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April 23, 2017 11:02 AMAmerica’s hidden horror: Sexual abuse in nursing homes and care facilities
By Mark Davis
mdavis@kcstar.com
and Ian Cummings
icummings@kcstar.com
Early one afternoon in March 2015, an authoritative knock stirred Mark Allen Keeney into answering the door to Room 6 of a motel in southeast Missouri.
A sheriff’s deputy and police chief wanted to know who was with him. They found empty beer cans and two women, both described in a state health report as mentally ill and under the care of a guardian.
The women, in their mid-40s, also were residents of Keeney Country Homes, a state-licensed residential care facility that Keeney owned in the neighboring county.
Before the day was over, Missouri inspectors were wrapping up their investigation. Within a week, the state had revoked Keeney’s licenses to operate that home and another he owned, both in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
It wasn’t until 18 months later that Keeney, 61, was charged with rape and sodomy. That case was dismissed, but prosecutors refiled in February. He has pleaded not guilty.
Sexual abuse of residents in long-term care facilities, assisted-living centers and nursing homes is a largely hidden problem nationwide. click title to read more,,,
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article146281039.html#storylink=cpy
mdavis@kcstar.com
and Ian Cummings
icummings@kcstar.com
Early one afternoon in March 2015, an authoritative knock stirred Mark Allen Keeney into answering the door to Room 6 of a motel in southeast Missouri.
A sheriff’s deputy and police chief wanted to know who was with him. They found empty beer cans and two women, both described in a state health report as mentally ill and under the care of a guardian.
The women, in their mid-40s, also were residents of Keeney Country Homes, a state-licensed residential care facility that Keeney owned in the neighboring county.
Before the day was over, Missouri inspectors were wrapping up their investigation. Within a week, the state had revoked Keeney’s licenses to operate that home and another he owned, both in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
It wasn’t until 18 months later that Keeney, 61, was charged with rape and sodomy. That case was dismissed, but prosecutors refiled in February. He has pleaded not guilty.
Sexual abuse of residents in long-term care facilities, assisted-living centers and nursing homes is a largely hidden problem nationwide. click title to read more,,,
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article146281039.html#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article146281039.html#storylink=cpy
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