Help at Home announced the development of an innovative, new model of care. HealthyMATCH (More Access to Care at Home to Improve Your Health) launched in Indiana last month and this month in Pennsylvania, two of Help at Home's core markets. The program captures insights from caregivers in the home to identify client needs and engage the broader health care system, creating a more holistic approach to home care. The goal of HealthyMATCH is to reduce avoidable events such as emergency room visits and inpatient admissions by increasing preventative care measures for individuals aging in place to improve quality outcomes and lower health care costs. HealthyMATCH collects insights from caregivers who spend an average of 17 hours with their client in the home each week. This data focuses on social barriers such as social isolation and loneliness, fall risk, medication management, depression, malnutrition and other risk factors for adverse events. Subsequent comprehensive assessments by a registered nurse and social worker use a combination of proprietary and existing clinical tools to evaluate individual risk factors. Action plans are then developed to address needs and risk factors to proactively help prevent adverse incidents. For example, risk factors for events like choking or falls are being recognized through the HealthyMATCH program's risk factor identification tools. As a result, interventions like speech therapy and physical therapy are being used proactively to help avoid serious injury.