Felons found working in elder care; Cox vows to tighten laws after thousands with warrants identified in state nursing homes
Wednesday, June 1st, 2005.
Lansing, MI — A yearlong study by Attorney General Mike Cox has revealed that workers accused or convicted of felonies such as abuse, illegal drug use and other offenses are caring for vulnerable, elderly patients despite state efforts to screen nursing home and adult foster care workers.
His findings parallel those of a Detroit News investigation in November that revealed an unnoticed epidemic of malnutrition and dehydration had killed nearly 14,000 nursing home patients between 1999 and 2002, including 800 in Michigan. The News discovered that, as in the case of required background checks for workers, state regulations have failed to prevent inattention and abuse.
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