Fall 2018

2 HCAOA The Voice Executive Corner 3 Amplifying the Voice of Home Care Member News 4 Experience the Nation’s Capital at the 2018 Annual Leadership Conference! 6 Exploring Washington, DC 8 Faces of Caregiving: Tell Us About Your Exceptional Caregiver Today! 10 HCAOAWebinars 11 HCAOA Meetings 12 HCAOA Chapter Highlights Feature Article 14 Fall Prevention Awareness Week Public Policy 18 DOL Issues Guidance on Classification of Home Care Workers 20 NY Moratorium Law Includes Provision to Establish a Public Need Methodology for Licensed Home Care Services BOARD OF DIRECTORS Peter Ross, President Senior Helpers Julianne Roth, Secretary Companions for Living Michael Juceam, Treasurer Right at Home—Sarasota Gale Bohling, Legislative Chair ResCare HomeCare Matt Boever, Member At-Large Home Instead Senior Care Emma Dickison, Member At-Large Home Helpers Chani Feldman, Member At-Large Maxim Health Thomas Gilday, Member At-Large BrightStar Care Steve Greenbaum, Member At-Large ComForCare Home Care Carl McManus, Member At-Large Comfort Keepers Martin Miller, Member At-Large Coastal Home Care Bob Roth, Member At-Large Cypress HomeCare Solutions Julie Smith, Member At-Large Homewatch Caregivers International Dave Totaro, Member At-Large BAYADA Home Health Care Jeff Wiberg, Member At-Large Family Home Care HCAOA STAFF Phil Bongiorno Executive Director Andrea Liford-Martinez Manager, Meetings & Education Nataly Schwartz Manager, Chapter Services Kayla Dottery Coordinator, Marketing and Communications Anita Douglas Manager, Membership Services ADVERTISING & DESIGN LLM Publications 800-647-1511 www.llmpubs.com Design & Layout Spencer Seastrom Sales Representative Matthew Smith 503-445-2223 matthew@llmpubs.com CONTACT INFORMATION Home Care Association of America 444 N. Capitol Street NW, Suite 397 Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 800-22-HCAOA Email: info@hcaoa.org Website: www.hcaoa.org Mission, Vision, Purpose & Guiding Principles The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is the nation’s first association for providers of private duty home care. HCAOA was founded on the principle that quality private duty home care has one model of care and that model is to employ, train, monitor and supervise caregivers, create a plan of care for the client and work toward a safe and secure environment for the person at home. HCAOA Mission – The Home Care Association of America enhances the strength and professionalism of private duty home care providers through education and best practices. HCAOAVision – Leading the industry that cares for people at home through advocacy and education. HCAOA Purpose – To provide leadership, representation and education for the advancement of non-medical private duty home care and provide a strong unified voice to speak to the issues of concern within the private duty home care industry. HCAOA Guiding Principles – Associations that have guiding principles use them to help determine how the association will conduct its business, assist in determining policy and positions, and in providing direction. While the mission and vision of the Home Care Association of America are the main tools for determining strategy and direction, these guiding principles complement that mission and vision. We believe that people should be able to age safely in place at home to the extent possible according to their desires and permitted by their resources. We will champion measures at both the federal and state levels that promote home care quality and affordability. Appropriateness of care and client protection is best provided in an employee based model.