Data: BLS; Note: Defined as care of the elderly, disabled or convalescent at home. Data is seasonally adjusted; Chart: Axios Visuals The cost of hiring help to care for an elderly or a sick person at ...

The costs of caring for ill and aging loved ones don’t show up on store shelves, but they’re front and center for voters like Sharon Zimmer. Zimmer, 65, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, has been caring for her ...

Many couples plan for retirement. Few plan for what happens when one person becomes full-time care.

Women from the Philippines — some with legal status, some without — make up a sizable portion of the caregiver workforce in California. Some countries have invested in public financing of ...

When older Americans contemplate retirement, they might not consider moving to another state where senior care costs are lower. Yet, the costs of senior care vary dramatically from one state to ...

The Indiana House Public Health Committee unanimously advanced House Bill 1277 on Jan. 13, which legislation supporters say would save hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding each year ...

I’ve talked a lot about the high costs of child care, the shortage of child care workers and the negative impacts on U.S. labor participation. Now, I’d like to shift my focus on the realities we all ...

A new program in Suffolk trains future home health aides - free of charge. With elder care costs rising and taxing families, Imani Barbour is hoping to help ease the burden a little by becoming a home ...