The sexual abuse scandal nobody's talking about - a podcast by ABC Radio

When you place a parent or loved one into a nursing home, you trust they'll be looked after by staff.

But sexual abuse in aged care is on the rise and the perpetrators are often the very people paid to care for residents.

The disturbing trend has been allowed to flourish in the absence of mandatory reporting and a national register of employees.

Anne Connolly investigates.

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