Home Health Care

Health Coaching: The Power Of A High Five

Ilaina Edison | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Family Caregiving, Caregiving, Elderly Care, Gps-Soul, Long-Term Care, Chronic Conditions, Diabetes, Home Health Aides, Chronic Illness, Diabetes Education, Home Health Care, Family Caregiver, Caregivers, Healthy Living News

"Health coaching" is a shift in approach from more prescriptive nursing and towards supporting patients in identifying and achieving their own goals.

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Caregiving, and All That Jazz

Marki Flannery | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Caregiving Advice, Caregiving, Home Care, Music Therapy, Jazz, Home Health Care, Caregivers, Home Health Aide, Good News News

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A jazz singer walks into a senior center...

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The Latest Front In The Battle Over Minimum Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Minimum Wage Increase, Minimum Wage, Home Care, Home Health Care Minimum Wage, Health Care Costs, Home-Health-Care-Workers-Wages, Labor Department, Jobs, Obama Administration, Home Health Care Wages, Minimum Wage Laws, Home Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Business News

In the latest fight against minimum wage laws, home health care companies are lobbying to make sure new measures doesn't raise the wages of its workfo...

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The 10 Best Economically Performing Cities

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Texas, Milken Institute, Business Costs, Job Cuts, Wages, President Obama, San Antonio, Census Data, Jobs, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Job Creation, Home Health Care, Business News

A struggling labor market may be one of the most significant problems currently facing the United States, but some cities are starting to return to pr...

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Obama Proposes Wage Regulations For Home Health Workers, Could Boost Pay Of Many Blacks And Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Obama and Health Care, Obama Can't Wait Initiative, Hilda Solis, Home Health Care, Barack Obama, Black Voices News

President Obama announced new rules today that could offer wage protections and guaranteed overtime to nearly 2 million home health care workers -- n...

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Obama Plan Would Expand Key Worker Protections

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Video, Home Health Care Workers Wages, Home Health Care Workers, Labor Laws, Wage Laws, Elder Care, Home Health Care, Health Care, Minimum Wage Laws, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Workers in the home health care industry – one of the country's fastest growing professions – would be guaranteed minim...

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Tips For Bringing A Loved One Home From The Hospital

Leann Reynolds | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Caregiving, In Home Rehabilitation, Family Caregiving, Healthy Living Body, Family Health Care, Health Care, Hospital Stay, Home Rehabilitation, Home Health Care, Healthy Living News

What can make the difference, as well as lower hospital readmission rates and costs, is to have adequate home care lined up before leaving the hospital in the first place.

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Home Health Care: Navigating Racial And Cultural Differences

Marki Flannery | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Home Health Care, In-Home Care, Health and Cultural Differences, Healthy Living Body, Aging Cultural Sensitivity, Health Care, Home Health Aides, Elderly Care, Aging Gracefully, Healthy Living News

With homebound elders in fragile health and often with a litany of limitations, transcending racial, ethnic and cultural differences does not come easy.

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Strategies For Caring For Someone With Diabetes

Marki Flannery | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Caregiving, Home Health Aide, Healthy Living Body, Diabetes, Diabetes Home Care, Diabetes Care, Home Health Care, Healthy Living News

Living with diabetes -- or caring for someone who is -- is an increasingly common story.

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Cutting Home-Based Care Defies Fiscal and Political Logic

Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Economy, 2010 Election, Affordable Care Act, Jobs, Medicare, Cms, Congress, Chronic Disease Prevention, Home Health Care, Cost Containment, Home News

As policymakers prepare to shift to a post-election mindset, nowhere is there a better opportunity to drive down costs, create jobs and ensure the well being of millions of Americans.

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Franchising Is an Alternative to Unemployment if You Can Get Start-Up Financing

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Self-employment is an alternative to unemployment. Yet, determining what kind of business to start, knowing how much money you will need, and what steps to take can be daunting

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Elder Independence: The Importance of Developing Your Own Personal Health Care Goals

Ilaina Edison | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Personal Health Goals, Living News, Elder Independence, Long Term Home Health Care, Home Health Care, Aging, Healthy Living News

She and her sister discussed goals: They wanted their mother to be comfortable in her final days and surrounded by familiar faces.

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Health Law Cuts The Cost Of Being A Woman

nytimes.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Maternity Coverage, Abortion, Child Care, Sex Descrimination, National Women's Law Center, Gender-Rating, Women's Health, Health Insurance, Health Care, Home-Health Care, Gender Rating, Healthy Living News

Being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. That's the new mantra, repeated triumphantly by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Barbara A. Mi...

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Caring For the Caregiver

Kathryn Haslanger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lonely, Motherhood, Living News, Aging Parent, Family, Mom, Aging, Parenting, Relationships, Caregiver, Baby Boomer, Home Health Care, Caregiving, Care, Family Caregiver, Healthy Living News

While many family caregivers find enormous satisfaction in their duties, most find it extremely challenging emotionally. One of the issues faced by family caregivers is feeling isolated from their former lives.

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Providing Home Care Without Self-Sacrifice

Kathryn Haslanger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Caregiving, Caregiver, Aging, Home Health Care, Family Caregiver, Home Care, Health Advice, Healthy Living News

According to the Family Caregiver Alliance, caregivers report chronic conditions (including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and arthritis) at nearly twice the rate of non-caregivers.

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John McCain Gets Mad On Senate Floor During Health Care Debate (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain Is mad. During Senate debate Saturday over cuts to Medicare home health care spending, Sen. McCain got very worked up. On at least two sep...

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Senate Votes To Cut Medicare Home Health Care Spending

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare Cuts, Blanche Lincoln, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Gop, Medicare Spending, Medicare, Democrats, Health Care, Home Health Care, Senate Health Bill, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Casting health care overhaul as a legacy for the American people and failure as politically unthinkable, President Barack Obama on ...

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