When Angela Guanzon was recruited from the Philippines in 2008 and promised a job in Los Angeles with a 10-year contract, she thought she had hit the jackpot. The wage was $600 a month, far more than she could earn in her home country. She was told she would be one of two caregivers assisting an elderly client with dementia living in a South Los Angeles board-and-care facility. Her job would be to help with cooking and cleaning, to bathe the residents, as well as to provide routine medical care.
“In the Philippines, we are aware that to be a caregiver here in the U.S. is a good opportunity and it’s a good job for us,” Guanzon told Capital & Main.
