Unable to stand for very long or drive to the doctor, many older Americans must rely on home care nurses. The problem is, there aren’t enough of these nurses to go around. Home health care involves ...

Deep cuts to Medicaid may force states to decrease spending for the hiring of workers critical to the care of disabled and ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

A decade after suffering a stroke that forever changed his life, Maurice Miller has good days and bad ones. On good days, the staff at his nursing home in Takoma Park, Md., can meet all of his basic ...

When I meet up with a home health care nurse to see what she does on a typical visit, I don't know what to expect. For most of my life I've generally avoided hospitals and health care settings, but ...

Nurses serve as the heart of our healthcare system. You can honor us during National Nurses Week 2025 through May 12. But honoring nurses requires more than flowers and thank-you cards. It requires ...