Natalie Krebs
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As the senior population in the U.S. grows, so do efforts to help older Americans stay at home — and out of hospitals and nursing homes.
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Home health care workers are among the lowest paid, shifting the burden of long-term care to aging and overstressed family members or assisted living centers, which are often understaffed themselves.
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A year and a half after COVID-19 outbreaks tore through many of the nation's meatpacking plants, workers and their towns are still working on ways to enhance safety.