Podcasts

As we enter 2023, it is an opportunity to consider a different approach to prevent caregiver burnout. The “solution” has historically been vaguely addressed as an individual responsibility rather than an organizational or systemic problem. In this episode we welcomed RN Clinical Educator and Nurse Consultant, Lourdes Wiley, from Amity Healthcare Group LLC, who discussed…

Training home care agency care workers fast and well is the key to delivering the care we would want our loved ones to receive. We sat down with caregiver education and training experts from one of our partners, Nevvon, Allan Levine (SVP of Growth and Revenue) and James Cohen (CEO), to talk about how agencies…

With a healthy dose of inspiration, as we approach the end of 2022, we welcomed who we’d put in the running for “most interesting man in home care”, Jeff Salter founder and CEO of Caring Senior Service. Last year, Jeff launched a nonprofit foundation called “Close the Gap in Senior Care” to bring awareness to…

Growth is a top priority among home care providers, even during difficult economic times. Providers are making significant strides in positioning home-based care as an essential component of the broader health care continuum, but there still is a way to go. On Oct 4th, 2022, Home Health Care News, in partnership with AlayaCare, hosted a…

Kevin Mistry, VP of Sales at Caribou, shares how incentive programs can be the key to help caregivers shape their behaviour and help curb the challenge of caregiver recruitment and retention. He discusses how rewarding behaviours with performance-based rewards can lead to bigger outcomes down the line for agencies. “For every dollar you put into…

Recruiting the best caregivers can be a challenge when the demand for care workers is so high in the home care industry. According to our 2022 report with HHCN on recruitment and retention, 61% of participants reported that their agency increased recruiting efforts. In this episode, we sit down with Mike McSherry, Director of Strategic…

Home Care is on the rise across the globe but how much do families actually know about what home care can offer? We sat down with Craig Gear, CEO of Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN), which delivers information, education and individual advocacy services to older folks throughout Australia. From education services to webinars, OPAN helps…

Through a survey on LinkedIn, we found that 57% of caregiver turnover comes in the first 90 days on the job.

In this episode we welcome Alex Green, founder of Radfield Home Care UK one of the fastest growing home care franchises in the UK. Alex describes how Radfield developed their very own home care franchise aptitude test to assess whether home care franchising is right for your organization, and how home care organizations can build…

Home Care franchises are a growing industry and experts don’t see the expansion slowing down anytime soon! So, what makes the home care franchise industry so successful?