Interviewed 400 union members, majority of whom were low-income African American and Latina women who care for frail aged and disabled Medicaid recipients in their homes. Found that home care workers expressed need for better health care coverage, especially for stress-related illnesses, along with personal social services to assist with housing,…

Examines the policies and procedures that home health care agencies have developed to handle incapacitated patients and life-sustaining treatment decisions. Although most directors, staff, and patients agree that patients know their legal rights, only 67% of agencies reported having existing policies on advance directives, and only 41.5% had…