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Caring for an elderly or disabled relative can be rewarding, but it can also be time-consuming and exhausting. More than 50 million people in the U.S. are caregivers, according to Guardian Life ...

Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide. By Reed Abelson Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the ...

Joshua Rodriguez is a personal finance and investing writer with a passion for his craft. When he's not working, he enjoys time with his wife, two kids and two dogs. One of the most expensive aspects ...

An hourly wage increase of $2 designed to help ease the shortage of home care aides is finally in place, but industry players disagree about whether the raise can accomplish its goal without ...

Last March, Stephanie Chiha started worrying about her 92-year-old mother. Previously, Chiha had believed that the residential retirement community she had chosen was the best place for her mother’s ...

The minimum wage for home health care aides – some of the lowest-paid caregivers in the state – is in line to increase by $3 an hour over the next two years. Front-line health care workers making less ...