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April 3, 2023
Home Health Care News - Home care company leaders are increasingly being challenged to find creative ways to solve some of the sector’s most persistent issues, while looking to thrive in a space that has more eyes on it than ever.
One thing that is on the mind of most home care CEOs is the way they’ve seen billing rates change over the past year or two.
February 3, 2023
McKnights Home Care - Best of Care CEO Kevin Smith is charting a much different course for the home care firm than his father who founded it 42 years ago. The family-owned firm based in Quincy, MA, provides personal care services throughout much of Massachusetts.
Recently the company announced the acquisition of Moving Mentor, a move management and consulting firm that specializes in helping families relocate older loved ones. It’s the second acquisition in five years for Best of Care. In 2018, the company acquired care management firm TuckedIn Elder Care.
January 19, 2023
Expanded services help older adults and their families reduce moving stress.
QUINCY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Supporting the move of an older family member from their beloved long-term home can be one of the most anxiety-ridden events a family will experience, especially when a variety of services must follow the person.
August 20, 2021
New York - CNN Business — At Kevin Smith’s home health care agency in Massachusetts, only 52% of his 400 staff members have been vaccinated. He’d like to order them all to get the shot, but he says he can’t risk a mass exodus.
It’s a legitimate fear. The labor market is very tight, with a record number of job openings and not enough job candidates.
August 11, 2021
Shirley Leung Globe Columnist - Kevin Smith didn’t think it would be this hard, convincing all of his workers to get vaccinated.
Since January, he has been on a mission, giving people paid time off just to learn about COVID-19 vaccines and organizing pop-up clinics where workers can get shots. But Smith, chief executive of Best of Care, a Quincy-based home-health provider, can’t seem to move the needle much further beyond getting 52 percent of his 329 aides vaccinated.
July 20, 2021
The New York Times - The sharp rebound in hiring, especially in service industries, is widening opportunities and prompting employers to compete on pay.
September 16, 2018
ACCRA, Ghana - It had been 12 years since Rita Sarpong went home to Ghana. She'd missed siblings' weddings, the births of nieces and nephews, even the death of her father, sacrificing time with her own family so that she could help frail, aging Americans stay at home with theirs.
December 27, 2017
MILTON -- Family-owned home care agency Best of Care Inc. of Quincy has been selected by independent senior living community Fuller Village as its preferred provider of private-pay home care services to Fuller Village residents.
The agency began providing services at Fuller Village on Dec. 18, 2017.