Sexual abuse allegations at an elderly home in Hot Springs have family members concerned. The DCI is now looking into reports dating back to January at the Castle Manor Nursing home. Now, hospital officials say they know of more victims.

Board President of Castle Manor Rich Nelson knows of three victims and has received several other so-called "minor" complaints. The suspect is a male nursing assistant who's since been fired. Family members of the alleged victims claim Fall River Health Services tried to cover up the abuse.

When sisters Sharon Deboer and Gwendolyn Ketterer needed a long-term care facility for their mother two-and-a-half years ago, they had no doubts about the care at Castle Manor. That changed when the 84-year-old dementia patient started acting out of character late last year when a male nursing assistant began taking care of her.

"I just felt that there was something with him that I just couldn't put my finger on. I couldn't put my finger on it but I suspected that type of thing. It was just a feeling," Deboer said.

On January 17, Deboer's suspicions were confirmed.

"One of the staff called me and told me she had to talk to me, that she had something to tell me. She told me right when we met that this CNA, this male CNA, had been molesting my mom," Deboer said.

That was the only type of notification the sisters received from Castle Manor, despite an abuse report filed with the Department of Health three days earlier. The suspect stayed on as an employee for weeks before Manor officials say he was let go. Ketterer believes that was part of Fall River Health Service's efforts to cover up the abuse.

"It was just, everything changed. The whole atmosphere of the place changed that's why we felt that and when my sister went to talk to an authority up there, everything was denied," Ketterer said.

Now, they wonder how many others suffered abuse silently like their mother while Manor staff looked the other way.

Castle Manor is the only long-term care facility in Fall River County, so moving their mother isn't an option for Ketterer and Deboer.  They're working with officials to continue the investigation.