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Senior Care Innovator Bill Thomas: America Needs to Change How It Talks About ‘Home Care’

  • May 4, 2021
  • Meaghan Puglisi
  • 1-min Read

Home Health Care News reporter, Joyce Famakinwa, says ‘Like a shock to the system, the COVID-19 emergency has been a catalyst for major change across the health care continuum. Home-based care providers, in particular, have been forced to evolve in a multitude of ways.

As an industry thought leader and expert in aging, Dr. Bill Thomas has always been at the forefront of home care innovation. In the past year, Thomas has been especially active in what he calls the great migration of facility-based health care to a “21st century home- and community-based system.”

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