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CAREGIVERS - Indentured Servitude?

CAREGIVERS - Indentured Servitude?

"Why some Residential Caregivers call their jobs ‘indentured servitude’" PBS NewsHour 5/23/2019

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SUMMARY:  Providing 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.  Jennifer Gollan reports.



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