ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A senior disabled woman has alleged that her caregiver committed abuse. The victim claims that the caregiver she hired made her life miserable. The victim in this case is a 69 year-old woman who had a knee...
Category: Caregiver Fraud
Missing Dementia Patient Found Dead
March 10, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER On February 15, 2014 a 74 year-old dementia patient went missing from an assisted living facility in California. Police asked for the help of the public in locating the man. Approximately one week...
Caregivers for the Elderly Can Become Abusive
March 3, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers for the elderly are sometimes abusive. Doctors who work for Adult Protective Services have seen many cases of abuse and neglect. According to the 1985 Elder Abuse Prevention, Identification...
Disagreement About Handling of California Caregiver Abuse Cases
February 10, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There was disagreement between officials from the California Department of Public Health and long-term care advocates at a recent Assembly oversight hearing. The hearing topic was the regulators’...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Last month a Castro Valley assisted living facility was shut down by California Social Services. What happened after the shutdown is cause for alarm. According to news reports, patients were abandoned...