Douglas McGregor, a CNA at an assisted living facility for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients, stands accused of raping a 71-year-old woman with whom he was to assist in dressing. According McGregor, the elderly woman was ‘tugging’ on his waist line and the button on his pants broke, thereby exposing his genitals because he wasn’t wearing… Continue Reading
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What Is Going On Here? Another Nursing Home Resident Sexually Assaulted In Indiana Facility
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseIndiana Police are currently investigating a suspected sexual assault of a 76-year-old patient at the Alpha Home Rehabilitation Center. Police believe the elderly woman was assaulted in her room at the skilled nursing facility. The incident remains under investigation by local police as they are unsure if the assault was perpetrated by an intruder or… Continue Reading
Mentally Disabled Patients Composing A Larger Portion Of Nursing Homes Population. Is Your Loved One At Risk?
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesNursing home facilities often house young and middle-aged residents suffering from mental illness (including schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder) with older nursing home residents. In some cases, this has led to violence against already frail elderly residents. Younger mentally ill people now make up more than 9% of the nation’s almost 1.4 million nursing home… Continue Reading
Nurse Charged With Rape Of Disabled Patient
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultAfter a six-month investigation by a New York grand jury, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) is now facing formal criminal charges of: second degree rape and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or disabled person. This story first came to light when a complaint was reported to the New York State Department of Health… Continue Reading
Nursing Home Worker Charged With Raping A Wheelchair-Bound Patient At Rhode Island Facility
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseAnother nursing home employee faces criminal sexual assault charges following the alleged rape of a 56-year-old paraplegic patient at Charlesgate Nursing Center in Rhode Island. According to nursing home administrators, this employee passed a criminal background check prior to his employment. The patient asserts that this was at least the second occasion she was raped… Continue Reading
Update On Nursing Home Rape: Facility Made Errors In Investigation Of Incident
Posted in Sexual Abuse & AssaultAs we recently discussed, a 94-year-old resident at Grace Nursing Center was charged with the rape by instrumentality after assaulting another resident at the facility. Now, details of the matter have been revealed in an Oklahoma Department of Health report. The report concludes that the nursing home made errors in how they handled evidence from… Continue Reading
Man Charged With The Rape Of Fellow Resident In Illinois Nursing Home
Posted in Illinois Nursing HomesThe Daily Herald, a Chicago-area newspaper, reported that 21-year-old Christopher Shelton is being held in a Kane County jail on charges he raped a 69-year-old woman at nursing home where they were both residents. Kane County court records show Mr. Shelton is charged with one count of criminal sexual assault, one count of aggravated criminal… Continue Reading
Rape Of Cerebal Palsy Patient Reported In St. Louis Nursing Home
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseA janitor at the Normandy Nursing Center, a St. Louis, Missouri nursing home, was arrested and charged with raping a resident at the facility. The victim is a 36-year-old woman suffering from Cerebal Palsy and seizure disorder. The alleged incident took place on December 21st when the janitor attacked the woman in a stairwell and… Continue Reading
New Nursing Home To Be Built For Sex Offenders
Posted in National Nursing Home IssuesEver think where many of the violent criminals crowding our jail system will go when they are done serving their sentence? Unfortunately, many convicted felons will spend their senior years in a nursing home intermixed with the general population. For many convicts, their mingling with other senior in a non-restrictive environment is their first exposure… Continue Reading
Solution To Sex Offender Problem- Separate Them
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseRecent congressional testimony has highlighted the presence of sex offenders and other violent offenders amongst the general nursing home population. The American Health Care Association asked Congress to help improve the tracking of sex offenders and develop a definition of “sex offender” in an effort to improve residents’ safety. Oklahoma State Representative Kris Steele, who… Continue Reading
Murderers, Rapists, And Other Violent Criminals Living With The Elderly
Posted in Nursing Home AbuseMore 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… Continue Reading
Failure To Properly Screen CNA Could Cost Facility 3.5 Million
Posted in Nursing Home StaffA lawsuit was recently filed on behalf of a mentally disabled man who police say was sexually assaulted by a CNA at an assisted-living facility. The lawsuit alleges that the Cote De Neige Home for Adults and its owner, Rose Daniels Potter, failed in their duty to exercise "reasonable care" when they hired Junious Boyd… Continue Reading
Health Care Worker Registry
Posted in Help For Residents & Families"No health care employer shall hire, employ, or retain any individual who has a disqualifying conviction or an administrative finding of abuse, neglect or theft pursuant to 42 CFR Section 483.13 and 225 ILCS 46/25" Ever wonder how you can check on the staff at a nursing home or a home care-giver? The Illinois Department… Continue Reading