Convicted Sex Offender Pulls From His Old Bag Of Tricks While Assaulting Elderly Nursing Home Patient
Another convicted sex offender has acted out in a nursing home setting by assaulting another patient at the facility where he resides. This incident reportedly occurred at Golden Living Center in Oakmont, PA. Staff at the nursing home noticed Russell Gary Dettlinger fondling a female dementia patient at the facility in a common area used for watching television. Mr. Dettlinger was immediately removed from the facility and charged with aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. This is not a random act for Mr. Dettlinger as he was convicted of sexually assaulting a child in 1993. Despite the wrinkles...
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Illinois Attorney General 'Cracks The Whip' At Violent Criminals Living Amongst Nursing Home Patients
Shesshh.... Don't let the violent offenders living amongst innocent nursing home patients in Illinois know that the Attorney General and local police agencies may soon be hunting them down! Seriously, as Illinois gets ready to introduce new nursing home safety bills, law enforcement facilities have announced a renewed push to track down unregistered felons, sex offenders and parole violators. Illinois' officials are really stepping up their focus on nursing home safety after a series of newspaper articles highlighted the how Illinois nursing homes house a significant number of young patients with psychiatric records --- including more than 3,000 with felony...
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Nursing Home Worker Admits To Molestation Of Disabled Resident
A 26-year-old man has admitted to the molestation of a mentally disabled woman he was responsible for caring for. The nursing home worker identified as, Daniel Griswald, confessed to multiple sexual encounters with a resident at Rest Haven Home, in Rest Haven, Michigan between March and May, 2008. According to Rest Haven Nursing Home administrator, Brian Wilson, Griswald was a, "good, solid, employee...nobody suspected anything of him." According to Wilson, Griswald passed an extensive background check that included a criminal record check and a checking of the Michigan Sex Offender Registry. Shockingly, Mr. Griswold left the facility's employ abruptly last...
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Patient Beaten To Death At Nursing Home With Long History Of Safety Violations. Should This Facility Really Be Considered A Skilled Nursing Facility Or Simply A Haven for Thugs?
Murder charges may soon be filed against 62-year-old Ardyce Nauden, after he beat brutally Andres Cardona at Chicago's Columbus Park Nursing & Rehab Center. The beating occurred after Cardona allegedly tried to take Nauden's lunch. The August incident, resulted in Cardona being injured so badly that he was admitted to a hospital and placed on a ventilator. Recently, Cardona died from his injuries. By any standard, Columbus Park Nursing & Rehab Center fails to provide a safe environment for patients. According to public records compiled in the Chicago Tribune's Illinois Nursing Home Safety Report website, Columbus Park cares for a...
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Nursing Home Fails To Alert Patients To Admission Of Convicted Child Molester
"No, we don't divulge that to family members." Was the response given by Laura Holbrook, a social worker at Lake Worth Nursing Home, when questioned about the facilities decision to keep the facilities new patient, Boyd Mullens-- a convicted sex offender-- unannounced to patients and their families. Mullens will live freely amongst the other patients at Lake Worth after being transferred there due to medical problems from a halfway house. 60-year-old Mullens was convicted of sexually molesting teenage boys and has been identified by authorities as a sexually violent predator. Despite his age and fragile health, experts believe...
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Atleast 50 Convicted Sex-Offenders Living Freely In Illinois Nursing Homes
One of the most disturbing cases, my office is working on, involves a mentally and physically impaired woman who was raped by another resident at a skilled nursing facility. As if the crime itself wasn't horrific enough, a review of the records has revealed that the other residents had complained about the individuals making sexual advances towards them-- yet the facility failed to take any actions. Lastly, the individual was a convicted sex offender, living freely and completely unknown to the other residents. Wes Bledsoe's group, A Perfect Cause, is committed to protecting nursing home residents by protecting patients from...
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Nursing Home Worker Faces 25 Years In Jail Following Molestation Of Disabled Patient
Juan Tavares-Nunez of Queens, has been convicted by a jury of committing a first-degree criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of an incompetent person. The incident occurred in 2007, when Tavares-Nunez was working as a porter at Cliffside Nursing Home in Flushing, NY. Tavares-Nunez, who had been working in the New York Nursing Home for nine years, entered the room of a bedridden Alzheimer patient-- who was completely dependent on the nursing home staff for assistance with all daily living activities-- and molested her. A supervisor at the facility caught Tavares-Nunez in the act and reported the incident to...
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Alzheimer's Patient + Sex Offender= Trouble
This report of an Alzheimer's patient who was sexually assaulted by her co-resident (a registered sex offender) demonstrates the extreme vulnerability of nursing home residents with dementia and Alzheimer's. Nursing home's must take extra precautions when handling Alzheimer's patients. Unlike most nursing home residents, who are capable of most daily living needs, many with Alzheimer's are completely dependent on the nursing home staff for every need- feeding, bathing, medication and toileting. What makes this story particularly disturbing is that the 'victim' of the sexual assault is probably incapable of identifying the perpetrator. Consequently, there is a chance that this individual...
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