Vision | The Care Leaders' Podcast

Jessica Nobles, Founder of Nobility Care Solutions and Executive Administrator of Home Care Ops is here to share how to validate and give a voice to your caregivers, the importance of an EVP and what the hierarchy structure looks like for her care team. 

Jake Rankin, the Founder and CEO of Talem Home Care & Placement Services out of Broomfield, Colorado addresses the top questions home care providers are asking, including:  Getting caregivers to show up for interviews Progressing referral sources that say they're working with another agency What's working in terms of digital communication with referral sources Best use of marketing d...

Howard Stein, Owner of Home Helpers in Monmouth County, NJ started his agency in February 2020 — here's what he experienced jumping into the industry, hiring his first employees and operating an agency amidst a pandemic. 

Aaron Marcum, Founder of Home Care Pulse is here to talk about starting his own agency in 2001, how his experience led him to found Home Care Pulse and why measuring client/caregiver satisfaction will improve the external care you provide and internal culture you create. 

Kamran Nasser, Founder and CEO of NuevaCare in San Mateo, California is here to tell us how he built the #3 fastest-growing private company in Silicon Valley back in 2017. He ran NuevaCare very successfully for just 4 years before he sold it — here's the story. 

NYSHCP, President Kathy Febraio has developed and secured funding for a peer-to-peer mentorship program for home care workers in the state of New York. They’re four months into a year-long program, working with 6 home care agencies in upstate NY and NYC. Kathy’s here to discuss how she developed the program, the results so far and what they hope to accomplish over the next 6 months. 

Dakota Aitken, now Branch Director at Home Helpers in Cour d'Alene, Idaho first started as a caregiver to make some extra cash before and during his time at the University. He quickly developed compassion and a love for the industry, which led him to his current role – here's his story. 

Sandi McCann, Founder and CEO of Home Care of the Rockies in Boulder County, Colorado talks about building The HomeCare 100 — a 100-hour caregiver training program custom to her agency. She'll unload why they built a custom program, how they pulled it all together, what's included in the 100-hours and what recruitment and retention results have derived from this exceptional training prog...

Gregg Mazza, Founder and CEO of Home Care Breakthrough Solutions is here to talk about the big three challenges impacting the industry: staffing, meeting new client demand and holding your entire team accountable. From growing his own agency to $5M+ to consulting with hundreds of home care providers, he's got a solid understanding of these challenges and new ideas to tackle them in the presen...

David Ellenwood, Founder of Sunny Days in Home Care is here with his son-in-law John Bennett, now the current CEO, to talk about why they started a home care agency and how they've grown it to $14M+ as one of the fastest growing family-owned businesses in Pittsburgh. 

Guy Tommasi, Owner of LIFETIME Care at Home is known as the data guru of the industry and he's here to tell us about value-based care, 4 data pillars to focus on and how his agency has managed to stand out from 600+ agencies in CT when it comes to getting referrals. 

Emilie Bartolucci, Executive Director of Private Duty Home Care at NAHC is here to talk about her journey to the home care industry and why that's led her to pursue a doctrate in organizational leadership. She's focusing her dissertation on the caregiver experience and the motivating factors that keep caregivers in the industry. Here's what she has learned.

CEO, Neal Kursban and VP of Caregiver Services, Jen Sussman are here to talk about company culture being the foundation of recruitment, how to increase caregiver referrals from current staff and how to decrease your "no-show" rate for caregiver interviews. 

Adam Robinson, CEO of Hireology explains why 'jobs are products' as he breaks down top producing job sites, communication with applicants, recruitment strategies that drive ROI and recruitment technology trends to watch out for in 2021.

Andrea Cohen, Founder & CEO of HouseWorks talks about competing with unemployment, which tech tools and platforms are bringing applicants, and how to optimize and set goals that result in new hires. 

Brian Petranick, CEO of international home care organization, Right at Home discusses why the consumers mindset has changed, why your agency is more agile than ever, which workplace adaptations are most beneficial and what opportunities you need to capitilize on now.   

“It is absolutely going to be a challenge to get all this done,” says Vicki Hoak, Executive Director of the HCAOA. On this episode of Vision, Miriam and Vicki talk about the launch of 2 new Committees formed by the HCAOA, where the industry is heading over the next 12 months and what you can expect at the HCAOA’s Annual Leadership Conference. 

Steve "The Hurricane" is here to talk about agency owners biggest challenges with recruitment/retention, sales/marketing and increasing existing revenue streams. He'll share a few of his professional coaching tips that can increase revenue, decrease turnover and boost your team's morale. 

Nick Mecham and Garth Crane are Customer Success Managers at Home Care Pulse. Every day they consult with home care agency owners about best practices to grow their business. In the course of their time at Home Care Pulse combined they’ve consulted with over 4,000 agencies. Today, they’re here to tell us about the top 7 habits they’ve learned from highly effective home care owners. 

Michael Ferraina, CEO of JEVS Care at Home breaks down how to build a lasting culture, how you communicate and implement culture and why orienting your business around company culture will make the greatest difference to your quality of care. 

Merrily Orsini, Founder and CEO of corecubed, dives into the current landscape of all things home care sales and marketing. She'll cover how salespeople can get creative to stay engaged with referral sources and why agencies need to fine tune their digital marketing strategies to increase exposure and draw in new business.

John Bradshaw's, CEO of Georgetown Home Care made the decision to take COVID-positive patients and he's here to tell us his story. We'll talk through his realization point, what his agency needed (PPE, training, resources) to take those patients and most importantly how he got his aides on board with this new game plan. 

On this episode of Vision, Brandi Kurtyka will dive into how labor trends are continuing to evolve as we move forward, what the hiring landscape will look like if this recession becomes long-term and what areas of opportunity there are for agencies hiring right now. 

Stephen Tweed has been in home care for several economic downturns, including the Great Recession and he's joining us to talk about what he's learned from past economic downturns and what insight that will give agency owners navigating current challenges. 

Al Cardillo is one of the brightest minds in home care and currently serves as the President of the Home Care Association of New York State. Al's here to talk about the current state of home care in NY, what the support of PPE supplies looks like with resurges happening, what the fiscal and financial landscape looks like and what the major opportunities are out there for providers right now.