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: Illinois Nursing Home Abuse BlogSexual Abuse Allegations at Nursing Home
By Levin & Perconti
Sexual abuse allegations at an elderly home have family members concerned as hospital officials believe there are more victims. The suspect is a male nursing assistant who?s since been fired. The family members of the alleged victims claim that the nursing home tried to cover up the elderly abuse. One of the staff called the family and told them they needed to talk to them. She then informed the family member that a male certified nursing assistant had been molesting the elderly woman. Although the nursing home had filed an elderly abuse report, no one had ever informed the family of the abuse. The family believes that the nursing home tried to cover up the elderly sexual abuse. To read more about the sexual abuse, please click the link.
Full post as published by Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).
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