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Home Health Care News: Upskilling and Coaching Drive Caregiver Retention

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By MK Manoylov

08, Jul 2026

Why This Matters

  • Workforce development is a key retention strategy, helping providers build a more stable and engaged caregiving workforce.

  • Investing in career growth and personalized support strengthens retention while expanding long-term workforce capacity.

  • Sustainable staffing requires providers to evolve beyond recruitment and invest in the employee experience.

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Home Health Care News Upskilling, Coaching Useful Home Caregiver Retention Tools

Coaching and peer mentorship strengthens caregiver retention

As workforce shortages persist, home-based care providers are investing in coaching, career development, and personalized support to improve retention. Mike LaRosa, Director of Workforce Development at BAYADA, highlights how BAYADA's near-peer coaching strengthens engagement and reduces early turnover, reflecting a broader industry shift toward workforce development as a strategy to build a more sustainable caregiving workforce.

“What we’re finding is that clinical coaching with near-peer coaches — folks who share lived experience with them, they may share identity markers with them, they’ve lived to the same experience that they have as new clinicians — have been tremendously effective at inoculating against some of that early-stage attrition that we tend to see.”

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Mike LaRosa, Director of Workforce Developemt, BAYADA Home Health Care



About BAYADA

BAYADA is a global leader in home health care, providing high-quality nursing, therapy, rehab, hospice, and personal care services for people of all ages and abilities.

A nonprofit built on the values of compassion, excellence, and reliability, BAYADA is transforming care delivery so millions of individuals in need­ can stay safe at home with comfort, independence, and dignity.

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