did-you-kno:

In 2006, the German state of North
Rhine-Westphalia began hiring
prostitutes as nursing home caregivers.
In an attempt to get sex trade workers
off the streets and into the widely
understaffed nursing home industry,
they offered dozens of prostitutes the
chance to train for a new career. The
program coordinator said the use of
prostitutes was ‘an obvious move,’
because they have ‘good people skills,
aren’t easily disgusted, and have
zero fear of physical contact.’ Source