A long-term care insurance policy could help you reduce the cost of home health aides later in life. Franziska Richter / Getty Images The majority of Americans ages 65 years old or older — or ...

Home Health Care Aides Are In Short Supply Advocates have been calling for changes in the field. They say these jobs are exhausting, with low wages, little respect and little career growth.

The U.S. Labor Department announced plans this week to slash more than 60 regulations — including eliminating overtime and ...

Home health care workers are among the lowest paid, shifting the burden of long-term care to aging and overstressed family members or assisted living centers, which are often understaffed themselves.

They need a home health aide or personal care assistant, who may not have much, if any, ... In San Jose, Calif., half of the agencies charged more than $37 an hour for a home health aide in 2021, ...

Most people want to age comfortably at home — meaning more and more families are looking to hire home health care aides to assist with elderly loved ones who are sick or disabled. Their services ...

And home health care aides are no exception: more than 90 percent are women. Another major factor is race: nearly 60 percent are people—i.e. mostly women—of color, led by African Americans, who work ...

At a time where 75% of adults want to age in place, home health aides are likely to play a key role in the future of U.S. health care.The number of home health aide jobs is expected to increase 25 ...

One home health aide earns $14 an hour caring for Mirtelina Morales. Her loving husband of six decades can no longer manage to feed her or move her. "It's not a job for anybody.