Increasing safety for at-risk adults: screening in-home care providers.
Social Work › Vol. 52 Nbr. 3, July 2007
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Increasing safety for at-risk adults: screening in-home care providers.
Years ago, the director of a program for adults with developmental disabilities asked me to teach a workshop for staff after a male aide molested a wheelchair-bound client in a bathroom. A head nurse at a hospital for frail elders asked for a workshop after a stroke patient was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease. "Why me?" I asked the people extending these generous invitations. Good question--my field is child welfare. "Everybody else refused," they answered. Bad answer.
From my perspective as a child welfare social worker, I see unnecessary gaps in screening and hiring practices for in-home helpers who work w...See the full content of this document
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