Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine
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Last year the Health Care Financing Administration announced an exciting program: the HCFA Home Health Initiative, which provided the home care industry an opportunity to contribute to changes in the way Medicare operates. For a year the Initiative pushed forward with goals and meetings. The newly elected members of Congress, however, have revealed many plans for cutting back on spending as well as government regulation. What does that mean for the Initiative and the Medicare home health benefit?
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One home care nurse went beyond the expected during the floods of the Midwest by taking her charge to her home to care for him there.
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Biography Historical Article
Caregiver of the Year award. Long-overdue recognition for lay caregivers.
One home care agency has established an award to honor those caregivers who contribute so much to home care yet are often overlooked: ordinary people who give their time and dedication to family members and neighbors who need them.
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The East Coast experienced a debilitating storm just before Christmas 1992. Nurses went above and beyond the call of duty to care for their community; from their exemplary work, one agency developed a policy to prepare the entire community so that the next disaster won't be a disaster.