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Our Mission

Elevate Home Health Care Workers

We aim to improve the status quo for undervalued and overlooked healthcare workers who provide care to people at home. Our multidisciplinary initiative seeks to elevate the value of home care workers while improving their working conditions and patient outcomes through rigorous research and community engagement.

Ariel Avgar, PhD

  • David M. Cohen ’73 Professor of Labor Relations, ILR School
  • Director, Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW)

Ariel Avgar is the David M. Cohen Professor of Labor Relations at the ILR School at Cornell University. His research focuses on two primary areas within employment relations.

Madeline Sterling, MD, MPH, MS

  • Associate Professor, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Director, Initiative on Home Care Work

Dr. Madeline Sterling is a board certified general internist and a health services researcher in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Nicki Dell, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Information and Computer Science, Cornell Tech
  • Director of Technological Innovation, Initiative on Home Care Work

Nicki Dell is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.

Armed with heart failure training, tech, home health aides deliver better care, study finds

A heart failure pilot study conducted by Dr. Madeline Sterling and Margaret McDonald found that providing home health aides with heart failure specific training and supportive technology increases their confidence and skills, improves patient outcomes, and helps integrate them more fully into the care team.
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Armed with heart failure training, tech, home health aides deliver better care, study finds

The Realities of Paid Caregiving in the United States

Dr. Madeline Sterling and Maya Levinson explain that aging in place depends on paid caregivers who provide essential medical and daily living support. They warn that worsening policies, low pay, and difficult working conditions are driving caregivers away, creating a crisis that could leave many without the care they need.
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The Realities of Paid Caregiving in the United States

Government Shutdown can Result in Home Health Agencies Losing Telehealth Flexibilities

Within the context of a government shutdown, home health agencies are at risk of losing telehealth flexibilities that have become critical to care delivery. Dr. Madeline Sterling warns that without new legislation, the US faces a “telehealth policy cliff” as current flexibilities risk expiring.
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Government Shutdown can Result in Home Health Agencies Losing Telehealth Flexibilities
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