Trendicators – Monitoring the Forces and Trends Shaping the Future of Home Care in America

Stephen Tweed | May 7, 2018 | Research & Trends
"Trendicators" are data points that lead to trends, or patterns of change.  At Leading Home Care, we care constantly monitoring the Forces and Trends shaping the future of home health care, hospice, and private pay in-home care.  This column will bring you the latest Trendicators of interest to CEOs and C-suite leaders in fast growing,…

“Trendicators” are data points that lead to trends, or patterns of change.  At Leading Home Care, we care constantly monitoring the Forces and Trends shaping the future of home health care, hospice, and private pay in-home care.  This column will bring you the latest Trendicators of interest to CEOs and C-suite leaders in fast growing, private pay in-home care companies.

Medicare Advantage (8/8/19)
Caregiver Crisis (5/8/19)
Caregiver Crisis (5/8/19)
Medicare Advantage (5/1/19)
Medicare Advantage (5/1/19)
Private Equity Investment (3.6.19)
Consolidation
Medicare Advantage (1/23/19)
Technology (12/19/18)
Medicare Advantage (12/19/18)
Digital Disruptors (12/5/18)
Medicare Advantage (12/5/18)
Digital Disruptors (11/21/18)
olidation (11/21/18)
Consolidation (11/21/18)
Hospital Readmission Reduction (11/14/18)
Technology – FitBit and Humana (11/14/18)
Joint Ventures (10/24/18)
Medicare Advantage – Senior Helpers (10/24/18)
Dementia Care Roundtable (10/17/18)
Best Buy – Great Call (10/17/18)
Anthem Medicare Advantage (10/3/18)
Joint Ventures (8/15/18)

 

Consolidated Corporations (8/1/18)
Business Growth (7-25-18)
Caregiver Turnover (7-5-18)
Caregiver Shortage and Setting Yourself Apart from Competition (6-21-18)
Digital Disruptors (6-13-18)

Source: The PE Hub Network

Caregiver Shortages (6-6-18)

Department of Labor Suit (5-30-18)
Source: https://www.bna.com/labor-department-sues-n73014476102/

 

Humana at Home (5-16-18)
LHC Group – Almost Family Merger (5-9-18)

 

Join a Mastermind Group

For more in-depth discussion of these and other trends shaping the future of private pay home care, consider becoming a member of a Home Care CEO Mastermind Group.  Leading Home Care and the Home Care CEO forum lead four different mastermind groups.  Each group consists of ten to twelve non-competing companies of similar sized who meet regularly to share ideas, solve problems, and support one another.

Stephen Tweed
Stephen Tweed is among the top Thought Leaders in Home Care today. As an industry researcher, author, and executive coach, he has worked with owners and CEOs of companies in the top 5% of Home Care and is a frequent speaker at Home Care association conferences and corporate meetings across the US and Canada.

Related Posts

The Future of Home Care

October 23, 2025
I've been thinking about the Future of Home Care. I was in Dallas, TX on Monday and Tuesday this week at the Home Care Association of America National Leadership Conference. What a major milestone. There were 850 Home Care providers and suppliers -- the largest attendance every. I remember pretty clearly going back to 2004…

Artificial Intelligence in Home Care

October 9, 2025
I've been thinking about the impact of AI on Home Care. Three things happened this week that have totally shifted my awareness and thinking about Artificial Intelligence. First, I've been reading a new book that was recommended to me called "Reshuffle" by Sangeet Paul Choudary. He's a senior fellow at UC Berkley, and a strategic advisor…

The 2026 Future of Home Care Study.

October 7, 2025
For the past month, I've been working with my friends at AxisCare to refine the survey for the 2026 Future of Home Care Study. This year, we have added some new questions based on last year's data, and we have added a whole new section on AI. This year's study has three major sections; Industry…