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… Continue Reading
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The Real Devastation Associated With Sex Abuse In Nursing Home Will Never Be Known As Most Acts Go Unreported & Unprosecuted
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultThe 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… Continue Reading
East Moline Nursing Home Resident Allegedly Raped By Worker
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesA 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… Continue Reading
Charges Dropped Against Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Wife
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseFelony 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… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Crimes Go Unreported
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseIn 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… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Rapist In Custody
Posted in Nursing Home Abuse40-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… Continue Reading
Nusing Home Supervisor Admits To Abusing 100 Residents
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultJohn 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… Continue Reading
Caregiver Accused Of Rape
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA 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… Continue Reading