Right now, I have family to make sure that after my support worker’s eight-hour shift, I can still eat and have my other basic needs met. But I worry that soon, without changes to home care ...

Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans, a new study suggests. The research, published in JAMA Network Open, found that participants in ...

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, March 28, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The home support workers of New Waterford Homecare Service Society voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action, with 99% of the workers ...

Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans. Participants in cooperatives experienced more respect, control, job support, and compensation ...

Brandon Kingsmore is a home care consumer from Allentown. He was born with cerebral palsy and has been advocating for others with disabilities since 2020.

"This blatant attack on workers has major connections to the health crisis. When Access do not value their staff, clients suffer the effects of short-staffing - missing the carers they need to shower ...

A bill would require direct care workers to pass a competency exam rather than have a diploma or GED. Advocates argue a more direct solution to the staffing shortfall would be to increase wages.