That Kitchen a Huge Deal in Group Living Success
Imagine entering this lovely eight, (8) bed small assisted living home and being taken by the elegance. The furniture is functional yet stylish and the staff are well attired in proper caregiving wear. And then as you walked pass the kitchen you are horrified knowing from first glance there is no way it can be […]
The Serious Side of Health Care Finance
As with all businesses, care providers have to watch the dollars, including and perhaps especially those dollars that have been sitting out there the longest. Talking with my friend Patrick who has a financial consulting and billing firm dedicated to care providers, I was reminded that there are thousands of providers with receivables sitting out […]
The Serious Side of Health Care Finance
As with all businesses, care providers have to watch the dollars, including and perhaps especially those dollars that have been sitting out there the longest. Talking with my friend Patrick who has a financial consulting and billing firm dedicated to care providers, I was reminded that there are thousands of providers with receivables sitting out […]
Product Enhancement for Florida Adult Family Care Homes
The continuing education and staff development kit designed to assist Florida operators of Adult Family Care Homes has been updated with new subject materials. The combined course, available in print, recorded or as an on-line completed item now has three, (3) combined subjects: Maintaining and Restoring Your Resident’s Dignity Foreseeing and Managing Potentially Violent Situations […]
In Adult Foster Care No Improvement Until Old Guard Gone?
In Michigan there is a running joke that goes, “can’t find work, not interested in higher education, go into adult foster care.” Adult foster care is the regulatory designation for operation of small group homes which for decades have housed, cared for and often fulfilled the lives of those with mental illness, developmental delays, medical […]
Private Duty Home Care and Staffing – Getting off to a Good Start…
Staffing comes in two, (2) major categories: (a) Private duty care providers in the private homes of clients being served. (b) Professional staffing including nurses, rehabilitative therapists and physician assistants who are assigned to fill-in inside of care institutions, i.e. hospitals. These professionals may also work assignments in nursing homes, rehab centers and specialty clinics […]
The Skilled Vs. Private Duty Conundrum
Skilled home health care is not new in America. For decades companies have obtained certification after a survey process and obtained Medicare provider numbers. Generally a recently discharged hospital or nursing home patient or someone with a new and/or chronically limiting diagnosis can benefit from the visits of nurses, medical social workers and rehabilitative therapists. […]
Rewards and Critiques of Private Duty Home Care
Because we work with over 300 home care companies, we listen to a variety of operational concerns associated with rendering home care across America and those affecting many of our foreign clients as well. For this reason every now and then I provide what we believe are some helpful critiques that can help you avoid […]
Rewards of and Critiques for Private Duty Home Care
Because we work with over 300 home care companies, we listen to a variety of operational concerns associated with rendering home care across America and those affecting many of our foreign clients as well. For this reason every now and then I provide what we believe are some helpful critiques that can help you avoid […]
Plan of Care Matters in Private Duty Home Care
More often than you might think the term “private duty” can spell a sense of neglect or non-duty for some. In this writing we refer to home care but not the typical Medicare certified skilled set of services, i.e. nursing and rehabilitation in a patient’s home for one, (1) certification period. We are speaking about […]