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It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused too

  • Written by Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused tooEliminating sexual abuse in nursing homes is a major challenge.from shutterstock.com

We don’t often think of older women being victims of sexual assault, but such assaults occur in many settings and circumstances, including in nursing homes. Our research, published this week in the journal Legal Medicine, analysed 28 forensic medical...

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