Crime Pays
Scores of people convicted of crimes such as rape, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon are permitted to care for some of California’s most vulnerable residents as part of the government’s home health aide program…
Only a history of specific types of child abuse, elder abuse or defrauding of public assistance programs can disqualify a person under the court ruling. But not all perpetrators of even those crimes can be blocked. In addition, privacy laws prevent investigators from cautioning the program’s elderly, infirm and disabled clients that they may end up in the care of someone who has committed violent or financial crimes.
Full article on how California allows violent criminals to care for the elderly and bedridden.
It’s hard to imagine the state of California now requiring full disclosure as a condition for caring for vulnerable populations.
Home-health care in California is a surprisingly politically charged issue, with unions struggling to keep and gain more power over patients’ rights to decide who comes into their homes to provide care.
I wrote a short article about this a while back: http://tinyurl.com/23nou2a.
You just can’t make this stuff up. If someone put it in a novel, reviewers would say it requires too much suspension of disbelief.
I think this is outrageous. I hope it is confined to California, which seem to excel at nuttiness.