Category: Industry News

This article was originally featured in HME News. VGM Live at Home has developed a select member program to help standardize the process of connecting home access companies with insurers and other organizations.  The program provides insurers and other organizations with home access companies that all provide a certain set of services and that all have at least one master certified environmental access consultant on staff. “In talking with our members – we’ve...

Congratulations, VGM Live at Home members! We have made it to the end of what most would call the most memorable year of our lives!  Before we turn the page, let’s reflect on 2020. Besides learning how to do our jobs and perform our services differently, 2020 has been an eventful year for the home access industry. With the pandemic causing many Americans to pull their loved ones from senior-congregated housing, home access got an upturn in focus and our demand for...

Hello Live At Home members and colleagues, Everyone here at VGM hopes that you and your team are doing well and staying safe and healthy as we move closer to winter. Now that a historic election is past us, we must get through this period of COVID-19 upticks for a few months before that long- awaited light at the end of tunnel comes. Through it all, the increased interest by senior Americans to live in their home will continue to foster greater demand for home accessibility services. We have some...

We have had a month of developments as we move ahead into the fourth quarter of this unforgettable year of 2020. New Education Platform: We have added a new educational course to the CEAC program, Home Safety Specialist (HSS). This course will take the learner through the process of performing a home safety assessment. The course is designed for non-clinical professionals who want to be able to understand the whole process of how to perform a full home safety...

Hi VGM Live At Home members!  We certainly hope that you are staying safe and out of harm’s way as we experience some tough weather events all over the country! Add in COVID-19 and civil unrest, and the first instinct one might have is to go hide in your basement and not come out until it all stops. But wait - there is some good news! We are hearing from most of our members that business is coming back to them. Buyers are out there, and they have some pent-up needs for our services....

I have always been a glass is 75% full, let’s make lemonade, optimistic type of person, likely to a fault. I believe optimism leads to better life and work outcomes, and I would rather dwell on what’s possible than on what isn’t. With that being said, let’s be honest. The last 5 months have tested even the most optimistic among us to a level that many of us would have never dreamed of back on New Year’s Day. Our “new normals”...

Can you believe that the dog days of summer are here already? This year has brought us some serious curveballs, but it has gone by fast. Unfortunately, the pandemic is still at the forefront of how we run our businesses throughout the coming months. There has been a lot of social media posts on leadership in trying times, and now more than ever we need to have strong leadership and focus for the rest of 2020. Here are three things we can think about and act on moving forward: Refining...