The price of driving down care home costs? Staff who quit after a few weeks

Making money out of the sick, feeble and helpless means treating them and their carers like rubbish. No wonder worker turnover is so high

My friend Mavis just applied for a job in a care home for the elderly. Marvellous, I thought. She is bound to get it. She is perfect for the job: personable, bright, forthright, cheery, hard-working, her social skills are top-notch, and we are desperate for carers.

Off she went for her interview, told the fellow all about her life and past experience, including running two successful employment agencies, and when he’d heard all that, he started asking questions: “When you felt under pressure, what did you do about it? What are your strong points and weaknesses?”

Continue reading... December 18, 2017 at 06:30PM