One

Today's Caregiver

As a caregiver you may provide your loved-one personal care such as feeding, bathing, cleaning, transportation, and exercise. You also may have medical, financial, and legal responsibilities. You may even organize social and recreational activities

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Addus Expects ‘Bit of Bumpiness’ in Hospice, Looks to Further Grow Home Health Business

Hospice News

That path will divert more toward home health and personal care – and less in the direction of hospice – as 2023 progresses. Its personal care services reached $183.4

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How to choose a Power of Attorney for your health

Living Assistance Services

Many seniors increasingly require support managing their finances and/or personal care as they age and in some cases, enacting a Power of

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Gentiva Inks Deal to Acquire Heartland Hospice from ProMedica for $710 Million

Hospice News

The hospice, palliative care and personal care provider Gentiva has agreed to acquire Heartland Hospice and other assets from the home-based care company ProMedica. The Atlanta-based provider emerged from the former hospice and personal care segments of Kindred at Home.

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Addus Sees Reciprocal Gains Across 3 Home-Based Care Services

Hospice News

Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) has gone all-in on building out its care continuum. Launched as a personal care provider, the company in 2016 began offering hospice and home health to enhance its value proposition for payers by further reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits.

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High Price Tags Pushing Addus Away from Hospice Acquisitions

Hospice News

High valuations have led Addus HomeCare (NASDAQ: ADUS) to pivot towards personal care and home health deals rather than hospice acquisitions. Addus began as a personal care provider in 1979. But hospice represents the lion’s share of Addus’ health care services revenue.

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Addus Acquires Apple Home Healthcare

Hospice News

The state is one of three in which Addus offers its trifecta of business lines — personal care, home health and hospice. Apple shares our mission with a long history of providing high-quality care by promoting the safe and cost-effective administration of home health care services.

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Time Management Tips for Family Caregivers

Responsive Home Care

Family caregivers are often overloaded with daily care tasks: Housework and laundry. Personal care and hygiene. The post Time Management Tips for Family Caregivers appeared first on Responsive Home Care.

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Humana Completes $2.8 Billion Kindred Hospice Divestiture

Hospice News

billion sale of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, divesting a 60% stake to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Soon thereafter, the company announced plans to divest the hospice and personal care segment. Humana Inc.

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The Benefits Of In-Home Care

Euro-American Connections & Homecare

However, many people begin having trouble with everyday activities like shopping, cooking, housekeeping, and personal care as they grow older. Most older adults want to continue living in their own homes rather than move in with a relative or relocate to a senior living community.

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Hurricane Preparedness - Senior's Stay at Home Emergency Kit or Evacuation Kit Must-Haves

Comforcare Home Care

Stay at home emergency and evacuation kits should include the following items: 3 day supply of non-perishable food and water (1 gallon per person per day). Personal care assistance plan. In Florida the hurricane season starts June 1st and ends November 30th.

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Provincial Funding Helps Hospice Quinte Support Seniors with Advance Care Planning

Changing Lives Podcast

Hospice Quinte is hosting a series of Advance Care Planning seminars for adults 55 and older thanks to $24,000 in funding received from Ontario’s ‘Seniors Community Grant’ program. News ACP Advance Care Planning Community Donation hospice Hospice Quinte Stan Klemencic Care Centre Support

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Avera at Home Gets Personal with Kore Cares Joint Venture

Hospice News

South Dakota-based Avera@Home recently formed a joint venture with personal care provider Kore Cares in a move that grew its service line and geographic reach in the state. It had long partnered with Kore Cares before officially joining forces.

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Nursing Educator Shortage Contributing to Hospice Labor Pressures

Hospice News

Generational gaps among educators represent one of the most pressing obstacles to ensuring a sustainable supply of trained hospice clinicians, according to Terese Acampora, COO of MJHS Hospice and Home Care, part of the New York-based MJHS Health System. “To

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Choice Health Acquires Private Duty Company Instant Care, Enters Arizona Market

Hospice News

Texas-headquartered Choice Health at Home has entered the personal care space with the acquisition of Instant Care of Arizona for an undisclosed sum. Similar to national demographic trends, demand for serious illness and end-of-life care is expected to swell in Arizona.

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PE Firms Cimarron, Tacoma Holdings Recapitalize Frontpoint Health

Hospice News

The private equity firms Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Tacoma Holdings have recapitalized the home-based care provider Frontpoint Health. Frontpoint provides home health, hospice, palliative and personal care with a focus on Medicare Advantage enrollees in Texas markets.

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AccentCare Leverages Data, Transparency to Build Diverse, Inclusive Workforce

Hospice News

It’s important that we are inclusive as we make sure we’re providing quality care.” We are collecting this data to understand how the labor market looks for the type of jobs that we’re in the health care industry.

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AlayaCare Delivers 172 percent ROI for North Country Home Services with 8.4 Month Payback

AlayaCare

payback to $1 dollar invested in AlayaCare MONTREAL, CANADA —21 st March 2023— AlayaCare , an end-to-end home and community-based care platform, today published a report showcasing the return on investment (ROI) results achieved by its customer, North Country Home Services (NCHS).

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Jet Health Acquires Trio Home Health and Hospice

Hospice News

has acquired Trio Home Health Care and Hospice, growing its reach in the Lone Star State, which is a key focus area for the company. that year, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization reported. Texas-based Jet Health, Inc.,

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Charter Healthcare Shakes Up Executive Team with New CEO, COO

Hospice News

California-based post-acute care company Charter Healthcare Group has tapped Cheryl Lovell to become its new CEO and Anna-Gene O’Neal as the company’s first chief operating officer. Most recently, she was CEO CLC Group, LLC, a health care consulting firm that she founded.

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AccentCare CEO Rodgers: Hospice, Health System JVs Build Ecosystem Around Patient

Hospice News

Forging partnerships with health systems and physician groups has become a cornerstone of AccentCare’s growth strategy as it seeks to expand the breadth of this post-acute care services. We’re very focused on the care continuum. for a de novo home health care asset.

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Taking Care of Yourself: The Impact of Caregiving on Your Physical Health

American In-Home Care

Providing care for someone you love is perhaps one of the most rewarding jobs you’ll ever have. While you’re so busy taking care of someone else, you may neglect your own health in the process, which can lead to a number of consequences. Regular, routine respite care is best.

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Difference Between Private Duty Care & Medicare Home Care

Comforcare Home Care

There are significant differences between the type of care available through private duty home care agencies and Medicare/Medicaid government funded home care services. Insurance Accepted - Medicare/HMO Private Duty Long Term Care/Private Pay/VA Benefits/Worker's comp.

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Prescription Drug Misuse: Ways to Avoid Misuse among the Elderly

Community Home Health Care

A person can develop feelings of euphoria after taking opioids in higher doses which may eventually lead to dependence and addiction, and even death. If the older person has been previously treated for substance abuse.

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Addus’ Hospice Business Thrives Despite Labor Pressure, Inflation

Hospice News

Addus plans to stay busy in the acquisitions market in the latter half of the year into early 2023, targeting primarily personal care and home health deals, according to CEO Dirk Allison.

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Addus Hires Former Encompass Health Executive, Gears Up for Major Growth

Hospice News

Meanwhile, Addus is mostly known for Medicaid-based personal care services, but it has increasingly voiced its eagerness to get further into home health care and hospice. . “We For context, last year, personal care accounted for 79% of Addus’ revenue.

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What Gentiva’s Expanded Hospice Presence Means for the M&A Mix

Hospice News

Gentiva’s recent $710 million acquisition of ProMedica’s hospice and home-based care assets bucks prevailing trends in today’s M&A market. billion divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments.

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Two Hospices Halt Services Amid Staffing Shortages

Hospice News

Hospice and Home Care of Juneau shutters. Alaska-based Hospice and Home Care of Juneau (HHCJ) recently announced its closure, citing high staffing costs and lack of clinicians. HHCJ’s volunteer and spiritual care services will continue for hospice patients.

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Hospice Gives the Gift of Quality Family Time

Hospice Red River Valley

Lee was Glen’s certified nurse assistant (CNA) and someone he looked forward to seeing as his cares took place a few times a week. They would share a cup of coffee and conversation together as well as completing his personal cares.

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?5 Reasons Why Working in Home Healthcare is Meaningful

Interim HealthCare Inc.

As baby boomers age, the demand for healthcare workers to take care of them will greatly increase. Home health and personal care aide job openings are projected to grow 33 percent from 2020 to 2030, with experts predicting an estimated 8.2 According to NPR, there are currently 54 million Americans age 65 and older–that number is expected to rise to 95 million by 2060.

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Humana Set Sights on Value-Based Expansion Following Kindred Hospice Sale

Hospice News

As the dust settles from its divestiture of Kindred at Home’s hospice and personal care segments, Humana Inc. NYSE: HUM) seeks to further expand into value-based care as both a provider and a payer. The company’s health care services segment contributed $8.88

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Queen City Hospice Expands in Rural Ohio with New Office

Hospice News

Queen City Hospice provides end-of-life care in six counties across the Cincinnati area in the southwest part of the state. The new office will be home base for Queen City staff who provide care in the Brown County region and surrounding areas.

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Amedisys CEO Gerard ‘Terminated Without Cause;’ Kusserow to Return

Hospice News

Under Kusserow, Amedisys also expanded its care continuum from home health and hospice to include palliative care, personal care, hospital-at-home and skilled-nursing-facility-at-home. Chris Gerard, CEO of Amedisys Inc. NASDAQ: AMED), is leaving the company as of today.

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Hospice Leaders: Dollars Alone Won’t Solve the Turnover Conundrum

Hospice News

Turnover among registered hospice nurses, for example, reached 25.15% during 2022, according to the 2022-2023 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report , published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).

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