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Sexual Abuse

Sexual assault in a nursing home involves any inappropriate touching or unwanted sexual activity. Many elderly nursing home residents are vulnerable and make easy targets for sexual predators. Sexual assaults can be committed by sexually aggressive residents who are improperly monitored by the facility staff. In other cases, sexual assaults are committed by nursing home staff members or visitors to the nursing home. Sexual behavior that can be considered sexual assault includes forcing a resident to view pornographic material, sexual harassment, threats, unwanted kissing and touching, and any genital contact or penetration.

In many cases, the nursing home can be held accountable for sexual assaults if they are caused by any of the following factors:

• inadequate background checks for employees to screen out those with a history of sexual violence
• insufficient supervision of employees
• failure to properly supervise residents' interactions in order to prevent sexual abuse
• failure to properly monitor visitors or allowing visitors to have non-consensual sexual activity with a resident