Families Say Low Wages Make Finding In-Home Nurses Difficult

BALTIMORE (AP) — Some families and placement agencies in Maryland say they struggle to find and place in-home nurses as the state underpays them.
The Baltimore Sun reports in-home licensed professional nurses make significantly less in Maryland when working in someone’s house instead of a hospital or nursing home. Placement firm BAYADA Home Health Care says
Medicaid covers about $35 per hour for those nurses in Maryland, compared with $46 in Delaware and $50 in Washington.
Nurses get