Wage Theft: A Rapidly Growing Problem in Nursing Homes | Caregivers at our nation’s nursing homes and long term care facilities face many challenges. Complex patient care, the risk of injury, and an exhausting workload are some of the conditions these medical professionals deal with on a daily basis. Nurses and aides deserve to be paid fairly for the time they commit to the care of residents. Unfortunately, a growing problem in many nursing homes is that of wage theft; abuses of this nature are so rampant that the United States Department of Labor has recently published a fact sheet on wage theft. While nursing home insurance is designed to protect facilities, their staff, and their residents from many risks, it is imperative that insurance agents understand the common types of wage theft and to help their clients avoid the perils associated with this industry-wide practice.