Welcome

The Private Duty Homecare Association (PDHCA) is a national professional organization comprised of private duty home care providers dedicated to helping the unwell, elderly, and those in need of daily life assistance remain in the comfort of their homes. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) established the PDHCA in 2005 and it remains an affiliate organization.

What is Private Duty Home Care?

Private duty home care agencies provide a broad range of clinical and non-clinical in-home care services that help people in need of care remain safe, independent, and empowered in their homes. Please contact a specific agency to discover its particular list of services. Our agency locator is available at: agencylocator.nahc.org

IMPORTANT NOTICE ON RESPIRATORS

If you purchased non-NIOSH approved respirators for your staff’s use…keep reading. Yesterday, test results from a division of NIOSH, the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) were released. NPPTL tested a number of non-NIOSH approved respirators and several have very low filtration efficiency rates and your staff should not use them when caring for a patient suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19. Go to the website below, look for your manufacturer, and check the results: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/testing/NonNIOSHresults.html

Coronavirus Resources for Home Care & Hospice

At the Private Duty Homecare Association we are concerned about COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, and how it will impact our members and their patients. Since much is still unknown, NAHC our parent organization has developed this page to serve as a resource to our members and visitors from the home health and hospice community. This page will continue to be updated as more information is made available.

Membership and PDHCA Benefits

Membership in NAHC and or PDHCA encompasses a range of benefits – check out our membership page for details.

Advocate for Home Care

If your agency is already a NAHC provider or corporate provider member, your PDHCA membership is free. E-mail membership@nahc.org or call 202-547-7424 to activate this affiliate membership. Alternatively PDHCA membership may be obtained without NAHC membership for a flat fee. Visit the membership page for details. Sign up for Private Duty Source, the official newsletter of the PDHCA and a benefit of membership!

Sign up for Private Duty Source, the official newsletter of the PDHCA and a benefit of membership!