How COVID-19 Is Affecting The Home Care Industry
During yesterday's Home Care Marketing During COVID-19 webinar, we asked 5 key poll questions to the 100+ attendees to see how they were being impacted by the pandemic. Here are the results.
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1. Have you already seen a financial impact on your agency?
51% - Yes
49% - No
2. How have your referral patterns been impacted?
51% - Referrals are about the same
48% - Referrals are down
1% - Referrals are up
3. Have all of your care providers been given additional COVID-19 training?
73% - Yes
18% - We are in the process
9% - No
4. Have you considered cutting back on any staff?
73% - No
27% - Yes
5. What methods are you using to stay in touch with referral sources (Check all that apply)
87% - email
84% - phone
66% - text messaging
45% - social media
23% - snail mail
It's clear that the industry is being impacted significantly. Stay tuned for more updates as we collect more data.