Alternative home care employment models: From workforce sharing to self-directing strategies

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Lucas O'Connell, VP of Operations at AssuranceSD (an Applied Self-Direction member). Francesca Rinaldo, head of clinical strategy for home care at Sharecare, and Christina Andrews, senior director of professional services at Axxess. O'Connell explains it's important to self-direction to note that many of those caregivers did not see themselves as caregivers. They see friends or community members who they’d like to help out with. In terms of the professional caregiver concept, they take to it. You find that the caregiver workforce grows and expands organically as a result.