Most instances of involving sexual assault of the elderly in nursing homes are tragic events that we’ll likely never hear a word about. It’s not that these horrors don’t take place with some frequency behind the closed doors of a senior care facility– it’s that many of the victims are particularly vulnerable and there is… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Sexual Abuse & Assault
Subscribe to Sexual Abuse & Assault RSS FeedNursing Homes Continually Live In Denial Of Presence Of Violent Patients At Their Facilties
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultIn addition to conducting a background check on new patients, facilities must do a better job keeping tabs on existing patients who are simply to aggressive to violent to be housed at a facility with other frail people. Despite their grandfatherly (or grandmotherly) appearance, people with violent tendencies can be aggressive and cause harm to… Continue Reading
Inclusion of Convicted Felons In Nursing Home Population Puts Patients At Risk For Abuse & Violence
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse, Sexual Abuse & AssaultWhen searching for a nursing home for a loved one, many turn to statistics on how well the nursing home performs as far as reported complaints, yearly inspections and other data. While these numbers are helpful, they do not address who else may be staying in the home. Many convicted felons are also housed at… Continue Reading
Identify If You Are A Victim of Nursing Home Neglect: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Abuse
Posted in Guest Posts, Sexual Abuse & AssaultNursing home patients do not always receive the appropriate care even though there are strict regulations to protect the safety of these residents. According to a study done by the Detroit Free Press, the State of Michigan had the ninth highest rate of serious violations per capita in nursing homes. In fact, the national rate… Continue Reading
Failing To Intervene With Violent Patients Is No Different Than Neglecting Other Necessities
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultThere’s been a lot of discussion lately about violence in nursing homes– when a nursing home patient perpetrates an aggressive act towards another patient. Admittedly, from the outward appearance of these incidents, it may seem like while these incidents are indeed unfortunate, it is unfair to hold a facility responsible for the acts of their… Continue Reading
Is Chicago Nursing Home Bullying Its Way Around Patient Safety Measures?
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultWith a pattern of violence amongst its patients confirmed by investigations completed by the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois Department of Health, Rainbow Beach Care Center is certainly the type of facility that deserves the to be hyper-scrutinized in order to protect its patients. In fact, Rainbow Beach has the dubious distinction of having… Continue Reading
Failing To Report Nursing Home Violence Results In Sanctions Against Facility
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultViolence in a nursing home setting can take place at any time– at any facility. While there certainly are procedures that facilities can put into place to reduce the number of these incidents, each episode needs to be closely examined to determine the specifics behind the incident and to prevent the eruption of similar problems… Continue Reading
Episode Of Sexual Abuse By Nursing Home Employee With A Questionable Past Highlights The Need For Nationalized Database For Healthcare Workers
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultLike most perspective employees, people seeking a position in a nursing home likely fill out an application, perhaps submit a resume and answer a few questions from the facility administrator or other managerial employee. Pretty simple and matter of fact. In the majority of situations, this tried and true method of seeking employment likely serves… Continue Reading
Authorities Beginning To Look Up The Food Chain Towards Nursing Home Administrators When Sexual Abuse Occurs On Their Watch
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultIn a rare instance of administrator accountability, the Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators has charged two of its own with professional incompetence and negligence in the manner they handled issues following alleged sexual abuse at their facilities. Both home administrators face possible sanctions following the manner in which they attempted to conceal abusive events… Continue Reading
Double Standard Applies To Sex Crimes Perpetuated Against Nursing Home Patients
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultI’d imagine that there would be blood in the streets if our society set convicted childhood sex offenders back to their task after serving a short period (42 days) behind bars. Yet when these heinous acts are carried out against equally vulnerable members of our society– the elderly, there seems to be little backlash when… Continue Reading
Registered Sex Offender Attacks Fellow Resident in Iowa Nursing Home
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultA registered sex offender living at an Iowa nursing home is now under extremely strict watch, after an eight-year-old girl witnessed him sexually assaulting a female resident. The attack took place on August 21 at the Pomeroy Care Center in Pomeroy. The girl, who was visiting relatives, says she witnessed 83-year-old William Cubbage standing over… Continue Reading
Disabled Iowa Woman Gives More Details About Sexual Assaults
Posted in Sexual Abuse & Assault(CAPTION: Allen Franks, Timothy Stromberg and Bruce Brecht were all arrested in connection to multiple rapes at the Anamosa Care Center.) In Iowa, new details have emerged about extremely disturbing incidents in which two male staff members repeatedly raped a female resident at the Anamosa Care Center. In June, a 21-year-old female resident came forward… Continue Reading
Sexual Abuse Of Patient In Chicagoland Nursing Home
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultEven with strict federal and state laws protecting nursing home patients, somehow people completely unfit for the job manage to find their way into positions where they are caring for an incredibly vulnerable group of people. Recently, the Chicago Tribune reported on a horribly shameful incident involving the sexual assault of a nursing home… Continue Reading
Where Will Criminals Go When They Need Skilled Nursing Care?
Posted in National Nursing Home Issue & For-Profit Chains, Sexual Abuse & AssaultLike it or not, many of us will rely on skilled nursing facilities– commonly known as nursing homes– to provide us with the medical care that we may not be able to provide for ourselves at some point in our lives. Similarly, there is a sizable group of convicted felons who will require similar care… Continue Reading
Signs Of Child Abuse In A Day Care Setting: Part 2
Posted in Children In Nursing Homes, Group Homes, Foster Care & Day Care, Sexual Abuse & AssaultYesterday we discussed potential signs of mistreatment or abuse in a day care setting. Today we continue our discussion regarding child abuse as we consider the signs of various types of abuse. While many of these topics are exceptionally troubling, as parents it is important to pay attention to changes in the behavior of… Continue Reading
Never Discount The Real Impact Of Sexual Abuse On The Disabled
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultConcerned about their daughter’s health, the family of Violet Townsend immediately sought medical care for the 29-year-old woman when they noticed blood on the seat of her wheelchair while visiting her at Grande Oaks Nursing Home (Ohio). After receiving care at a nearby hospital, it was determined that Ms. Townsend’s injury was consistent with a… Continue Reading
Chicago Nursing Home Patient Sexually Assaulted By CNA
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultDespite a steady stream of disturbing news headlines, sex crimes in nursing homes remain a rare– but certainly troubling– problem at facilities across the country. Most upsetting when these crimes are perpetrated upon disabled patients, they rarely get the attention that they deserve from both the facility as well as law enforcement as there is… Continue Reading
CNA Arrested After Soliciting Sexual Favors From Resident
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultApparently, a history of criminal financial behavior wasn’t enough to discourage the owners of Waterbook Assisted Living from hiring Katonia Davis as a CNA at their facility— because she wasn’t going to be handling any of the finances at the facility. Yet, just four months into her tenure at the North Carolina assisted living facility,… Continue Reading
As More Sex Offenders Make Their Way Into Nursing Homes, Are Facilities Exposing Themselves To Increased Liability?
Posted in Abuse In Chicago Nursing Homes & Other Communities Within Illinois, Sexual Abuse & AssaultAs if nursing home patients and their families didn’t have enough to worry about with respect to receiving proper medical care, many patients may be shocked to learn that they are living amongst registered sex offenders. While the component of sex offenders in nursing homes is nothing new, the fact remains that as a generation… Continue Reading
Is It Time For Nursing Homes To Implement More Safety Measures To Protect Patients From Visitors?
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultWould you open your front door and simply welcome in any visitor? I don’t know where you live– but I surely wouldn’t! However, many nursing homes pretty much have an ‘open door’ policy when it comes to granting visitors access to their facility. Sure some facilities have a check-in desk where visitors can sign… Continue Reading
Should Nursing Homes Restrict The Sexual Activity Of Disabled Patients?
Posted in Abuse In Chicago Nursing Homes & Other Communities Within Illinois, Sexual Abuse & AssaultA recently filed lawsuit accuses Rainbow Beach Nursing Center (Chicago, IL) of negligently attending to the sexual health of a schizophrenic patient who became pregnant during her admission to the facility. The family of the patient who gave birth to a handicapped boy, claims that the facility was negligent for allowing mentally disabled patients… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Abuse: Janitor Accused Of Sexually Exploiting An Alzheimer’s Patient
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse, Sexual Abuse & AssaultI was sickened to see another report of a janitor at the MediLodge Nursing Home (Michigan) who was caught by his co-workers sexually assaulting a patient at the facility. Perhaps the only positive aspect of this episode of nursing home abuse is that the man’s co-workers immediately reported the incident to the police. Presently,… Continue Reading
Convicted Sex Offender Pulls From His Old Bag Of Tricks While Assaulting Elderly Nursing Home Patient
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultAnother 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… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Spotlight: Collinsville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
Posted in Abuse In Chicago Nursing Homes & Other Communities Within Illinois, Sexual Abuse & AssaultAccording to a January, 2010 report from the Illinois Department of Health, Colliinsville Rehabilitation & Health Care Center made several errors with respect to handling incidents in which a patient was sexually assaulted by another patient. The nursing home survey revealed that in November, 2009 a convicted felon as admitted to the facility as he… Continue Reading