Home Health Care News October 21, 2024
The Indiana Association for Home and Hospice Care (IAHHC) has introduced C.A.R.E. (Creating Action and Resources for Employees) Connect, a new workforce support program for direct caregivers. Funding for the program is provided by UnitedHealthcare.
C.A.R.E. Connect, which officially launched last week, is an employee assistance program that gives each region of Indiana a dedicated consultant who meets with individuals to provide one-on-one counseling.
One of the key reasons for launching the program was to address many of the hardships caregivers experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are challenges that caregivers continue to experience today.
Some of the issues these consultants will focus on include health challenges, financial hardships, access to childcare and transportation resources. The consultants are tasked with...