Advocates, including some in Portage County, are asking Ohio's legislators for pay raises for people who care for some of the state's most vulnerable citizens. Michelle Madden, CEO of Independence of ...

First-class direct support staff people are a key to providing quality services to people who need help taking care of themselves. Yet, sometimes the direct support staff are the last ones to be ...

The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...

"Hey, the cops came by. They were looking for you," Seth Ritchey said to a client with a twinkle in his eye. "They did?" Russell Eggleston replied, clearly interested now. "Yeah. I told them I didn't ...

Hochul pledges $2.4M for programs to diversify NY’s physician workforce $1.6B life science campus coming to Kips Bay HSS partners with medical-device startup on pain-management tech Despite a ...

Direct care workers caring for older adults and people with disabilities—defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as personal care aides, home health aides, and nursing assistants—make up the largest ...

National policy action is needed to increase worker compensation and meet demand for direct care services. Direct care workers move a patient bed into a new room so that other hospital rooms can be ...

For the Reinke family, which includes three adult children on the autism spectrum, direct care workers are essential to a functioning household. The in-home professionals help people with intellectual ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for ...