We haven't found research that answers that question using actual home care workforce payroll data. We're building a panel of 100 to 500 qualified agencies to find out, using anonymous payroll data alongside agency survey responses. Participating agencies get their own workforce analysis back, plus the benchmark results before publication.
The first three answers also tell us whether you qualify for the benchmark panel.
Best estimates are fine throughout. We are looking for the shape of the industry, not an audit.
Turnover can be one of the hardest workforce costs to see clearly. This is one of the areas we most want to benchmark.
Pay timing may be becoming another way agencies compete for caregivers. We want to understand how widely different pay schedules and same-day pay are being used.
Be honest here, including the honest answer of "none." A study where everybody offers everything is worth nothing.
Four here. The first will help us compare what agency owners believe caregivers want with available caregiver research.
Three quick ones. We haven't found much published data on where home care owners get industry information or how they choose vendors, and we think the answers will be useful beyond this study.
You're done with the questions. We just need an email address so we can send your Opportunity Report and the benchmark results.
We do not sell or share your answers. Individual responses are never published or attributed. You are not signing up for anything and there is nothing to buy.
The survey is half of the study. The other half is the anonymous payroll census, and it is the half that actually answers the question, because you cannot calculate how many caregivers could potentially qualify for a benefit from opinions. You need real hours and real wages.
One number per employee: gross wages. That is the whole ask. No names, no Social Security numbers, no addresses, no dates of birth. We tell you exactly which report to export and which columns to leave unchecked.
Agencies that complete both the survey and the census receive their Caregiver Benefits Opportunity Report and a $100 gift card. Questions about the study? Charley reads everything himself: [email protected] or 435-999-5450.
No purchase and no benefits enrollment is required to participate or to receive the $100.
Results are published in aggregate only. No agency is identified, ever, including in quotes.
Panel members receive their own analysis plus the national benchmark before publication.
There are good benchmarking studies in home care. The Activated Insights benchmarking report has tracked the industry for seventeen years and is worth reading. But every study we can find stops at the same place. It tells you the turnover rate, it tells you the average wage, and then it stops.
What we haven't found published is the thing an owner actually has to decide on. Out of a real caregiver roster, at real wages, how many people could potentially qualify for an employer-paid benefit? Not on average across the whole industry. At the size and pay scale of an agency like yours.
That question cannot be answered from opinions, which is why the payroll census is required rather than optional. It is the research instrument, not a sales form.
About six minutes. Recruiting, turnover, wages, hours, benefits, insurance, workers' comp, what you believe your caregivers want, and where you get your industry information.
Gross wages for each employee. No names, no Social Security numbers, no addresses, no dates of birth. We tell you which columns to export and which to leave unchecked.
Your workforce profile, the share of your caregivers who could potentially qualify for various benefit levels, and how your agency compares to the rest of the panel.
Agencies completing both parts receive a $100 gift card, for the first 50 qualified agencies. It is compensation for the time the payroll export takes. No purchase and no benefits enrollment is required, then or ever.
We re-survey the same agencies annually, which is what turns a snapshot into a trend. Participation each year is your choice.
The 25-employee floor exists so very small agencies do not skew the workforce numbers. If you are under it, take the survey anyway. You will still receive the published results.
Home Care Benefits sells a Section 125 wellness plan, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Saying that up front is what keeps this honest. Three commitments that hold regardless of what the data shows:
Our goal is to build the largest longitudinal database of participating US home care agencies focused on workforce, compensation, benefits and caregiver retention. We are not claiming the panel is statistically representative of every agency in the country, and we will not make that claim until the sampling supports it.
If you would rather just see your own numbers without any of this, the estimator does that in about thirty seconds and asks for nothing at all.