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Working day and night and paid a pittance: Caregivers in the U.S.
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Working day and night and paid a pittance: Caregivers in the U.S.

Caregivers work intimately with the elderly. They bathe, dress and feed them and help with basic hygiene. But who looks out for the caregivers? By 2034, the number of Americans who are 65 or older is expected to outnumber children – a first in U.S. history. Providing for the elderly has become a multibillion-dollar industry, and about 29,000 residential care facilities operate across the country. But a new investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found that across the U.S., caregivers in small residential communities are being overworked and underpaid. There are at least 1,400 cases nationwide in which care facility operators broke minimum wage and other labor laws, in some cases effectively paying caregivers as little as $2 an hour to work around the clock. In this collaboration with PBS NewsHour, Reveal examines how some caregivers earn rock-bottom wages to work day and night, while their employers profit from their labor. Credits: Reporter Jennifer Gollan Producer Rachel de Leon Senior Producers David Ritsher Richard Coolidge Senior Investigative Editor Narda Zacchino Videographer Rachel de Leon Editor David Ritsher Legal Counsel Victoria Baranetsky Assistant Camera Mariah Miranda Mallory Newman Production Assistants Autumn Hughes Faith Pittman Archival Bravo Media LLC, a Division of NBCUniversal Residential Assisted Living Academy Assisted Living University / Robert King Daybreak Retirement Villas Executive Producers Amanda Pike Sara Just Editor in Chief Matt Thompson
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