On the front lines of health care

For most direct care workers, the job is difficult yet rewarding. But low wages and a lack of benefits strain retention, even as the need for their services increases.

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
May 26, 2011

Discussions about ensuring an adequate health care workforce generally focus on the supply of doctors and nurses. But when Americans age, it's generally someone much lower on the health care ladder they rely on for their care.

Up to 80 percent of all paid care for the elderly in the U.S. is....

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