Terms of Use

Terms of Use V 1.0 – 7/10/2023

Welcome to HomeHealthCaring (the “Website”). HomeHealthCaring is owned by Tractate LLC and provides this Website and Services (located at https://homehealthcaring.org/) to you subject to the notices, terms, and conditions set forth in these terms (the “Terms of Use”). In addition, when you use any of our Services, you will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms, and conditions applicable to such service, and they are incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference. These Terms of Use are effective as of July 10, 2023.Your eligibility for use of the Website is contingent upon meeting the following conditions:

• You are at least 18 years of age, and you will use the Website and Services according to these Terms of Use and all applicable laws and regulations. Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 18 years old or older.
• You agree and understand that HomeHealthCaring may, at any time, and without prior notice, revoke and/or cancel your access if you fail to meet these criteria or violate any portion of these Terms of Use, or for any other reason.

Acceptable Use of this Website

In connection with your use of our Website, you must act responsibly and exercise good judgment. Without limiting the foregoing, you will not:

• Violate any local, state, provincial, national, or other law, regulation, or any order of a court.
• Infringe the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation, their intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or contractual rights.
• Interfere with or damage our Services, including, but not limited to, the use of viruses, bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing, forged electronic mail address information, or similar methods or technology.
• Use automated scripts to collect information or otherwise interact with the Services or the Website.
• Enter into this agreement on behalf of another person or entity without consent or the legal capacity to make such agreements as a representative of an organization or entity
• Break the law using the Website.
• Use or try to use another’s account on the forum without their specific permission.
• Buy, sell, or otherwise trade in usernames or other unique identifiers on the Website.
• Send advertisements, chain letters, or other solicitations through the Website or use it to gather addresses or other personal data for commercial mailing lists or databases.
• Automate access or monitor the Website and Community forum, such as with a web crawler, browser plug-in or add-on, or other computer program that is not a web browser.
• Use the Community forum to send emails to distribution lists, newsgroups, or group mail aliases.
• Falsely imply that you are affiliated with or endorsed by HomeHealthCaring and/or Tractate LLC.
• Hyperlink to images or other non-hypertext content on the Website.
• Remove any marks showing proprietary ownership from materials you download from the forum.
• Show any part of the Website on other websites with <iframe> without explicit permission.
• Disable, avoid, or circumvent any security or access restrictions of the forum.
• Strain the infrastructure of the forum with an unreasonable volume of requests, or requests designed to impose an unreasonable load on information systems
• underlying the Website.
• Impersonate others or encourage or help anyone in violation of these terms.

Content Standards

We want to hear from you and share your patient stories and experiences with other caregivers in the community. However, you may not:
Submit content that is illegal, offensive, or otherwise harmful to others. This includes content that is harassing, inappropriate, or abusive.

• Submit content that violates the law, infringes on anyone’s intellectual property rights, violates anyone’s privacy, or breaches agreements you have with others.
• Submit content containing malicious computer code, such as computer viruses or spyware.
• Submit content as a mere placeholder, to hold a particular address, username, or other unique identifier.
• Use the forum to disclose information that you don’t have the right to disclose, like others’ confidential or personal information.

Enforcement

The company may investigate and prosecute violations of these terms to the fullest legal extent. The company may notify and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting violations of the law and these terms. The company reserves the right to change, redact, and delete content on the forum for any reason. If you believe someone has submitted content to the forum in violation of these terms, contact us immediately.

Your Account

You must create and log into an account to access the Website content and community features. To create an account, you must provide some information about yourself. If you create an account, you agree to provide, at a minimum, a valid e-mail address and to keep that address up-to-date. You may close your account at any time by contacting us.

You agree to be responsible for all actions taken using your account, whether authorized by you or not, until you either close your account or notify the company that your account has been compromised. You agree to notify the company immediately if you suspect your account has been compromised. You agree to select a secure password for your account, and keep it secret. The company may restrict, suspend, or close your account on the forum according to its policy for handling copyright-related takedown requests, or if the company reasonably believes that you have broken any rule in these terms.

Your Content

Nothing in these terms gives HomeHealthCaring any ownership rights in intellectual property that you share with the forum, such as your account information, posts, or other content you submit to the forum. Nothing in these terms gives you any ownership rights in the HomeHealthCaring’s intellectual property, either. Unauthorized use of any materials contained on this Website may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and/or other regulations and statutes. If you believe that any of the materials infringe on any third party’s rights, please contact us immediately.

Third Party Websites and External References

Our Website may provide references to external sources and link you to other sites on the internet or otherwise include references to information, documents, materials, and/or services provided by other parties. These external websites and parties are not under our control, and you acknowledge that we are not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites, nor are we responsible for errors or omissions in any references to other parties or their products and services. The inclusion of such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply endorsement of or association with, the Website or party by us, or any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

The Website is provided “AS IS.” its owners, suppliers, officers, directors, employees, and agents exclude and disclaim all representations and warranties, express or implied, related to this Website or in connection with any features or services. The Website should not be used to replace any direct consultation and advice from your clinical support team. You exclude HomeHealthCaring and Tractate from all liability for damages related to or arising out of the use of this Website.

Changes to these Terms of Use

We retain the right to, at any time, modify or discontinue any or all parts of the Website without notice. Additionally, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify these Terms of Use at any time, effective by posting new terms on the Website with the date of modification. You are responsible for reading and understanding the terms of this agreement. Your use of the Website and/or Services after any such modification has been published constitutes your acceptance of the new terms as modified in these Terms of Use.

Editorial Policy

We work with our advisors and subject matter experts to choose the content that we expect to be most meaningful to our members. We do our best to ensure our content is fact-checked and reviewed. Every article written for HomeHealthCaring is extensively researched and our content includes verified sources and citations (via hyperlink) as necessary. Our content is written to be informative but friendly and adapted to provide answers to most common caregiver questions. We want our content to be as accessible and useful as possible, while ensuring accuracy and value. However, we are not responsible for any of the cited sources including information that may be inaccurate or outdated. If you notice any discrepancies, please contact us.