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A man has been charged with indecently assaulting three different women in two different Perth aged care homes.
WA Police allege the first incident happened in July last year when the 56-year-old was working at a facility in the northern suburbs.
He allegedly indecently assaulted an 84-year-old woman, who was a resident.
The man then began working at an aged care facility in Perth’s eastern suburbs, where police claim he indecently assaulted a 93-year-old woman and sexually assaulted a 71-year-old woman.
Both women were residents of the facility at the time of the alleged incidents.
The Nollamara man was arrested on Tuesday and charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault and one count of sexual penetration without consent.
He’s due to appear before the Armadale Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The 2021 Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety found there were almost 50 alleged incidents of unlawful sexual contact in aged care homes over the 2018–19 period.
Data from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission found that number had only reduced to about 44 per week in the July-September quarter of 2022.
Ruston Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston has touted the possibility that aged care facilities are 'going to have to shut.'
“Where does that leave our older Australians,” Ruston asked Sky News host Gary Hardgrave.
“Nobody in Australia wants to see our older Australians, in their journey of ageing, not getting the support they deserve.”
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