Caring for people in their homes, who need assistance with activities of daily living, is a vital and essential service provided by paid and unpaid care providers in the US and around the world.
This website provides information for and about care providers and care recipients. It includes information from our research team here at Ohio State University, as well as information from other researchers and trustworthy sources.
Our goals for our research and this website are to:
- bring higher visibility to the essential work of in home care
- reduce the risk of injury to care providers that can occur when providing or assisting with more physically strenuous care activities
- improve communications between care providers and care recipients
- connect care providers and care recipients with the latest research, including research they can get involved with
Current news:
New research study (July 2024 – June 2025) – Completed! We worked with the Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice (OCHCH), home healthcare professionals in Ohio, and Tactica Interactive to improve the occupational safety training software our team developed previously. This project was made possible through a grant from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation. Learn more about this project…
Our Home Healthcare Conversations app, developed for and with home healthcare workers, in now available, for free, in the AppStore and in the GooglePlay store. Learn more…