Hospice workers earned an average of $12.40 per hour in 2007, compared with an hourly rate of $11.60 for all home health workers. Hospice workers fare better than other categories of home health workers and are less likely to leave their jobs, according to a new paper in the Home…...

From 2010-2013, 6 states used grants from a federal demonstration program to develop and implement statewide programs to train personal and home care assistants in 10 core competencies. Direct care workers provide up to 80% of the hands-on assistance that older adults and persons with disabilities receive every day. A…...