Question

Home Health Care Agencies provide a needed service and help clients to stay in their own homes. "Recruiting and retaining qualified workers has long been a challenge in the home care industry, especially as demand rises with America's aging population. Most estimate put the industry's turnover rate somewhere between 40% and 67%" and "all signs point to the labor crunch persisting (or worsening) in 2019."  

You are as leader with direct responsibility for hiring and retaining quality home health care workers, discuss how you will address this issue and create a plan for hiring and retaining quality workers. What type of attributes will you require for your home health care workers?

Thank you!!

Answer 1

ANSWER :

HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES : Home health care agencies are those which include skilled nursing care services, speech, occupational, physical therapies provided by health skilled medical professionals. It also includes skilled medical care and non skilled medical care assistance with a high qualified home health team. These agencies are unique in providing health care services at home settings, which is of low cost, easy and convenient, effective care which is provided by a skilled professionals in a hospital.

PLAN FOR HIRING HOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS :

1. Find a responsible trust worthy care giving worker, who can work beyond the limits

2. Before hiring the workers prescreen of their background, education, qualification, experiences have to be checked

3. Focus on the highly qualified workers with higher level of experiences

4. Inquire about workers either they are eligible for the post or not

5. Back up plan should be ready, if workers are not eligible for the assigned post, so hiring for second person should be needed in emergency

6. Screening the workers work level before hiring

7. Explain legal authorities of the agency to the workers and make a contract bond signed by them

8. Hours of work to be explained in detail to prevent part time workers

9.Age preferences to be checked for the job

10. Salary packages should be informed and be sure in income matters

11. Agency policies, rules and regulations, registration form filling, documenting of identity proof of workers is essential on hiring process.