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There are more than 53 million caregivers in the United States – and from the legislation at the federal and local levels, they are emerging as the new protected class of workers. And it’s about time. For decades, caregivers have been neglected in the workplace. Millions have found themselves ineligible for protection under federal law […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a new toolkit to help organizations educate older adults on the COVID-19 vaccines and basic prevention measures around the pandemic. The toolkit is for any organization that communicates directly with the older adult community, according to HHS. It includes an FAQ about the vaccines for […]
Ensure caregivers speak to clients in a way that clients can comprehend and that any documentation your agency provides is understandable as well. A huge percentage of U.S. adults have some form of literacy issue, notes Misty Kevech, project coordinator for the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign. And clients who are 65 years […]
Don’t ignore the impact office employees have on client satisfaction and caregiver recruitment and retention. Doing so could cost your agency dearly. High-caliber office staff helped one Colorado-based private duty agency grow to a mid-sized agency in a short period of time. Touching Hearts At Home had just two people working in the office, but […]
Cooking and nutrition training not only enables caregivers to provide clients with better tasting food, but also with meals that are better for them. “Caregivers need to understand how to take care of these more chronic and fragile older clients,” says Chef Beth Scholer, CC, CDM, CFPP and CEO of Caregivers Kitchen. “Most don’t understand […]
Training caregivers to address nutrition and improve their own cooking skills can help with both client outcomes and satisfaction. Several years ago, Angel Corps co-owner Dorian Maples realized the agency had a problem with its meal preparation services. “We were getting consistent complaints from our clients that our staff didn’t know how to cook,” Maples […]
Efforts to potentially rekindle a bill recently vetoed in California and similar legislation that recently passed in Massachusetts could indicate a growing push to disclose home care aide registry contact information to third parties, including labor unions. A law that allows personal contact information of home care aides to be shared with unions or the […]
Editor’s note: This article has been republished with permission from the author, Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News. DENVER — Every time Jacque Pearson tried to devise a plan to move her 81-year-old dad, who has Alzheimer’s, from his home in Boise, Idaho, to hers in Denver, she felt stuck. Then, two weeks ago, she had […]
This week Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congresswoman Doris Matsui, co-chairs of the Senior Task Force, introduced a bill to the House that aims to increase investment in geriatric training and caregiver programs for the nation’s long-term care workforce as a way to remedy the worker shortage. Schakowsky and Matsui released a joint statement addressing the […]
According to Kathrin Boerner, an associate professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, the elderly population (age 80+) is expected to increase 51% between 2010 and 2030. Two-thirds of this elderly population have “advanced-age children, who typically serve as their primary caregiver.” Kaiser Health News reports that this growing group of senior caregivers […]