Why Choosing Home Isn’t a Zero-Sum Game
Elevate Eldercare
English - September 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBEntrepreneurship Business Society & Culture cfi snf agingservices assistedliving culturechange eldercare greenhouseproject longtermcare nasem nursinghomes Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
As the CEO of National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Bill Dombi is a prominent supporter of the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 – a piece of federal legislation that would expand Medicare coverage of in-home health care services.
Addressing the relative lack of home care alternatives to nursing facilities has become a rallying cry for lawmakers and advocates alike in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But even Dombi, whose organization represents a variety of home-based care providers, believes that true reform will only happen with a comprehensive approach that both bolsters home care options and revolutionizes the traditional nursing home.
Instead of looking at home health expansion as a threat, Dombi asserts, operators of nursing homes and other communal settings should see spectrum-wide reform as a significant opportunity – to provide better care for elders, to support and develop a stronger and more durable caregiving workforce, and to invest in the health of their businesses throughout the ever-changing pandemic landscape.
Learn more about the Choose Home bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2562?s=1&r=5
Learn more about the National Association for Home Care and Hospice: https://www.nahc.org/
Show notes/call to action: Learn more about The Green House Project: www.thegreenhouseproject.org