Prison health care: The issues

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Health care-related issues common throughout the jails and prisons in the U.S. are discussed. Apart from serious budget shortfalls, two of the biggest obstacles to delivering quality health care to inmates are the huge size of the nation's prison population, numbering to about 2.3 million with an estimated caring cost of $7 billion a year, and the high percentage of mentally ill inmates, making it difficult to hire enough trained staff.

Government expenditures, Health Care and Social Assistance, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Care Services, Medical & Health Services, Labor Distribution by Employer, Prisoners, Health aspects, Analysis, Medical care, Statistics, Medical care (Private), Government finance, Right to treatment

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Privacy in peril: Smile, your employer may be watching

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The American Management Association (AMA) has revealed that the number of employers spying on their employees has increased, which could adversely affect the employers. The Privacy Protection Study Commission, however, believes that employers set workplace policies, including privacy standards, and as workers are free to decide to work for an employer or not, they are generally obliged to abide by their employer's rules.

Reports, Electronic employee monitoring, American Management Association

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Caring for the elderly: They work hard for a living

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Most workers in nursing homes and home-health agencies earn little more than the minimum wage, and a few receive any benefits like health insurance. The work can be frustrating, dirty, and sad, but despite all these, a good direct-care worker needs to be patient, safe, kind, empathetic, strong and perceptive to an unusual degree.

Personnel administration, Nursing & Rest Homes, Nursing and Residential Care Facilities, Nursing and Personal Care Facilities, Health Aides, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Homes for Aged, Homes for the Elderly, Compensation and benefits, Nursing homes, Home health aides

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