Home Health Care News March 27, 2023
For the first time ever, two of the largest associations representing the home-based care industry have joined together on a call to action regarding the workforce shortage.
On Monday, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) released a report that details the needs of the nursing and home care aide workforces and specifically recommends policy changes and operational practices that can be implemented to address the workforce shortage in home-based care.
“What I think is truly innovative with this report is the collaboration of it,” Kristen Wheeler, NAHC’s executive director of private duty home care, told Home Health Care News. “This really brought the associations together in a way that...