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 ...

First-class direct support staff people are a key to providing quality services to people who need help taking care of themselves. Yet, sometimes the direct support staff are the last ones to be ...

"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 ...

National policy action is needed to increase worker compensation and meet demand for direct care services. Direct care workers move a patient bed into a new room so that other hospital rooms can be ...

Direct Support workers help Mainers stay connected to their communities. From her earliest memories, Kathleen’s mother, Alice, has been independent. Having raised four children largely on her own, ...

Direct-care workers make up Iowa's largest occupation - a population larger than nurses, teachers or public safety officers. Three of the top 10 high-growth, high-demand jobs in the coming decade are ...