Issue #65 June 24, 2015

The Path to $15 Per Hour

for Caregivers

By Stephen Tweed

How will the movement around the country to increase the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour affect the home care industry? What do you need to be paying attention to as a home care leader and business owner?

We've seen a number of reports from around the country about efforts to increase the minimum wage. The first place this shift actually happened was in Seattle, WA where a new ordinance raises the minimum wage to $15.00 by January 1, 2017.

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The Future of Home Health Care: Advanced Chronic Disease Online Aide Education

By Ginny Kenyon

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 86% of U.S. health care expenditures are spent on the treatment of chronic diseases. This fact has led to a new emphasis in the home health care industry on providing high-quality, well informed care to those suffering from these diseases. In fact, the future of home health care should be directed to providing specialized care for clients with common chronic conditions like CHF, COPD, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, and chronic hypertension.

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