Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – After Gov. Maura Healey tried unsuccessfully to make budget cuts last year that would have reduced services to the ...
Ollie Tansimore has been caring for his 11-year-old granddaughter for the last 10 years. "My life is around her, and being around her," says Tansimore. "And we have a good relationship." Last year, he ...
When Marguerite Spann comes to visit Edna Cain, she always wears a smile. "A smile is very important and encouraging, and it uplifts a person's spirit too," says Marguerite Spann, a volunteer with ...
Advocates in wheelchairs gathered outside Governor Maura Healey’s State House office early this spring, demanding she pull back on a proposal that could limit access to a home assistance program that ...
Editor's note: According to MassHealth, the state House of Representatives did not preserve the personal care attendant funding from fiscal 2024 in its fiscal 2025 proposal; A previous version of this ...
Darlene McGlotten-Whitehead says she's been a caregiver to her 10-year-old granddaughter, Laila, on and off for the last eight years. "A very smart little girl," says McGlotten-Whitehead. "Good at ...
BOSTON (SHNS) – After Gov. Maura Healey tried unsuccessfully to make budget cuts last year that would have reduced services to the elderly and people with disabilities, advocates are reaching out to ...