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Financial hardship is widespread among health care workers, particularly in direct care roles, amid a workforce crisis and challenging job conditions. Direct care workers face the highest levels of ...

With inflation up and pay stagnant for direct-care workers in New York, group homes and programs for people with autism ...

The U.S. added 130,000 jobs last month, nearly all from eldercare. Now immigration policy and Medicaid cuts are limiting who is willing or able to do this job.

A crisis in care: low wages and high stakes for PA’s direct care workers and older adults. Pennsylvania’s caregiving crisis is growing. This episode reveals the emotional and economic strain on direct ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Direct care workers (DCWs), who assist people with daily living activities, are gathering in Lansing to hold a four-day conference that will highlight the needs of industry ...

More than 2,300 additional direct caregivers are needed to meet the demand of older or disabled Mainers. On Tuesday, there was a public hearing to look at a proposal that would increase MaineCare ...