Caregiver's civil rights violated

In the complex arena of resident and patient rights vs. employee rights, the path can be very murky.

A recent Indiana case found that an employee's civil rights were violated when an administrator honored a resident's request to have no "black caregivers" assigned to her.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100823/ap_on_he_me/us_patient_prejudice

Stay tuned as we see this issue applied to other protected characteristics.

Thank you, Sonia, for sharing this news with us.