As the U.S. population continues to age, the demand for direct-care workers who provide care, services and support to the elderly and the disabled is expected to rise dramatically. A recent survey by ...

As Congress continues to debate the specifics of an economic recovery package, many long-term care stakeholders, including PHI, are pressing for new investments in eldercare. America is aging. In the ...

An Iowa Ideas column in June discussed shortages in the direct care workforce, and called for action to address them. Recently, conversations have been occurring about a possible solution - the ...

Zulma Torres is a direct care worker in New York City. Throughout the pandemic, she kept up a full and hectic schedule, providing care when families could not visit. She says there has been no bonus ...

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 ...

Workforce innovations firm releases new annual data on U.S. direct care workers. Direct care workers, who are "essential to the lives of millions of older adults and people with disabilities," ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and 13.7 million workers in roles comparable to direct care lost their jobs in early 2020, they did not turn to direct care jobs, a recent study found. Of the 9.1 ...

It is definitely an employee market right now. Everywhere you look, there are signs indicating a need to hire people. Service at most places is slower due to the decrease in employees, forcing some to ...

According to data from DEED, foreign-born workers make up about 18% of the direct caregiver workforce even though they make up only 12% of the overall workforce Rangineh Kalhor is a charge nurse at ...

Kevin Gibas is an infectious diseases doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as well as a research fellow with a focus in health policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. As the ...