Caregiving

Why some residential caregivers call their jobs ‘indentured servitude’

In 2019, PBS broadcast a report noting that care for the elderly has become a multi-billion dollar industry, with about 29,000 residential care facilities operating across the country. But a new investigation by Reveal, from The Center for Investigative Reporting, finds that some of these facilities are profiting by exploiting caregivers, effectively paying them as little as $2 an hour to work around the clock.

Published by
David McGuffey

Recent Posts

SSI Decisions finding no penalty where beneficiary over 65 funds a pooled trust sub-account

The federal Medicaid statute authorizes the use of individual self-settled special needs trusts for individuals…

23 hours ago

Example of Georgia Medicaid Lien Inquiry

If someone is receiving Medicaid and was injured through the negligence of others, Medicaid asserts…

23 hours ago

CMS Announces Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule

On April 22, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new final…

2 weeks ago

Dementia alone does not prevent someone from executing a valid Will

In Creamer v. Manley, decided March 14, 2024, the Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment…

2 weeks ago

Caveator deprived herself of standing by withdrawing her challenge to Will

On February 21, 2024, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided the case of In Re…

2 weeks ago