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From the caregiver training experts at intheknow.
Get 39 Expert Tips For Starting a Home Care Business
Starting a home care agency isn’t for the faint of heart; the work is rewarding and the growth outlook is strong, but the life is demanding. Running a home care agency requires compassion, resilience, and business smarts in equal measure. Our team is lucky; we’ve...
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6 Ways to Support Working Parents During the COVID-19 Crisis
With the new school year approaching and most of the United States still mired in the COVID-19 pandemic, employees with school-aged children find themselves making some incredibly difficult decisions. Many schools are opening fully online. Others are considering...
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Help Your Entire Community Stay Safe from COVID-19!
Throughout this pandemic, you’ve spent a lot of time making sure your care team understands how to keep themselves and their clients safe – and we’ve been with you all the way! We care about the health of all caregivers. Early on in the outbreak, we created a free...
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How do you help caregivers with difficult co-workers?
In our continuing effort to keep our finger on the pulse of how caregivers feel about their jobs, we surveyed thousands of caregivers (who took one or more of our courses) over the past few months. The survey is still ongoing, but so far has revealed some interesting...
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New Symptoms and Risk Factors for COVID-19?
Last week the CDC quietly rolled out four new symptoms and updated the list of underlying medical conditions that increase the risk of severe illness associated with COVID-19. What are the four new symptoms? Fatigue, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and...
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BEYOND COVID-19: Safety Remains a Top Priority
As the coronavirus crisis rages on, you’ve likely become hyper-aware of the importance of infection control training for your team. And that’s wonderful! But, it’s equally important to protect your caregiving staff from ALL the safety concerns they face in their...
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Make Summer Your Season to Specialize!
What are you doing this summer? We typically think of summer as the time to slow down. Take a vacation. Have a backyard barbeque. Send the kids to their favorite summer camp! But, THIS is not your typical summer. We can’t travel, so vacations are on hold. We’re not...
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How will COVID-19 change the way you train caregivers?
What’s YOUR new normal? Several states have begun to issue guidance on how to safely resume caregiver orientation and training. For example, the New York Department of Health issued THIS detailed guidance for approved Home Health Aide and Personal Care Aide Training...
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Are you prepared to safely reopen your offices?
While much of the recent advice for our industry has focused on keeping healthcare workers and healthcare delivery environments safe, little attention has been paid to reopening offices. However, most home care, home health, and hospice providers operate out of...
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FREE TOOL: 4 Tips to Help Motivate and Reward Your Team’s Online Learning
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations, like yours, have been forced to make the switch from in-person training to online learning. Online learning is safer and more efficient – but that doesn’t guarantee a smooth transition. What's the problem?...
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LISTEN! A Pirate Radio Station Run by Retirees in Assisted Living Communities
It seems like everything in the news today contains dire warnings, the climbing death toll, protests, rage, and panic. While it’s important to stay informed and safe, sometimes you just gotta say STOP! So, here’s a story that will warm your heart and bring a smile to...
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Home Health Makes Hearts Happy
This month, the American Heart Association discovered that “patients who receive home health care after a heart attack are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after discharge.” It's more important than ever. We’ve known for a long time that...
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Great client care starts with good self-care.
Whether you are a caregiver, supervisor, administrator, or environmental services staff – the coronavirus pandemic hits us all in the same way. It’s a simultaneous punch in the gut, a tug-of-war on the heart, and a drain on the brain. Things feel really out of control...
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How do you keep people living with Alzheimer’s safe from COVID-19?
We received an excellent question from a Caregiver this week — and it's likely many Caregivers are struggling with the same issue. So, we thought we’d share the question and the answer with all of you! The Caregiver asked: What do you do if a client with dementia...
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“Atypical” Symptoms of COVID-19 in Seniors
We learned earlier this week that the CDC added six new symptoms to the list for COVID-19. But they did not add the unusual symptoms doctors and nurses on the front lines observe in older adults. Why weren’t these symptoms included in the update? So far, these...
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