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Background checks help protect elderly (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) |
About 5,000 applicants for jobs caring for the elderly have been rejected after background checks disclosed criminal records or a history of abusing patients. The results, compiled by the Senate Aging Committee, represent lawmakers' first efforts at evaluating a pilot program, used in seven states, that was designed to reduce cases of people preying on the elderly. Congress approved the program ...
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