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North Carolina bill would set $18-to-$24 wage floors for direct-care workers
House Bill 1045 would set occupation-specific minimums from $18 an hour for home care aides to $24 for licensed practical nurses, starting January 2028 if approved.
PolicyWorkforceElder CareDisabilityMental Health
Judge orders Oklahoma Medicaid to restore Mirabelle Care's payments
A judge ordered Oklahoma's Medicaid agency to resume Mirabelle Care's SoonerCare payments and lift its November fraud suspension, the company says. The underlying investigation remains active.
PolicyBusinessDisabilityMental Health
Trial finds online therapy lowers anxiety and depression in dementia carers
A UEA-led randomized trial of 496 English family carers reports sustained mental-health gains from a home-based digital platform.
ResearchMental HealthElder Care
Federally funded trial tests an app for the ICU's 'hidden patients'
Case Western's REFRAME will enroll 387 ICU surrogate decision-makers to test whether cognitive reappraisal eases depression and regret.
ResearchElder CareMental Health
Medicaid work requirements move from statute to paperwork
Michigan starts twice-yearly checks as advocates warn CMS is narrowing exemptions for people with substance use disorders.
PolicyDisabilityMental HealthGeneral
Michigan sets Medicaid work rules, with a carve-out for family caregivers
About 678,000 expansion enrollees face 80-hour reporting from January 2027, as CMS narrows the medically-frail exemption Congress wrote.
PolicyGeneralDisabilityMental Health
Mapping the Slide From Worry to Overwhelm
A Virginia Tech study traces the dementia caregiver's stress cascade from a passing worry to a crushing burden, putting a mechanism under the survey numbers.
ResearchCultureElder CareMental HealthGeneral
Burnout Isn't a Feeling. It's a Design Flaw.
New research and first-person accounts converge on one point: caregiver burnout is structural, not personal.
CultureResearchElder CareGeneralMental Health
Child Care Costs Are a Mental Health Crisis Now, Not Just an Economic One
New research links child care access directly to parent mental health — reframing the debate beyond affordability.
PolicyResearchChild CareMental Health