Home health aides provide personal care for individuals in the client’s home. They assist other professionals – such as nurses, social workers or therapists – by reinforcing things like the ...

Through one, they were put in touch with Lynn Anderson, a home health aide. Anderson now manages the couple’s care, including shopping, cooking, and health needs. Plus she oversees fill-in ...

Describing her as “nothing more than a thief,” a judge sent a Cheltenham Township woman to prison for financially exploiting an elderly Lower Gwynedd Township woman to the tune of more than ...

A home health aide may also report on your loved one’s medical condition to a health care professional. Requirements for home health aides vary by state. You can check your state’s rules here.

But many can't afford a home care aide, leaving them to depend on unpaid family and friends, or go without care. Even those who are eligible for Medicaid-funded home care programs, or who can ...

Personal care aides work in a variety of environments, including patient homes, small residential facilities, group homes and large-scale care communities. Unlike home health aides, personal care ...

Already, more than one-quarter of aides are immigrants. How tight is the current market for direct care workers? The newsletter Home Health Care News reports that home care companies increasingly ...

With original Medicare, there is not a copay or deductible for home health care, and Medicare will pay 100 percent for any medical services provided by a home health care agency that accepts Medicare ...

The NC Center for the Workforce on Health leads workshops focused on taking action to support the state’s looming crisis in ...

A union and contract to raise wages, professionalize training and regulate work.