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 ...

Hundreds of disability advocates gathered at the State House in Boston Wednesday for a rally to support the state program that provides caregivers to help people with disabilities and seniors live at ...

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 ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – House Democrats won’t pursue budget cuts Gov. Maura Healey proposed that would cut off services to the elderly and people with disabilities. The House budget chief revealed the ...

At the end of April, Tara Lynn Southard arrived at the Mattapan branch of the Boston Public Library on a mission. She had a stack of flyers in her hands. “Part-time PCA needed” they read, with a list ...

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 ...