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Preparedness Helps Eliminate Entrepreneurial Grief

by | Aug 9, 2016 | Blog

America is known for the creation of entrepreneurs; those business owners that excite neighborhoods and often provide wonderfully arranged and needed services. The care business, from group living to adult day care is no exception. At the same time it is not unusual...

In Residential Program Development; Know Population Facts

by | Feb 24, 2016 | Blog

More and more residential adult day care centers are popping up. This is, in fact a good thing. One of the main priorities for a new center is identifying whom you care to serve. For some it might be a population mix of the mentally ill and the medically fragile...

No Need to Abolish No-Fault; Shift its Focus…

by | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog

For over forty, (40) years the personal injury protection benefits payable under Michigan’s auto no-fault law have been the subject of much discussion. Thousands of personal injury attorneys fight the insurers for more benefits while case managers help...

Equity Financing at Start-Up; A Closer Look

by | Oct 18, 2015 | Blog

Like many businesses, adult day health care programs, special needs child day care and other health oriented business models need money to get started. Equity financing is an option that comes up more often than you might think. Here are a few tips to help you...

Be Careful Allowing Non-Facts to Kill Your Entrepreneurial Fervor

by | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog

Many desire to enter the world of care. Often they feel drawn to it as a result of their nurturing nature. This is commendable considering the number of things that can impact our lives from accident, injury to serious illness. We are “our brother’s...

The Personality Conundrum, “Am I Really a Fit?”

by | Apr 16, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized

Adult day health care programs continue to be the dynamos of community based care. They promote family unity, consistent medical attention and medical stability among its participants. Some question whether or not they may have the right personality mix to operate...

Managing the “Foreigner Conundrum” in Adult Day Health

by | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog

No shortage of seemingly honest-hearted Americans approach our firm about entering the business of adult day health care. Many of them were not born on American soil but feel a yearning to assist in the care of others. Some have watched neighbors struggle with the...

The “Physician-Program” Relationship of Extreme Importance

by | Mar 22, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized

No sane person will now or ever doubt the clinical value of adult day health care programs. Even regulators are seeing the need to expedite licensing and accommodate entrepreneurs who embrace this business model as the best option for longer-term patient...

Participant Sponsorship Campaigns Can Enhance Financial Stability

by | Mar 7, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized

One of the greatest frustrations for adult day care center operations in some areas is the time it takes to get a person Medicaid approved. This means a person needs your services for months before Medicaid approves them and authorizes the reimbursement of services. ...

The Right Equipment Adds to Adult Day Care’s Clinical Edge

by | Mar 7, 2015 | Blog

As more and more adult day health care programs turn their attention to serving the most medically fragile among us with emphasis less on Medicaid dollars and more on reimbursement for rehabilitation and related more comprehensive services, the look of these centers...

To Assume Poor Earnings is Not to Know Adult Day Health Care or Quality Business Management

by | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog

There is nothing negative about compassion driving anyone’s entry into long-term care, especially community based care. The opportunity to help family caregivers manage stress and add to the dignity and safe well-being of the most vulnerable among us is a lofty...

A Group Home Supplement and Alternative Only Adult Day Services can Provide

by | Jan 7, 2015 | Blog

For decades the mentally ill and those with developmental disabilities have lived in residential care settings known as adult foster care or similar designations. Let’s be clear these homes have served a valuable purpose. In some cases the residents have been...

Should Contracts Be Needed to Respond to Needs of Veterans?

by | Jan 6, 2015 | Blog

All of us are thrilled that the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pays for community based services for disabled veterans. Adult day services are among those benefits. Click Here for a breakdown of community based care services the VA reimburses and how...

Professional Activity Sessions add Real “Professionalism” to Adult Day Programs

by | Dec 21, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized

If you were to ask families what impresses them most about an adult day center’s offerings the responses might be varied. But one guarantee is that most if not all will be concerned about the level of activity available in the center. If they perceive that...

Use the Buddy System to Promote Meaningful Activity Sessions

by | Aug 12, 2014 | Blog, Training

There is no shortage of those in adult day care who prefer just to be left alone. Some would prefer to use the day for naps. The late Oscar Edwards pictured here preferred to spend his time occupying his own mind and was offended if you tried to interrupt his...

Adult Day Care and Assisted Living Providers Must Not See an Enemy Across the Table

by | Jun 28, 2014 | Blog, Managing Relationships

Adult day care centers are true beacons of quality community based care. Small-scale and even larger assisted living programs also make meaningful contributions to care along the continuum. Due to the fact that both of these business models have evolved there are...

Fox Chase Open House, the Gateway to Powerful things to Come

by | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog, Uncategorized

Fox Chase Adult Day Care, Inc. has a special commitment to its community. While its management respects the need to earn, their first and foremost concern is serving their community and that always transfers to something special. Follow them on Facebook…....