Despite Demand, No Takers for Care-worker Jobs — VOA Learning English
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting hurt.
Wibonele is from Kenya. In 2014, she worked as a certified nursing assistant (or, CNA) in Atlanta, Georgia. She went to the homes of mostly older clients and helped them with everything from bathing to cooking. Wibonele worked alone. Sometimes she had to lift clients who were much bigger than she was. It was hard work. She earned only $9 an hour and received no benefits.
If not for her second job as a babysitter and her husband’s wages, her family would not have made enough money to support their four children.
“My paycheck was almost nothing.…
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