More family members and seniors are considering in-home care as a superior option to traditional nursing home facilities.

Caregivers are an essential part of home care, which is a major sector of the healthcare industry. They are often providing basic yet critical support with a mix of professional caregiving skills and ...

Newly released data from AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving shows state-by-state caregiving dilemmas.

Home-based health care sounds convenient: nurses, therapists and social workers visit the individual — typically an older adult — at his or her home, instead of at each health specialist’s office. But ...

BOISE, Idaho — Across the Treasure Valley, there are dozens of home health companies, but not all them operate the same. “Idaho is one of the few non-licensed states for home care,” said Stewart ...

About half of all American adults in their 40s and 50s are part of the “sandwich generation”; they have at least one parent who is 65 or older, and they’re also raising a young child or financially ...

A popular program that lets people choose and train their own caregivers has grown at an astonishing rate, blowing a multi-billion dollar hole in the state budget and leaving officials, including Gov.