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\"In some cases, the long-term care facilities have run out of money,\" Parkinson said.

William Dombi, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, a nonprofit organization that supports home care, said that if long-term care facilities shift their focus to offering more in-home services, they could end up competing with already-established home-care programs.

Regardless, said Dombi, change in the industry is inevitable.

\"The demand for home care services is rising and that's because of the COVID-19 pandemic,\" Dombi said. \"Obviously someone's home is safer than congregate care in a nursing facility, and families are realizing that.\"

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