The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum ...

Dozens of direct care workers on Tuesday testified in support of a new bipartisan proposal to help raise chronically low ...

During the pandemic, people began paying attention to the essential workers who can’t work from home. Among them are direct care workers — aides who support older adults and people with chronic health ...

Before he began his speech Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse, Nick Comstock made sure the crowd turned its attention to the woman sitting beside his wheelchair. He asked Kamilah King — his "DSP," or ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities has entered into a $10 million partnership with the National Alliance for ...

Support workers in North Dakota who are contracted by the state to serve people with intellectual disabilities are pushing lawmakers for a wage increase. Jon Larson, executive director of the private ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. "Our job is support Maria. We want her to be as independent as possible," said direct-support professional Shayla Glamann, who ...

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 ...

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Editor's note: Direct Support issues will be the focus of a multi-part series. Artist Michelle Schladenhauffen divides her life between “before I got sick” and everything after. The 1991 Portsmouth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Hodgkins, a direct support worker at Community Living Essex County in southwestern Ontario, says that in June 2022, she ...