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Consent and Dementia Patients: A Complex Legal, Moral Quandary

A 78-year-old former lawmaker in Iowa has been acquitted of criminal charges after it was alleged he had sexual contact with his wife, an Alzheimer’s patient residing at a nursing home. At issue was the prosecution’s contention that the woman lacked the capacity to consent to sexual contact. Defendant had…

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Accuses Nursing Home of Neglect

A newly-filed nursing home neglect lawsuit accuses a facility of failing to properly care for an 88-year-old woman who subsequently died of respiratory failure, pneumonia, sepsis and cardiac arrest. The lawsuit, brought by the woman’s daughter, alleges that not only was there not enough staff at the facility at any…

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