BRANDON — The union for health-care aides says the reliance on private agency workers by the Prairie Mountain Health region keeps rising, and hit $20.9 million in the last fiscal year.

“When we had health-care aide vacancy rates as high as 80 per cent in some places in 2024, we understood that agency needed to be used, but it’s becoming the norm. It’s basically privatizing ...

Personal Care Aide is a uniform pre-nurse aide training program developed to cover essential soft-skills, basic home management and personal care skills. Students will be trained to understand the ...

Personal care aides work in a variety of environments, including patient homes, small residential facilities, group homes and large-scale care communities. Unlike home health aides, personal care ...

Bolstered by $2.8 million in federal funds, the Certified Home Health Aide Career Program offers three programs: a scholarship program with 76 hours of paid training; a 12-week, on-the-job mentorship ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kara Clark has a heart for serving others. “Health care is my passion and more importantly, people are my love,” said Clark, owner of Purple Hearts Home Health. Inspired by the ...

While questions about how to manage and fund home care have dominated the discussion regarding home health care in New York ...

The Black Health Resource Directory boasts a guide filled with culturally aware providers in Colorado. Colorado’s health care community is doing its part to better aid Black residents.

From April to December 2024, the government hired 138 physicians, 481 nurses, 386 health-care aides and 176 allied health workers across the province. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announces ...

They include health-care aides, nurses, midwives and physicians. Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara says dozens of recently retired nurses have rejoined the workforce. Prior to being elected in 2023 ...

Universal health care simply means that every citizen has a realistic ability to access basic health care services. It does not mean that only the government pays for that access. Most of the ...