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How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.

Roni Caryn Rabin

March 22, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York

Doctors across the U.S. are mobilizing to distribute Covid vaccines to those who are homebound and likely vulnerable to the coronavirus. Although efforts are still early, in New York, one hospital's house calls program plans to "vaccinate 100 patients a week over the next 10 weeks."

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Innovation, bonuses may help curb Michigan's home health care shortage

Ted Roelofs

February 05, 2021 |

Bridge Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, New York

A home health care agency in New York has "become a nationwide model" for hiring and retaining home health aids. Crucial to the program's success is a series of incentives offered to employees such as "subsidies to pay for college courses and career advancement," continuous training, guaranteed hours, and insurance. Although the implementation of this program may not be financially feasible in other areas, it has created a noticeable loyal workforce for the industry.

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The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe chase down a virus

Kalen Goodluck

August 28, 2020 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

The White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation are using contact tracing to not just slow the spread of coronavirus but to "completely contain" it in their communities, and they are already seeing success from their aggressive efforts. The tribes originally had some of the highest numbers of cases, but according to a local epidemiologist and physician at Whiteriver Indian Hospital, they have now “seen a significant decline in cases on the reservation at the same time that things were on fire for the rest of the state."

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Pandemic pushes expansion of 'hospital-at-home' treatment

Linda A. Johnson

August 20, 2020 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Although offering at-home care has been a practice for some time, the coronavirus pandemic has helped prompt more health insurance companies to allow health care workers to implement the practice at a larger scale. Treating patients in their homes doesn't just reduce the caseload for doctors in hospitals but also has been shown to have positive effects on the patient's overall health and well-being. Since the change in health insurance police, "interest in the programs has skyrocketed."

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Program helps New York home health agency face coronavirus challenges in real time

Katie Sullivan Borrelli

June 30, 2020 |

Press & Sun-Bulletin |

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Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

A change in communication policies and outreach procedures has helped the UR Medicine Home Care program retain employees during the coronavirus pandemic, despite increasingly difficult work conditions. Part of this effort has included leaders from the program committing to daily check-ins with staff members to discuss work and personal concerns and then addressing those concerns through actions such as implementing child care options.

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Cooperative Connection Gets PPE from Appalachia to the Bronx

Oscar Perry Abello

May 05, 2020 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States

A home health care cooperative, based in NY, turned to a worker-owned cut and sew cooperative, based in NC, to produce masks for their employees when they were unable to source them elsewhere. The cost of masks and gloves became too high for Cooperative Home Care Associates, the largest worker-owned cooperative in the country. And hospitals and nursing homes were first in line for government assistance securing PPE. The textile cooperative has sent 500 more affordable and reusable masks a week for the home health workers and hopes to double that to 1000 per week soon.

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As pandemic continues, community nursing effort looks to grow in the Upper Valley

Nora Doyle-Burr

April 25, 2020 |

Valley News |

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Response Location: United States, Lebanon, Connecticut

In the New England region of the U.S., community nurses are working to fill a void in health care during the coronavirus pandemic for those who may require medical attention but do not need hospital care. As described by the co-director of the Upper Valley Community Nursing Project, "the last thing the health care system needs right now is a lot of people in the emergency room because there have been complications of their chronic diseases, or they’ve fallen or they have problems with their medications."

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Fixing the caregiver shortage: Why these health aides are twice as likely to stay on the job

Katie Sullivan Borrelli

December 18, 2019 |

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A partnership between a nonprofit health organization and a community health service program has helped provide enhanced training and more robust mentorship opportunities for home health aids in the New York City area. Results show that those who are a part of the program, many of whom are women and people of color, are more likely to stay in the profession due to the "program's focus on supporting them and helping to frame their work as a long-term career."

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This unique program is helping people who care for their loved ones with dementia and more

Meaghan M. McDermott

December 05, 2019 |

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

A Chicago-based program called Caring Together, Living Better is aiming to increase support to family members acting as caregivers for the elderly in their lives by providing resources directly in their churches. Focused primarily on minority communities, this creative collaboration uses trained volunteers to provide resources to those in attendance.

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Bringing Pro-Worker Home Care Practices from the Bronx to the Pacific Northwest and Beyond

Oscar Perry Abello

October 09, 2019 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Washington

Worker cooperatives offer a scalable model through which to ensure and protect the rights of home care workers. The Home Care Workers Purpose Trust, started by the Bronx-based Cooperative Home Care Associates, brings the worker co-op model to other home care programs across the country. The group, which partners with multiple worker advocacy organizations, most recently began a joint venture to serve southern Washington state.

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