-
Bradley W. Parks/OPBThe state鈥檚 licensing officials waited nearly one month after her death to enter the care facility, according to a damning investigation released by the Oregon long-term care ombudsman this week. -
Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital ChronicleDepartment of Human Services workers who care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities say their workplaces are unsafe and that they鈥檙e burned out.
-
Many California caregivers are aging immigrants making near-minimum wage. Two bills to improve pay and safety could benefit elderly Californians facing a caregiver shortage. -
California's in-home assistance program, which has been around for nearly 50 years, is plagued by high turnover. About 1 in 3 caregivers leave the program each year, according to University of California-Davis researcher Heather Young, who worked on a 2019 government report on California鈥檚 health care workforce needs -
It's an issue now and will become a bigger issue in the future: people need care from other people when they are very old and very young. And as the鈥�
