Background checks can prevent exploitation
BY JESSICA CUFFMAN
THE MARION STAR
AUGUST 9, 2009
The daughter of an elderly theft victim said her family was devastated when a home health care worker stole more than $3,000 from her mother. And she wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else.
Michele Stokes was emotional at a sentencing hearing for Lora Huffine, a woman who cashed a check sent to Stokes' mother's home — money that was for her mother's health care.
Huffine, 40, of Ashley, was sentenced to two years community controlled sanctions, 20 days in jail, and was banned from working in home health care anywhere as part of her punishment.
But because she wasn't a licensed worker and was found through an advertisement Stokes collected from an agency where it was just posted, she fears it could happen again to someone else.
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