Home health aides help the elderly and people with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or cognitive impairments live independently. They assist with daily tasks like bathing, preparing meals, and ...

When you're trying to arrange in-home care for yourself or a loved one, one of the first challenges is understanding the difference between a home health aide and a skilled nurse.

The titles are virtually identical: home health aide and home health attendant. And so are some of their tasks; both groups help the city’s elderly and chronically ill with bathing, preparing food and ...

As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

On most days around 2 p.m., home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, playing catch with his client — a man in his 30s with a developmental disability who ...

Although home health aides play a key role in keeping homebound older adults in their homes, there is a looming shortage of these workers. Home health aides play a vital role in the care of homebound ...

Dr. Madeline Sterling is a board-certified general internist and health services researcher. As an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, her research aims to improve healthcare ...

Home health aides (HHAs) are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients’ desire to age in place, according to Weill Cornell ...