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Home Care Insight Has Retired

Well, not retired exactly, but moved. Home Care Insight is now part of the Family Resource Home Care website. Please visit at www.familyresourcehomecare.com/blog Thank you, David Lawrence[ READ MORE ]

The Blessings of Grief

Just as we have the opportunity to choose how we respond to the circumstances of our lives, sometimes, for some of us, we will also have the opportunity to choose how to respond to our own illlnesses and death. My own parents, and my in-laws are each examples of different types of responses. [ READ MORE ]

Home Care Grows Up

Family Resource Home Care started in 1996 and today is one of the oldest home care agencies in the greater Seattle area. Just as we have continued to grow and adapt to demographic and regulatory changes, so too has the home care industry. The number of agencies providing in-home services is increasing and we are seeing the adoption of best practises in such areas as hiring, training and overall management. Home care is growing up. [ READ MORE ]

FTC Goes After Referral/Placement Agencies

Across the country, referral-placement agencies are operating under deceptive practices by pocketing fees from long-term care facilities that they don't check out but recommend to seniors needing long-term care. The Federal Trade Commisson (FTC) is now cracking down and recently cited two online placement agencies for misrepresnting their services[ READ MORE ]

Home Care Agencies See a Need for Geriatric Care Management

Clients and families of home care agencies often need more than daily caregiving services. Families may have questions about emotional, financial, health, life style, and care issues related to the challenges of aging and we have found that these questions are best addressed from a framework of geriatric care management. [ READ MORE ]

Another Honor: “National Caregiver of the Year” Award goes to FRHC Caregiver

Family Resource caregiver Lito Gimenez, honored with the National Private Duty Association (NPDA) “Caregiver of the Year” award[ READ MORE ]

Keep on Learning with the Certificate in Gerontology Program at the University of Washington

David Lawrence recommends the University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education (UW PCE) Gerontology Program. [ READ MORE ]

Implementing Initiative 1163: New Continuing Education Requirements

With the passage of I-1163, all long-term caregivers (LTC) are now required to obtain 12 hours of continuing education (CE) credits each year. The new law went into effect on July 1, 2012. DSHS must first approve all classes and there is a backlog of proposed classes waiting for state approval. [ READ MORE ]

Implementing Initiative 1163: An update on the new Home Care Aide training, testing, and certification law

On January 7, 2012, Initiative 1163 went into effect requiring most long-term care (LTC) workers to receive additional training and become certified as a home care aide (HCA). Many were exempt from the new law because they worked in LTC in 2011. New hires are non-exempt and are increasingly seeking HCA training[ READ MORE ]

The Voice of Private Duty

FRHC began in 1996 and is one of the oldest private duty home care agencies in the state. Our profession, and the way we provide services, is new. It is up to us to shape public opinion. WAPDA, the Washington Private Duty Association, helps us to speak in one voice and shape the perception of what we do. This is key as in the next 10 years, the number of seniors needing care will explode and home care is expected to become one of the leading sources of new jobs. [ READ MORE ]