Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide. By Reed Abelson Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the ...

New Jersey has begun offering free training to people who want to become home health aides, in an effort to bolster their ranks as a tidal wave of older residents is expected to demand more medical ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...

Home health and personal care aides are one of the largest groups of health care workers in the US, with nearly three million people providing direct care for people with serious illness living in the ...

Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health agencies. Several trends are fueling the shortages: Hospitals and other employers are ...

A lot has changed in Jonathan Miller's life in the past decade, but one thing that's remained consistent is his house. The brick two-bedroom, ranch-style house in West Des Moines, Iowa, is filled with ...

Home health aides and personal care aides are occupations that have surged in terms of employment numbers in recent years. With an entire generation of Baby Boomers growing old, the demand for home ...

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra talks with Lolita Owens, a home health care aide, during a visit to North Philly. (Carmen Russell-Sluchansky) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, ...