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Biden Signs Dole Act, Expanding Access And Funding For Vets’ At-Home Care

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Veterans will have expanded access to at-home care under a new law signed on Thursday by President Joe Biden. Among its other provisions related to at-home care, the law allows the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase funding for home- and community-based care. Senate passed the Dole Act on Dec.

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New Report Focuses On Persistent Problems Facing Community Home Care Providers

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The findings of this years survey reveal the fragility of the disability service delivery system and the need for additional progress to be made, Lydia Dawson, vice president of government relations at ANCOR told Home Health Care News.

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Home Care Providers Turn to Tech for More Flexible, Cost-Effective Models

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To address this issue, some providers of at-home care are turning to sensor technology. Such technology holds the potential to increase safety, reduce costs and even enable new models of care that involve shorter and more flexible home care visits. Cypress Home Care Solutions is one such provider.

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Former Care Advantage, Elara Caring Exec Launches ‘Endurance Home Care’

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A Care Advantage and Elara Caring alum has recently rolled out a new home care agency that aims to go beyond solely providing physical support. Last month, Founder and CEO Andrew Schwartz announced the launch of Endurance Home Care. Endurance Home Care is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Holistic and Seamless: How Health Systems Advocate, Mass General Brigham Are Advancing At-Home Care

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From a technology perspective, Advocate Health is also moving to develop care navigation capabilities. The ideal is that you have these longitudinal plans of care for patients, and you can move them between and among all of our care-at-home platforms to prevent that patient from going back to the hospital, Keefe said.

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Fixing A ‘Badly Broken Medical System’: Home Care Leaders Testify Before Congress On Post-Acute Care

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million seniors and individuals with disabilities, and that care is now on the chopping block. He expressed concern that this post-acute care plan amounts to a prescription for a mountain of medical debt and, for some, a preventable death sentence. The decisions made here will shape the future of home care.

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The Looming Home Care Disaster In New York State

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The budget proposal includes over $1 billion in cuts to the states’ home care programs. CDPAP is a state Medicaid program that allows people who need care, known as home care consumers, to hire the caregiver of their choice. This program is popular in the state because of the autonomy it gives home care consumers.

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