Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The long-predicted shortage of personal care aides is here. And it is creating enormous challenges for frail older adults and people with ...

Personal care aides assist people with chronic diseases, physical disabilities and mental ailments by helping them prepare meals, get dressed in the morning and go about their daily tasks.

Accordingly, a person with disabilities requiring a Personal Care Assistant (PCA) to accomplish activities of daily living are permitted to have a PCA accompany them on campus. Here at UMass Lowell, ...

And one sponsored by the state, no less. Albany is actually handing out billions to people claiming to be in-home “personal care” aides with little training and practically no oversight.

Gov. Maura Healey is proposing to limit spending on a rapidly growing home care program that is popular among the state’s ...

In February 2023, Boston Police received a report from a woman stating her 95-year-old mother’s personal care assistant, later identified as Emmanuel, had been stealing from her, Hayden said ...

If your loved one needs help with basic hygiene tasks, such as bathing and using the bathroom, you may need a personal care aide. Standards for PCAs vary by state, with some states requiring up to ...

New York State has begun the process of moving hundreds of thousands of consumers and their personal care aides from the hundreds of organizations that currently run the consumer directed personal ...

How Much Does a Personal Care Aide Make? Personal Care Aides made a median salary of $33,530 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $36,550 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $29,120. The ...