The current system for workers who help elderly or disabled people with nonmedical tasks like bathing, dressing, or cooking is practically unregulated. You can be assured that a visiting nurse who ...

Home care workers and agencies say the state needs to raise reimbursement rates and pay to meet demand for an aging population.

Allegheny County has the second-highest concentration of older adults in the United States, behind only Palm Beach County in Florida. Through an app on her phone, Angela Engram clocks in and out of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The health care industry has offered a rare bright spot for a struggling labor market, growing at dramatic rates even as ...

The aides want the New York City Council to pass a law that would limit their shifts to 12 hours, except in the case of emergencies.

If you or a family member or friend are recuperating from an illness, getting less independent with age or have a disability or chronic illness that requires care, you may be able to receive that care ...

Home health aides who care for elderly and disabled New Yorkers are gaining some key support in City Hall in their fight for legislation banning 24-hour shifts — and they’re putting pressure on Mayor ...

A new tool is in development to help protect seniors before they welcome a care provider into their home. Pennsylvania’s Department of Aging will now be able to screen in-home care takers with a new ...

Early childhood educators and student teachers would benefit from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s latest budget pitch, which aims to expand existing grant and stipend programs. Left out of his proposal was a wage ...