'Real number' of older people being sexually abused unknown
HSE CEO Bernard Gloster also said on Wednesday the State failed an elderly woman known as ‘Emily’ and other residents in a nursing home where what he sees as institutional sexual abuse took place. File photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie
The “real number” of older people being sexually abused is unknown and legislation has not been a priority because society does not believe this abuse happens, Safeguarding Ireland has warned after the publication of two damning HSE reports.
HSE CEO Bernard Gloster also said on Wednesday the State failed an elderly woman known as ‘Emily’ and other residents in a nursing home where what he sees as institutional sexual abuse took place. Some 21 cases of physical or sexual abuse have now been reported to the Gardaí from that particular home, one report found.
