Unable to stand for very long or drive to the doctor, many older Americans must rely on home care nurses. The problem is, there aren’t enough of these nurses to go around. Home health care involves ...

Deep cuts to Medicaid may force states to decrease spending for the hiring of workers critical to the care of disabled and ...

Just last month, we celebrated Careers in Aging Month, bringing greater awareness to the wide-ranging career opportunities in long term care and aging service. While the health care sector is booming, ...

People with Alzheimer’s need more and more help with daily life as their disease advances. Nursing homes and memory care facilities are two residential options for caregivers who are managing serious ...

A decade after suffering a stroke that forever changed his life, Maurice Miller has good days and bad ones. On good days, the staff at his nursing home in Takoma Park, Md., can meet all of his basic ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

When I meet up with a home health care nurse to see what she does on a typical visit, I don't know what to expect. For most of my life I've generally avoided hospitals and health care settings, but ...

For the several million older Americans being cared for at home, the coronavirus brings new challenges. By Paula Span In March, Amy Carrier asked one of the two women who provided home care for her ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...