Category Archives: Wage Order 15

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Affordable Care Act and Home Care

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Each year, Support For Home In-Home Care participates in the Private Duty Benchmarking Study, conducted by Home Care Pulse. These studies cover a wide range of topics and are quite valuable to home care agencies – and to the clients … Continue reading

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California Caregiver Laws, A Followup


As noted in prior posts, as a home care company in California, until January 1, 2014, Support For Home employees were able to work as many hours as they wished, without incurring overtime. he obvious question is, “Why was that … Continue reading

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“What Were They Thinking?”


In my last post, I talked about a round of in-service training we are doing at Support For Home In-Home Care, meeting with our Home Care Aides on a variety of topics, including home safety and teamwork with home health … Continue reading

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Employees Smarter Than Legislators

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Last night was the first of this year’s fall in-service training for Support For Home‘s employee caregivers here in California. We covered a number of topics, one of which was the upcoming impact of a number of laws passed by … Continue reading

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Overtime Pay: A Caregiver’s Perspective


Almost a year ago, I published two great articles from one of our most experienced and thoughtful employees.  She has been through hospice with her father and provided home care services for many years — including to her mother, under the … Continue reading

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Two of 8,497 Caregiver Challenges


Caregivers, whether members of the family or professionals, face a wide variety of challenges.  Issues of identity, loss of friends, hobbies, careers, you name it, are often — but never too much — discussed. There are two that I want … Continue reading

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Either I or They Don’t Get It!


As an owner of a home care agency in the Sacramento, California region, I know that in-home care for elders and others can be quite expensive.  Moreover, there are few sources of financial support (long-term care insurance and Veteran’s Aide … Continue reading

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California Law for Home Care


In providing home care in California, one of the most important laws that agencies such as Support For Home must observe is Wage Order 15.  This regulates “Wages, Hours and Working Conditions in the Household Occupations.”  If you are a glutton … Continue reading

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Say What You Will Do …


Say What You Will Do, Then Do What You Said That was the favorite motto of one of my old bosses at Intel.  When you really analyze it, it is a pretty solid axiom by which to live and run … Continue reading