The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread like wildfire through the U.S. Amid this pandemic, people need to be able to stay home to stay safe. Yet many workers cannot take time off, even if ...

On most days around 2 p.m., home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, playing catch with his client — a man in his 30s with a developmental disability who ...

For many home healthcare aides, verbal abuse from clients or clients' family is a real problem, a U.S. study suggests. Caregivers who reported verbal abuse were also more likely to report physical ...

MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Home health aides are asking New York state for a raise. They say the current minimum wage is not a living wage for caregivers, and as a result there is a critical ...

It’s 7 a.m., and Keith Gurgui makes sure he’s awake so his home health aide can help bathe and clothe him, and then lift him out of bed and into his wheelchair before they have to leave for the day. A ...

Many Americans hope to spend their old age at home, rather than moving into a care facility. When the time comes, they rely on the more than 2 million home health aides who provide day-to-day support.

Craig Benish relies heavily on his home care aides, around the clock. Craig suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He requires a wheelchair and can use his fingers to move the chair but needs ...

WASHINGTON — President Obama circumvented Congress and moved Thursday to require that home-care aides be paid minimum wage and overtime, giving the fast-growing workforce long-sought assistance.

Directors of Offices for the Aging of several upstate New York counties gathered to advocate for a pay increase for home care workers – a move they say will help keep more seniors at home and out of ...