Help Choose Home

Join Matt Hughes, Vice President of Business Development for the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) as he discusses the role that accreditation plays in the industry and how that affects consumers who are looking to choose home care. ACHC is a nonprofit accreditation organization that has stood as a symbol of quality and excellence since 1986. ACHC has CMS Deeming Authority for Home Health, Hospice, and DMEPOS and a quality management system that is ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Cathy Cress. MSW, talks about how using a geriatric care manager can make care easier as an aging life care professional can assist with difficult care decisions. Should mom and dad remain at home? Move elsewhere? What kinds of options are available? A teacher, a communicator and a caring family member, Cathy shares professional and personal stories to help others choose home.

David Totaro, as Chief Governmental Affairs Officer for Bayada Home Health Care, also serves as Chair of the Partnership for Medicaid Home Based Care. He is active all across the United States in advocating at the state and local level to gain awareness and support for healthcare at home.

Dr. Warren Hebert is a long time nurse in home care, who now runs an association for healthcare at home in Louisiana and also teaches at Loyola University. His insights into providing care in the home setting are invaluable.

Helping choose home when a care need arises depends on the care that is possible to receive in the home. Jennifer Gibson is a seasoned home care nurse who loves her job and helps explain about home care to a consumer audience.