Home Care Daily - National Home Care Industry News

Former employees of a Rio Grande Valley home care agency have filed a lawsuit against their former employers claiming that they failed to pay for overtime. When the United States Department of Labor changed the rules and placed home care employees under the same minimum wage and overtime protections as most other workers throughout the country, some agencies claimed this was going to be a financial problem, especially for those deemed live-in caregivers.

The struggle to look after and care for someone with ALS (commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease) can be monumental. Yet many families do what they can to provide support, even to the point of wearing themselves out and facing their own physical and health struggles. One thing that is commonly thought, though, by many of these families is that Medicare and Medicaid won’t cover long-term home care services.

Home health care provides a number of benefits for people facing a number of challenges at home. The vast majority of the estimated 12 million home care clients are elderly, and while these services do provide an incredible boost to their mental, emotional, and physical health, it isn’t offering the same benefits across racial lines, according to a recent study.

Personal digital assistants have become a major fascination throughout the country and around the world. Devices like Alexa, Cortana, and Siri allow people to simply talk and have many of their requests met, including playing certain music, looking up various products, and reminders about appointments in the near future. Now Amazon’s Alexa may soon be taking a step into the home health care market.

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Currently, in Kentucky, if a patient wants to visit with their doctor remotely, they have to be at a local clinic. However, new legislation is being proposed that would allow individuals to receive telemedicine support from home.

When people hear the word ‘hospice,’ they have a specific thought in mind. Usually, it involves support for those individuals who are facing the final weeks or even days of their life. However, hospice care can also be beneficial for men and women dealing with chronic diseases and other life challenges.

When home health care workers commit fraud, steal from clients, or take part in other illegal activities that directly affect their clients, it leaves a mark on the industry as a whole. Such is the case of Aldean Foster, who pleaded guilty recently to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from aging men and women in her care.

As people get older, they often face an increased risk of major health challenges. Some of those challenges can be in the form of mental, physical, or emotional. The more struggles a person faces as they move into their 70s and 80s, for example, the more difficult it becomes to remain safe, even in the comfort of their home. This is one reason in home care is growing in popularity; it allows these men and women the opportunity to remain home.