Illinois Nursing Home Worker Arrested for Allegedly Raping 82-Year-Old Resident
In Illinois, police in East Moline have arrested nursing home employee Paul Hubbard for allegedly raping an 82-year-old female resident. Court records indicate that the Port Byron suspect works for the Parkview Terrace Nursing Home and that another worker spotted him having sex with the elderly woman, who was not able to consent to the act. The elderly resident was transported to Illinois hospital and later released. Hubbard is behind bars and has been charged with criminal sexual assault.
According to the nursing home, the Illinois Department of Public Health conducted an investigation into the incident and found that the nursing home was not in violation of any regulations or rules. The department, however, says it has not yet finished its report.
Rape
Rape is a serious crime that can cause serious physical injuries and emotional trauma to the victim. Rape usually involves nonconsensual sex between two people where one person is the instigator of the sexual act and the other person is either forced or coerced into it or is in a state of mind where he or she is incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse.
Many nursing home residents who have been victims of rape by a nursing home worker, another resident, or a visitor to the facility have lacked the ability to consent or refuse to engage in sexual acts. For example, a nursing home resident may be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s, be physically incapacitated, have lost the ability to speak, or be physically incapacitated.
Nursing homes are responsible for making sure that their patients do not become the victims of such a violent and violating crime. Failure to ensure this duty of care can be grounds for a nursing home abuse or neglect lawsuit against the home and/or the perpetrator of the sexual assault crimes.
82-yr-old woman allegedly raped at nursing home, WQAD, February 5, 2009
Related Web Resources:
East Moline nursing home sued for negligence, Quad-Times, November 13, 2008
