MedStaffers at Greensburg

11/18/2025

11/12/2025

At todays Direct Care Worker of the Year Awards the Lt. Governor Austin Davis shared a video message to Pennsylvania’s caregivers: “Direct care workers are extraordinary. They are the unsung heroes of our Commonwealth.”

PHA agrees, Lt. Governor. But words alone do not pay the bills. 94% of Pennsylvania’s caregivers were left out of this year’s budget. It's time to honor these Direct Care Workers work with funding that matches your words.

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus PA Senate Republicans

11/12/2025

Are we happy that PA has passed a budget? YES! But are we happy with the 94% of Caregivers that were left unseen and unappreciated? Absolutely NO! Has this deepened the homecare crisis? YES! Our efforts will not stop. MedStaffers will continue to provide the absolute best service possible, because we do care about the 94%.
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HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) today issued the following statement in response to the budget agreement reached in Harrisburg.

Independent, taxpayer-funded studies commissioned by the Shapiro Administration and the legislature found Pennsylvania must invest more than $800 million to stabilize Pennsylvania’s home care system and align Direct Care Worker wages with neighboring states and competing industries. PHA has urged lawmakers to pass a $370 million increase in this year’s budget to begin addressing that gap, yet the final deal provides just $21 million - earmarked for only 6% of in-home caregivers— while choosing to ignore 94% of the workforce, and the families and patients who rely on them.

“This budget represents a devastating failure of leadership by Governor Shapiro, his Administration, and the General Assembly,” said Mia Haney, CEO of the Pennsylvania Homecare Association. “Pennsylvania’s legislature had the opportunity to address the state’s home care crisis but instead chose politics over people. Instead of solving the problem, lawmakers approved funding for just 6% of workers - while abandoning the 94% of caregivers who deliver the overwhelming majority of care across the Commonwealth. This is not how you stabilize a collapsing system; this is how you deepen a crisis.”

Every month in Pennsylvania, over 112,500 shifts of care go unfilled and one in four authorized nursing hours never takes place. Families are left without critical support—or worse, loved
ones remain trapped in hospitals and institutions simply because support is not available to bring them home. This budget ensures that those numbers will grow even more dire.

11/12/2025

The Senate and Governor have the power to act — and ensure no home care caregiver gets left behind.

Pennsylvania’s home care system is in crisis. Caregivers are walking away because wages can’t compete. Families are waiting weeks or months for help. Seniors and people with disabilities are at risk.

All caregivers deserve a rate increase. When we fund the frontlines, we protect care, strengthen communities, and save lives.

➡️ Tell your Senator: Support every caregiver. Fund Home Care.

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania PA Senate Republicans Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Caucus

11/12/2025

Thank you for your service.

11/01/2025

MedStaffers' Greensburg office is coordinating a food drive to benefit local community food pantries.
If you are able to contribute, please drop off your non-perishable food items at our office, located at 4727 suite 103a in Greensburg (Berkshire Center, building one).
Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. The food drive will take place from November 3 through November 14.

11/01/2025

Many of our community friends are facing hardship. We hope these resources are helpful.

https://westmorelandfoodbank.org
https://www.pa211.org

10/31/2025

Home health care is a lifeline for many in our aging population and those with chronic conditions. Proposed re...

10/31/2025

PSA!!

10/16/2025

We need your help in pushing the budget to include home care increases.

FRONT PAGE NEWS TribLive: Pennsylvania’s homecare staffing crisis is leaving older adults and people with disabilities without the care they desperately need.

Lisa Sprague, who relies on 13 hours of homecare every day, shared: “You wake up and you’re thinking, ‘Is somebody going to show up today?’”

The industry’s annual quit rate is at nearly 80%. As Sprague explained: “I make friends with them, I trust them, and then they find other jobs because this is not a livable wage to make.”

Ben Kondor of BAYADA Home Health Care highlighted the wage gap: “The starting hourly wage is between $12 and $14… In today’s landscape, you have the Sheetz of the world, the Amazon, the big box store — you name it — paying $15 an hour. We’re losing the workforce to competition outside of our industry just based upon wage disparities that are caused by those reimbursements.”

Cody Jones, PHA's Senior Director of Government Affairs, put it plainly: “We’re not looking at a potential crisis. We are in a workforce crisis right now.”

Beth Rementer, spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Rep. Matt Bradford, confirmed: “House Democrats… recognize that this is a critical issue for both the workforce and care of our older residents.”

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania reimburses agencies an average of just $20.63 per hour for personal care — with some regions as low as $19.32 — far below neighboring states.

It’s time for legislators to act. 400,000 Pennsylvanians who rely on homecare cannot afford another year of inaction.

➡️ READ MORE: https://triblive.com/news/health-now/older-disabled-pennsylvanians-bear-brunt-of-home-care-staffing-crisis/

Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus Pennsylvania House Democrats Senator Joe Pittman Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

09/19/2025

Beautiful day to meet our neighbors! Thank you Westmoreland Housing Authority for hosting the wellness fairs today at Odin View and S. Greengate Commons. We appreciate the opportunity.