Geriatric hospitals can now accept foreign workers as caregivers
The change was proposed by the Health Ministry, given the severe shortage of geriatric hospital workers, complaints of poor training and some abuse of patients.
An elderly woman walks through a corridor of a retirement home as visits have been restricted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns, in Grevenbroich(photo credit: REUTERS)ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICHUpdated: