Senior care quality standards and ethics seem like something that should go hand-in-hand. It is important to understand the quality standards for senior home care agencies and also for any senior care company you may work with as a caregiver or senior.
Seattle based A Place for Mom sells leads to assisted living communities and senior home care agencies by hiring 100% commission Advisors who are paid when the senior is placed in a company that has agreed to pay A Place for Mom a placement fee. However, employees and a court agreed the company was not paying their own employees as they should.
A Place for Mom settled a federal class-action lawsuit for $1.7 million involving 222 employees in April, 2010. The suit was filed in 2008 alleging labor violations and uncompensated overtime and delayed commission payments along with unreimbursed job-related expenses.
Caregiverlist provides quality standards for senior home care agencies and the daily prices of nursing homes nationwide, along with by-state senior services to assist seniors and their families to plan for senior care. Caregiverlist also provides a Career Center with training and employment information and jobs for professional caregivers.
