Entries tagged with “sex-offenders-in-nursing-home”

Murderers, Rapists, And Other Violent Criminals Living With The Elderly

Posted by Jonathan Rosenfeld on July 23, 2008
More than 1,600 registered sex offenders are currently living amongst the elderly in nursing homes throughout the country according to a nursing home watchdog group. Wes Bledsoe, a nursing home safety advocate, tracked the number of sex offenders living amongst the general nursing home population by matching addresses from the sex offender registry with the Medicare database. The total number of felons living in nursing homes is even higher as many criminal convictions are not publicly available. Currently there are no federal or state laws to keep violent offenders out of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Many of... More
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Jonathan Rosenfeld is a lawyer who represents people injured in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.   Jonathan has represented...

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