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Caring for Your Caregivers
“There are only four kinds of people in the world. Those who have been caregivers. Those who are currently caregivers. Those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.” ― Rosalyn Carter As the COVID-19 crisis grinds on, there is not a single person...
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COVID-19 Loves Your Face!
Research shows that most of us touch our faces at least 16 times a day. Why is that a problem? Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal to touch your face 16 times a day. But we are NOT living under normal circumstances right now! Think of your...
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PPE SHORTAGE: Are homemade face masks the answer?
Kind hearted crafters and sewing clubs across the nation have stepped up to fill the need for face masks in this time of crisis. Using fun fabrics and fast fingers, they sew, stack, and ship masks by the hundreds to meet a frantic demand. But do homemade face masks...
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3 Ways to Improve Nutrition When Clients Stop Enjoying Food
The A-B-C’s of Improved Nutrition By Beth Scholer, CC, CDM, CFPP | Caregivers Kitchen If you had the time to ask each of your caregivers how they could personally improve the wellbeing of their clients, how do you think they would respond? In a recent home care...
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FREE WEBINAR: Leading Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Caregiving Talent
JOIN US: Thursday, March 19th | 2pm Eastern | 60 minutes A successful caregiver retention strategy isn’t about finding a silver bullet; it’s about recognizing the many different pieces that are required and putting them together in a way that creates a great...
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The Top Ten Complaints From Home Care Clients
The Top Ten Complaints From Home Care Clients By Connor Kunz and Miriam Allred, Home Care Pulse Have you ever wondered what your clients are saying about you, your agency or your caregivers? Home care providers across the nation are providing nearly one million hours...
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What do Caregivers need to know about Coronavirus?
When it comes to the new coronavirus outbreak, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that it’s probably going to get a lot worse before it gets better. But, don’t panic! The good news is that we have a pretty good understanding of the coronavirus and there...
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Need to meet New York state training regs? We’ve got you covered!
Hey New York! Whether you serve clients in home care, home health, hospice, or assisted living, you have a direct care workforce (CNAs HHAs, PCAs, HSWs) with very specific training needs—and In the Know has you covered! Meeting your state requirements. With 180+...
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SPECIAL NEWS: Home Care Pulse and In the Know Join Forces
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Home Care Pulse and In the Know Merge to Improve Outcomes and Provide First-of-its-Kind Solution to Home Care Agencies Rexburg, ID., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of data analytics and benchmarking...
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FREE TOOL: The Heart-Smart Caregiver Challenge
February is American Heart Month! Are your caregivers in the know about caring for clients with CHF, CAD, Heart Attack, and Stroke? Now you can find out! Download and distribute the Heart Smart Caregiver Challenge! The facts about heart disease. Heart disease is the...
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Have you participated in the 2020 Benchmarking Study yet?
Every year Home Care Pulse performs the largest annual study on the private duty home care industry, and publishes the results as the annual Home Care Benchmarking Study. Why should you participate? The Study relies on agencies like you to contribute by taking the...
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How do you keep clients safe and strong with LESS therapy?
The new 2020 Home Health Care News Outlook Survey and Report finds that 52% of home health providers believe that PDGM will force a decrease in therapy utilization. Why is this happening? Home Health Care News reporter, Robert Holly reports, "The current shift in how...
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Did you get the memo? Wear red this Friday!
Hey, Healthcare Leaders! Get ready to wear red this Friday. February is officially American Heart Month. And the first Friday of every February is National Wear Red Day. Why should you wear red? National Wear Red Day is when people across the nation, from pop stars to...
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3 Tools to Improve Client Care Delivery
If you asked your clients to describe (in one word) the care your company provides, what word would hear? Would they call your team's care delivery "professional," efficient," or "knowledgeable?" Or is it possible you might hear words like "untrained," "unreliable,"...
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FREE Skills Gap Challenge: Cooking for Caregivers
Do your caregivers know how to . . . Boil an egg? Broil a chicken? Brew a cup of coffee? Bake a casserole? These may seem like simple — and maybe even unimportant tasks — but to clients, it can be EVERYTHING! In fact, mealtime may be the most important part of...
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