Long-term care aims to be safer: Criminal background checks improve
Monday, May 1st, 2006.
Detroit, MI – In an effort to better protect its most vulnerable citizens, the state has begun requiring new employees in nursing homes, group homes and other long-term care settings to undergo criminal background checks.
Applauded by supporters who say the requirement will make residents safer, others fear the laws could make recruiting employees more difficult in what already is a low-paying field with a shortage of workers.
Under the new laws, which went into effect last month, prospective workers with criminal convictions face a one- to 15-year moratorium against working in long-term care facilities, depending on their crime. Those with convictions for Medicaid fraud or drug dealing cannot be hired at the facilities.
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