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This series came out in my local paper and they are looking at Ohio. But something tells me that this is probably not a problem that is going to be limited to Ohio.
Local 12 has learned nearly 100 registered sex offenders are living in nursing homes around Ohio. Nearly 40 of them are in the Tri-State.
The offenders are living among some of the most vulnerable people of our society.
In the state of Ohio, the average nursing home resident is 78-years-old. Most are frail and in need of supervision. That is not Rickey Smith, 43. In August, Smith, who is a registered sex offender as well as a client at the Uptowne Residential Care Facility in Bond Hill, admitted to raping another resident in the ward where he was living.
"We're really looking at the very tip of the iceberg," said Wes Bledsoe, A Perfect Cause. "Many states only list your more at risk offenders in facilities. Some states have unwritten policies that if you're a child molester and you're a high risk or moderate risk sex offender, and you're moved into a nursing home, you're automatically downgraded to a tier one low risk offender because you don't have proximity to your normal prey."
Healthcare experts says some nursing homes routinely solicit the Department of Corrections for about to be paroled prisoners, who might qualify for a nursing home bed paid for by Medicare and Medicaid.
http://www.wkrc.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=473F62FB-8A77-4C21-AF12-85543087A01F
Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo is seeking criminal indictments Tuesday against a nursing home. The long list of charges against The Communities at Oakwood in Pulaski County includes neglect.... to the point one resident choked to death on a hotdog, according to investigators. In another situation, a known sex offender allegedly raped a number of clients before anything was reported. In a Local 12 Investigation, we found convicted sex offenders are frequently found filling beds in nursing homes across the country and right here in the Tri-State. Rich Jaffe looks at what you can do, to make sure your loved ones are safe.
http://www.wkrc.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7D1A45E4-933B-48D1-865B-3C3D2C71702E
Local 12 has learned nearly 100 registered sex offenders are living in nursing homes around Ohio. Nearly 40 of them are in the Tri-State.
The offenders are living among some of the most vulnerable people of our society.
In the state of Ohio, the average nursing home resident is 78-years-old. Most are frail and in need of supervision. That is not Rickey Smith, 43. In August, Smith, who is a registered sex offender as well as a client at the Uptowne Residential Care Facility in Bond Hill, admitted to raping another resident in the ward where he was living.
"We're really looking at the very tip of the iceberg," said Wes Bledsoe, A Perfect Cause. "Many states only list your more at risk offenders in facilities. Some states have unwritten policies that if you're a child molester and you're a high risk or moderate risk sex offender, and you're moved into a nursing home, you're automatically downgraded to a tier one low risk offender because you don't have proximity to your normal prey."
Healthcare experts says some nursing homes routinely solicit the Department of Corrections for about to be paroled prisoners, who might qualify for a nursing home bed paid for by Medicare and Medicaid.
http://www.wkrc.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=473F62FB-8A77-4C21-AF12-85543087A01F
Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo is seeking criminal indictments Tuesday against a nursing home. The long list of charges against The Communities at Oakwood in Pulaski County includes neglect.... to the point one resident choked to death on a hotdog, according to investigators. In another situation, a known sex offender allegedly raped a number of clients before anything was reported. In a Local 12 Investigation, we found convicted sex offenders are frequently found filling beds in nursing homes across the country and right here in the Tri-State. Rich Jaffe looks at what you can do, to make sure your loved ones are safe.
http://www.wkrc.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7D1A45E4-933B-48D1-865B-3C3D2C71702E