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Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical and health services managers and physical therapist assistants are among the top 20 fastest growing jobs, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

In mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the U.S., my grandmother’s health started to decline. With so many unknowns, the assisted living facility where ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Before nursing health assistant Lorraine McDonald started her hospital job, she was nervous about the intimate nature of some of the ...

In its series, "A Critical Choice,'' The Plain Dealer has chronicled several issues involving poor care in Ohio nursing homes. Those include understaffing, a lack of state inspectors and attempts by ...