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Virginia Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawyer Bob Keefer: Your Senior may be in danger from other patients with criminal histories.

Virginia Thurston, then 77 years old, an dementia patient, was sexually assaulted by 83 year old Ivy Edwards.

Edwards had 13 pages of criminal charges with 59 arrests, including child molestation and sexual assault.

One nursing home watchdog discovered 380 registered sex offenders living in nursing homes. That number did not include older felons and sex offenders like Edwards who were convicted before mandatory sex offender registration.

One Minnesota nursing home was closed after sex offenders transferred from prisons were discovered fondling, beating and sexually assaulting other residents.

This happens because of money – once the prisoners are placed in a nursing home Medicaid and Medicare pay the freight not the state bureau of prisons.

See Video concerning Ms. Thurston:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=655881n

See Videos concerning nursing home abuse in general:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIROfpMy6TE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YEuivTYI64&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAYXJ26j2Po&feature=related

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