NAHC 2.0 Has a Plan to Build a Grass Roots Army for Home Health and Hospice

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Meet Emilie Bartolucci, NAHC’s new Director of Grassroots Advocacy and Community Engagement A crucial part of the restructuring NAHC has gone through the last year has been a re-commitment to policy advocacy, but we know our community will never wield the necessary clout with elected officials and regulators until we have a substantial pool of […]

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LeadingAge, Bayada Urge Congress to Invest in Aging Services Infrastructure

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Leaders across the senior care sector have banded together and are urging Congress to back legislation that will increase access to care services. And help is long overdue, they argue. For decades, aging services have been underfunded in the U.S., according to Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based LeadingAge, the association […]

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Staffing Shortages Force Home Health Giant Bayada to Deny 64% of Referrals in Key Markets

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“The workforce shortage is not a new crisis,” Totaro said. “It’s been decades in the making. However, from the beginning of the pandemic until now, Bayada has seen an unprecedented increase in the caregiver staffing shortage in New Jersey.” The staffing shortage that Bayada has experienced of late is unprecedented, Totaro said. Specifically, it has […]

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