Direct Care Workers and Unpaid Caregivers Describe Low-Wage, Stressful, Physically-Challenging Work

This story is from the Kaiser Health News. In recent focus group interviews, 32 paid direct care workers and unpaid caregivers who assist seniors and people with disabilities with self-care and household activities describe daily work defined by low pay, physical demands and mental stress that has been made worse by the pandemic. KFF conducted the…