Shortage of caregivers for people with disabilities worsens statewide

In the past year, Tom and Rosemary Bellaire have grown accustomed to distraught phone calls in the middle of the night from their son, Rob, who lives in a residential home for people with disabilities.

"He says, 'I need to go to the bathroom and no one is coming,'" said Rosemary Bellaire, of Clarendon...