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ismnotwasm

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23. Oh I know you weren't excusing

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #20)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 09:58 AM

Feb 2014

And elderly rape in LTC is more common than people think. Think one is dramatic. So it got picked up by news agencies. Plus the response of the facility was particularly vile.

We quite often have requests in the hospital for no males for the same reasons , occasionally no females, but they are SoL there usually

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Nursing Home Defends Rapist Employee: 89-Year-Old Victim Was A 'Flirt' [View all] ismnotwasm Feb 2014 OP

Oh my. SummerSnow Feb 2014 #1

Patriarchy. redqueen Feb 2014 #3

It's only been a bit over a hundred years since it was WhiteTara Feb 2014 #7

Wow Mz Pip Feb 2014 #2

I want to know why that the State has not closed that facility and DURHAM D Feb 2014 #4

That ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #6

My Mother spent the last two years of her life in a Memory Unit. DURHAM D Feb 2014 #11

We used to allow couples to bring in their own bed ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #13

We try to keep married couples together. The dimentia adds another element to that. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #22

... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2014 #5

I do not understand this sentence: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #8

The elderly are often lonely in LTC, ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #12

I am not excusing. I just thought the sentence was phrased very badly. Horrible sentence. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #20

Oh I know you weren't excusing ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #23

yes. and LoL on the SoL. We have that sometimes too. Very old school attittude but, then we are Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #24

One-to-one assignment. My husband has one. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #15

could be. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #21

WTF! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #9

I can't believe this shenmue Feb 2014 #10

Sentenced to 53 months. TDale313 Feb 2014 #14

Yeah, but what was she wearing? tclambert Feb 2014 #16

To steal a line from Airplane! iandhr Feb 2014 #17

Another example of how treatment of women is getting worse. marble falls Feb 2014 #18

OMG! AnnieBW Feb 2014 #19