Home Care Heroes Blog

Discussing the Future of Home Care on the Futurized Podcast with Ankota CEO Ken Accardi

By Jed Hammel | on 31, Jul 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

What do you predict for the future of home care?

Build Loyalty, Longevity, And A Positive Corporate Culture Within Your Agency: 5 Steps To Become A Successful Learning Organization

By Jeremy Hammel | on 02, Jun 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Ginny Kenyon

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 so[...]

4 Things To Check When Updating Care Plans and Authorizations

By Jed Hammel | on 28, May 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies

Here's another blog entry from Kristy (who works on the Ankota technical support team) on ways to fix technical issues when updating Care Plans and Authorizations before they can happen:

5 Technology Blogs via Aging and Health Technology Watch

By Jed Hammel | on 21, May 2020 | 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 [...]

New Home Care Resource Website Launched

By Jed Hammel | on 14, May 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

At the end of last year, the Ankota team decided to make 2020 a year for us about building community throughout the various segments of the home care industry.

3 Ways to Engage Millennials Employees at Your Home Care Agency

By Jeremy Hammel | on 12, May 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Ginny Kenyon home care technologies

3 Ways to Motivate and Encourage Seniors

By Jeremy Hammel | on 07, May 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices

Guest blogger, Cassidy Aston, is a health advocate who translates his advocacy through his writeups. His writing mainly focuses on promoting the best healthcare practices to help the elderly and peopl[...]

Insights on Home Care in the era of COVID-19 from Elizabeth E Hogue, Esq.

By Jed Hammel | on 05, May 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies

We're on the email list for attorney Elizabeth E Hogue, Esq. who focuses on Home Care. Elizabeth keeps us informed on all types of legal matters related to the home care industry. This recent article[...]

4 Reasons Home Care Agencies Should Build Community

By Jed Hammel | on 30, Apr 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices inbound marketing home care technologies private duty

The word "community" is used often these days in business, marketing, politics, social media, and beyond.

4 Tips for Receiving Efficient Technical Support

By Jed Hammel | on 28, Apr 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices home care technologies private duty

I feel it's fair to say that most folks don't generally look forward to calling technical support for an issue they're having with a product or service they use...maybe it's just me, but I feel that i[...]

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

By Ken Accardi | on 23, Apr 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices Aging in Place Technology laurie orlov home care technologies

COVID-19 Resources via NAHC & Home Care Pulse

By Jed Hammel | on 21, Apr 2020 | Private Duty Agency Software Home Care Best Practices private duty

I came across two separate sets of COVID-19 resources from Home Care Pulse as well as National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) that include a long list of resources/links and a COVID-19 pre[...]