GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The president of a restraint-free, direct care training program is sharing insight on its benefits after state documents showed the approach was being implemented at ...

It’s never been a better time to pursue a human services career. The demand for workers is high and Gesher Human Services will be offering paid, on-the-job training for local residents. “We have ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareAcademy, the leading home care and home health workforce empowerment platform, today announced the launch of the “CAREer Path Initiative,” an all-encompassing program ...

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New Hampshire already faces a shortage of nursing assistants, home health aides and other direct care workers. But a state commission says thousands more will be needed as the population ages. The NH ...

It is impossible to overstate the importance of direct care workers for people and families across the country. From cooking meals to assisting with dressing and bathing, direct care workers provide ...

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 ...

Policymakers must invest in strengthening the direct care workforce in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients and to achieve better value for every dollar spent on long-term ...

Underneath my calm façade, the anxiety is overwhelming. It happens every time, unfailingly, whenever my husband and I drop off my son at his group home after he visits us. My son is a 25-year-old ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Every day, Sermoune Blaylock cares for her child. “(I) wake him up in the morning ...