COVID-19 has highlighted the detrimental impacts of the direct-care worker shortage. An investment into the work force could solve this issue.

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 ...

This new product suite, CareSync by CareAcademy, reimagines how direct care workers enter, move through, and thrive in the post-acute care industry.

Our nation is facing a direct care worker shortage which is a crisis. Currently, direct care workers receive horribly low wages with little to no benefits. Plus, there’s not really a career path ...

A new program by Gesher Human Services expects to be a game changer by addressing a shortage in the talent pool for direct care workers in West Bloomfield.

Washington, D.C. — Direct care workers are essential to keeping the care economy humming, yet these workers often do not receive fair benefits or compensation for their work. A new report ...

Lansing, Mich. (WLNS) — Members of Michigan’s Direct Care Worker community received additional support from state policymakers today, as the Legislature approved a measure to extend—and boost… ...

The cost-of-living adjustments were canceled in 2025 for budgetary reasons and were not included in Gov. Mills' two-year budget proposal.

States’ ARPA plans reflect widespread acknowledgement of the need to stabilize the direct care workforce and the important role compensation plays in doing so. However, vague details offered in ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine health care advocates gathered at the State House today to highlight direct care worker shortages. They say 23 nursing homes have closed in the past decade in Maine ...

Now, who wants to be called a “worker”? Lori Porter is a former certified nursing aide and nursing home administrator with more than 30 years’ experience in long-term care.