Advocates say home nursing care wages, often paid through Medicaid and set by the state, are just too low to keep nurses and nursing assistants in the profession.
A fight to survive: Deep freeze imperiled Texas most vulnerable
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Hailey Cheevers, 10, sits in a chair in her living room as her father Stan, left, and Samir Haq, a home-health nurse, prepare the home following several days of winter storms Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Houston. Pipes broke in the cold weather causing parts of the ceilings to collapse.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Hailey Cheevers, 10, sits in a chair in her living room as Samir Haq, a home-health nurse, prepares to do endotracheal suctioning after she returned home following several days of winter storms Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at her home in Houston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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