PLATTSBURGH — Nineteen more North Country residents join the ranks of the 40 personal care aides, who have graduated from training programs held by North Country Home Services. They join a team of ...

Home health and personal care aides are one of the largest groups of health care workers in the US, with nearly three million people providing direct care for people with serious illness living in the ...

According to a report, New York's Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program has been abused for years by "personal aides" with little training and oversight. Getty Images Talk about a racket! And ...

Job seekers can find immediate openings in most areas across the country as companions for retirees. No medical training is required, though most applicants need to have a driver’s license and their ...

{mosads}As low-wage, “unskilled” workers, PCAs don’t get much respect. With a median wage of $9.49 an hour, PCAs are among the lowest paid workers in America. As a result, more than half rely on ...

Teri Sernett stood frozen in fear in the living room of the east St. Paul home. Her patient, an elderly quadriplegic man she had just met, gasped for air, his throat blocked and his eyes rolled back.

When Camran Hayes became a paid caregiver about five years ago, he quickly found that the eight hours or so of job training his employer provided him was inadequate. At one point, he tended to about a ...

Carol Rodat is the New York policy director for PHI, formerly known as the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute. September 25, 2014 All humans are mortal, but we have the power to improve how we die ...

Previous research has documented shortages of personal care aides who provide Medicaid home and community-based services, but there are few detailed geographic data to determine the areas of greatest ...

As we age, become frail, and need personal assistance, we will increasingly require paid aides to help us with routine daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, or cooking. Demand for those aides ...