workplace safety
Special Task Force Creates Guide to Care at Home Workforce Safety
Read the Call to Action: Protecting Home Care Employees from Workplace Violence Resource guide to be revealed at 2023 Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo Related toolkit to be published soon! Over the past year, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and Johns Hopkins Care at Home (JHCH) have led a […]
Read MoreDept of Labor Announces $3.2M in Grants for Work Safety, Training on COVID, Infectious Diseases
Apply for grant by May 6 How to apply for a grant The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants. The grants will fund […]
Read MoreDept of Labor Announces $3.2M in Grants for Work Safety, Training on COVID, Infectious Diseases
Apply for grant by May 6 How to apply for a grant The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants. The grants […]
Read MoreDept of Labor Announces $3.2M in Grants for Work Safety, Training on COVID, Infectious Diseases
Apply for grant by May 6 How to apply for a grant The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants. The grants will fund […]
Read MoreHouse of Reps Contingent Seeks OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Standard
In late February 2019, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and several other members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309). The Education and Labor Committee held a subcommittee hearing on the legislation on February 27. As of this writing H.R. 1309 has […]
Read MoreWorkplace Violence and Reducing Turnover of Home Health Employees
A special to NAHC Report by Louis C. Kirby, MD One of the two most significant limitations on growth in the home health and hospice sector is labor shortages – recruiting and retaining qualified nurses and home health workers. Registered nurses are retiring faster than new ones can be trained1, and one of the primary causes […]
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