Home Care Heroes Blog

What should home care, day services & disability services know about AI

There's lots of talk these days about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Here's what folks who care for older and disabled people need to know.

EVV for Nursing - How to comply when your EMR vendor doesn't support it

Home healthcare agencies nationwide are being mandated to implement Electronic Visit Verification (EVV). This article explains how to get it done, whether or not your Home Health Electronic Medical Re[...]

Starting a Home Care Agency can cost $80K and Home Health $350K

Expert home care consultant and our good friend Ginny Kenyon focuses on helping home care entrepreneurs get their businesses successfully off the ground. This blog post, written by Ginny, explains the[...]

The Essential Checklist for a Healthy Homecare Agency Start Up

When you're ready to start your agency, sign up for the Home Care Agency Launch Kit for free (for a limited time)

10 Steps to Starting a Non-Medical Home Care Agency

How Much Do Home Care, Assisted Living, & Nursing Home Care Cost?

An updated study published by MetLife shares the 2010 costs for various elder care options. Here's the bottom line:

Technology to Help Folks with Dementia via Aging and Health Technology Watch

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Laurie Orlov who is an industry consultant and recognized expert on technology for aging in place. I've had the opportunity to meet Laurie a number of times [...]

Accessibility Enhancement for your Home Care Website

Our home care agency websites are important communication and marketing tools for our agencies. They give us a chance to share our stories, explain why we started our agencies, tell our potential clie[...]

Home Care Lessons for Social Isolation

Living in social isolation has been a tough adjustment for most of us in this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another way of looking at the situation is that we're all living in a home ca[...]

Practical COVID-19 Tips for Working from Home

For Ankota's customers and other users of other home care software working remotely due to the effects of COVID-19, here are a few tips, suggestions, and Best Practices to help make the transition fro[...]

6 Technology Trends that Benefit Older Adults and Caregivers

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Laurie Orlov who is an industry consultant and recognized expert on technology for aging in place. I've had the opportunity to meet Laurie a number of times [...]

3 Thoughts on the State of Health Tech via Aging In Place Technology Watch

I have a lot of respect and admiration for Laurie Orlov who is an industry consultant and recognized expert on technology for aging in place. I've had the opportunity to meet Laurie a number of times [...]