Local Law Firms Home > Medical Malpractice Overview > Nursing Home Malpractice > Sexual Abuse Senior citizens that have been admitted to nursing homes for medical care are especially simple targets for sexual predators since they usually lack the mental competence to report the sexual abuse and the physical capacity to fight the attack. Providing a specific amount of nursing home patients that have been sexually assaulted is difficult, if not impossible. Nevertheless, patients and loved ones need to be attentive that sexual abuse does happen and nursing facilities should be equipped for both prevention and recognition of sexual abuse.
Nursing home employees are not the only perpetrators of sexual abuse on nursing home patients. Other patients that exhibit hazardous behavior must be handled properly in order to safeguard the other patients. If a patient is well-known as an individual that presents a sexual threat to other patients, the nursing facility must take action in order to prevent any abusive acts from occurring. If the home neglects to take precautionary steps to safeguard their patients from becoming victims of sexual abuse, it can be held responsible for any acts of sexual assault that occur.
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