On most days around 2 p.m., home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, playing catch with his client — a man in his 30s with a developmental disability who ...

The company that runs New York’s state-funded home care program has agreed to pay its workers $162 million to settle a wage theft lawsuit filed last year. The deal, which must be approved by a ...

On the 16th floor of a Midtown office building, dozens of union members are running the largest organizing drive in modern US history. Six days a week, from morning to night, members of powerhouse ...

The fear of violence against home care aides, nurses, and therapists may be adding to the already-severe shortage of care workers and adding to the burden on family caregivers. In our increasingly ...

Previous research has documented shortages of personal care aides who provide Medicaid home and community-based services, but there are few detailed geographic data to determine the areas of greatest ...

Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care. By Paula Span You’re ready to leave the ...