Teenage Nursing Home Visitor Suspected Of Raping Patient
Protecting nursing home patients seems like an obvious responsibility of nursing homes, yet too often facilities are lax when it comes to regulating the visitors who come-and-go freely at many facilities. Of course its nice to simply see new faces at the facility-- but there needs to be some method of accounting for who enters and leaves the facility. On the topic of nursing home visitors, I was sickened by a news report of and 18-year-old man who allegedly raped an elderly female patient at Woods Nursing Home in Tennessee. Apparently, the man was at the facility to visit another...
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The Real Devastation Associated With Sex Abuse In Nursing Home Will Never Be Known As Most Acts Go Unreported & Unprosecuted
The overwhelming majority of sex abuse cases involving nursing home patients go unreported to authorities and hence un-prosecuted according to a recent news story on the topic by WKYC, a Cleveland, OH television station. In evaluating the sex abuse complaints made to the Ohio Department of health, the regulatory agency for nursing homes, just a handful of the 324 complaints made regarding rape and sexual abuse of patients in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities resulted in a conviction. One of the biggest hurdles for prosecutors of sexual abuse cases is the victims inability to testify. According to Ohio...
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East Moline Nursing Home Resident Allegedly Raped By Worker
A truly horrific report of elder abuse has surfaced from East Moline, IL where police have arrested a nursing home worker after he allegedly raped an 82-year-old resident at the facility where he worked. Paul Hubbard was arrested by East Moline Police after a co-worker saw him raping the nursing home resident. Court records reveals that Hubbard was employed by Parkview Terrace Nursing Home and has sexual intercourse with an elderly resident who was unable to give consent. The resident was taken to Illini Hospital for examination and has been released. The Illinois Department of Public Health conducted an...
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Charges Dropped Against Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Wife
Felony sexual assault charges have been dropped against a Wisconsin man for having intercourse with his comatose wife. Prosecutors' case against the man relied on videotapes evidence of the man engaging in intercourse during visits at the Divine Savior Nursing Home in Portage, Wisconsin. However, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that the videotapes are inadmissible in the case. The court found that the man's Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches were violated when police installed a hidden camera in the wife's nursing home room. According to reports, the couple was married in 1988 and had no children....
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Nursing Home Crimes Go Unreported
In order for authorities to prosecute people charged with committing crimes they must have evidence. In some cases authorities can rely on physical evidence to prove their case. The most effective evidence comes in the form of testimony from crime victims- the people who can describe what happened to them and what the perpetrator looked or might have said. What happens if the victim is unable to testify? Unfortunately, the chances of the assailant walking free increase substantially. Further, when a crime occurs within the confines of a nursing home or long-term care facility has little incentive to report the...
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Nursing Home Rapist In Custody
40-year-old, Roberto Cruz Recendes, was extradited to the United States and placed under arrest for the 2002 beating and rape of a 94-year-old woman in a Palo Alto assisted living center, according to Palo Alto Police. The arrest stems from a May 10, 2002 incident at an assisted living facility. Police responded after a resident reported she had been beaten and raped by an intruder, agent Dan Ryan said. Recendes lived near the facility at the time of the incident and since relocated to Mexico. Currently, Recendes is charged with one count of sexual assault during the commission of...
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Nusing Home Supervisor Admits To Abusing 100 Residents
John Riems, a former nursing home supervisor at Conrad Care and Rehabilitation Center in Ohio. During questioning by prosecutors, Reims admitted to abusing nearly 100 patients during his 22-year career at nursing homes. Reims is under investigation from an original charges involving the allegations of abuse involving a 55-year-old blind man and a partially paralyzed man in his 80's. Fourteen more felony counts have been filed against Mr. Reims since the investigation began-- 12 counts of rape and two counts of felonious sexual penetration. Read more about this Ohio nursing home story here. I certainly believe in 'innocent until proven...
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Caregiver Accused Of Rape
A 44-year old woman was raped in Kent Nursing Home in Seattle. The victim was particularly vulnerable with mental and physical impairments. The rape was not discovered until the woman had a miscarriage and DNA testing confirmed that the act was done by an employee of the nursing home. 'We entrust caregivers for dependent adults with tremendous responsibility for the health and well-being of the patient,' said Prosecutor Dan Satterberg. Long-term facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes have a duty to provide a safe facility for all residents and employees. Part of providing a safe facility requires a full criminal background...
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