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 ...

My son graduated from high school in 2021. Like many special education students, he then fell into the abyss of the adult service system for people with intellectual disability/autism – a system that ...

MAMARONECK — On an early afternoon in this Westchester County town, the Wagner House is full of life. Some residents have gathered in the living room to watch television. Others are learning how to ...

The home care workforce is projected to add more new jobs than any other occupation in the U.S. over the next decade – but ...

"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 ...

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 ...

New York State’s failure to budget fairly and equitably for direct support professionals working in the not-for-profit space will one day prove unsustainable. That day cannot be far away. The risk is ...

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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 ...

A recent illness and stay in a local hospital’s Critical Care Unit (CCU) served as a stark reminder of how my vulnerability was linked to the excellent health care workers and various professionals at ...