The state Department of Labor has awarded a $250,000 grant to a Hempstead vocational training business that’s pledged to train jobless Long Islanders to pursue careers as home health aides. Cambridge ...

Home health aides help the elderly and people with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or cognitive impairments live independently. They assist with daily tasks like bathing, preparing meals, and ...

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 ...

On most days around 2 p.m., home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an apartment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, playing catch with his client — a man in his 30s with a developmental disability who ...