The horror of sexual assault often targets the most defenseless residents of nursing homes. That includes those with dementia, memory problems, and communication impairments. And these victims can end up being the targets of all sorts of sexual assaults, including (but not limited to): 

• Unwanted intimate touching 
• Forced nudity
• Sexually explicit photos or videos 
• Rape

More than almost any other form of nursing home abuse, sexual assault is largely underreported, under-investigated, and unseen. Also, the perpetrators of these criminal acts can be: 

• Other residents: Without staff or facility oversight, residents may act out against others. Some may even have sexual aggression driven by dementia, causing resident-on-resident assaults.
  
  
• Nursing home staff: The workers who are supposed to care for residents may end up being the ones who harm and sexually assault them if background checks aren’t done during the hiring process, for instance.
  
  
• Facility visitors: Without staff oversight or the proper security, nursing homes can welcome dangerous visitors who have free reign to hurt and sexually assault residents.  

Attorney Jack Modesett has represented victims and families in nursing home rape and sexual assault cases, proving negligence to get justice when no one else would. In fact, Jack has brought and won several nursing home rape cases, including some that have involved: 

• Multiple rapes and patients with severe Alzheimer’s 
• Nursing home rapes caught on security cameras
• Residents and staff with criminal records, including past felony convictions
• Nursing home facilities trying to cover up the rapes and dodge liability