HHS Inspector General: Many nursing home workers have criminal records

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Mar 4 2011
The New York Times: Study Finds Criminal Pasts Of Nursing Home Workers
More than 90 percent of nursing homes employ one or more people who have been convicted of at least one crime, federal investigators said Wednesday in a new report. In addition, they said, 5 percent of all nursing home employees have at least one criminal conviction (Pear, 3/2).

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