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Ken Accardi

Ken is the founder and CEO of Ankota, a company that helps any organization that helps older or disabled people live independently in their home of choice. Having grown up with a disability and a passion for healthcare, this is Ken's mission

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5 Insights for Retaining Home Care Caregivers via Marketer Steve

By | on 15, Apr 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

I came across an insightful blog article from home care marketing expert, Steve "The Hurricane" and his home care sales & marketing training company, Hurricane Marketing Enterprises. As this artic[...]

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Home Care 101: Rounding Home Care Visits for Billing and Payroll

By | on 11, Apr 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

In the era of Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) we get accurate times of arrival and departure for our home care visits. Whether the caregiver clocks in and out with voice telephony, on a mobile app[...]

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6 Questions About Non-Medical Home Care Startups

By | on 09, Apr 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

I came across a great video from home care startup consultant, Michelle Lee Ellis, who is also known as Coach Michelle. She shares a number of helpful insights, examples, and advice for folks consider[...]

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Home Care Software Geek Explains Artificial Intelligence

By | on 04, Apr 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care software geek home care technologies private duty

Posts by Home Care Software Geek in this blog don't talk about Home Care Nursing Software, Private Duty Telephony, DME Delivery Software, Care Transitions or the other topics we focus on regularly at [...]

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Home Care 101: Travel Miles & Errand Calculations

By | on 02, Apr 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

One of the tricky parts of a home care software implementation is making sure that the software vendor understands how you deal will travel related compensation to your caregivers and travel related c[...]

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What Does “Care Plan” Mean in Home Care?

By | on 28, Mar 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

Home care is a broad industry encompassing nursing care, non-medical care that enables individuals to stay in their own homes, therapies like PT, OT and Speech Therapy, Meals on Wheels, Home Medical E[...]

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4 Home Care Insights from Aging in Place Technology Watch

By | on 26, Mar 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Aging in Place Technology laurie orlov home care technologies

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 [...]

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Being Mortal: Why Do We Die? Home Care Online Book Club

By | on 21, Mar 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

The following article is part of our online book club series that kicked off with this article here, entitled, "Announcing Ankota's Online Home Care Book Club." Click the link to start from the beginn[...]

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4 Questions to Streamline Your Home Care Policy & Procedure Manual

By | on 20, Mar 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies

One of the industry experts I learn from every time we speak is Ginny Kenyon, principal at Kenyon Home Care Consulting. Ginny helps open home care agencies and has given Ankota great inputs on our sof[...]

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4 Strategies from AARP to Help Older Adults Accept Caregiving Support

By | on 07, Mar 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

I came across an article from AARP online entitled, "Helping Older Adults Accept Caregiving Support at Home" that I feel would be helpful and interesting to our readers.

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5 Criteria Caregivers Look for in a Job According to Home Care Pulse

By | on 06, Mar 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

A recent article from Home Care Pulse, entitled, "What Do Caregivers Look for in a Job?", shares 5 findings on this topic drawn from their comprehensive industry survey.

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Announcing Ankota's Online Home Care Book Club

By | on 27, Feb 2019 |   Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty home care book club

We are excited to share that Ankota has launched the Home Care Book Club (click previous link to join) on Goodreads.com! Our Home Care Book Club was created so folks in the home care industry can conn[...]

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