Category: Caregiver Fraud

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Jewelry Theft Caught On In-Home Camera Elderly Victim Goes To Police Thought She Could Trust Her Therapist We cannot stress enough that seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse whenever a stranger or caregiver enters their home.  Experience shows that cash, jewelry, keepsakes, checkbooks, credit cards, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 78-Year-Old Dementia Victim Suffered Physical and Financial Elder Abuse Hospital Notifies Police San Francisco Sees Increase In Elder Abuse Cases Cases of reported elder and dependent adult abuse have jumped 18-20% year over year in San Francisco since 2017 according to the Family Violence Council in San Francisco. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 74-Year-Old Widower And Dementia Sufferer Loses $5 Million Stranger Allegedly Completed More Than 120 Fraudulent Transactions Filled Suitcase With Stolen Cash And Sold Victim’s Home Financial elder abuse of seniors is a real problem throughout the State of California. Sometimes, the theft is relatively small, but often, if […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authorities Arrest Caregiver Accused Of Financial Elder Abuse And Theft Caregiver Allegedly Forced Senior To Approve Cash Withdrawal Charges Of Theft, Forgery And Financial Exploitation All seniors are potential victims of financial elder abuse, but some are more vulnerable than others.  Especially vulnerable are h isolated seniors requiring […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targeted For Theft Of Cash And Credit Cards  Caregivers And Others With Access Unauthorized Purchases And Theft Of Cash Seniors are the most vulnerable segment of our population to risk of theft or financial exploitation.  Theft and abuse range from theft of relatively small amounts of cash […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Cashed 126 Checks Off Elder’s Account Dissolved A Trust And Gifted Proceeds Allegedly Wrote Check Day After Victim Died Financial elder abuse can strike any senior, rich or poor, male or female, living at home or residing in a care facility.  There are a variety of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Caregiver Theft  Of Jewelry, Gold And Valuables Multiple Victims According To Police  Theft Risk From In-Home And Facility Caregivers Many older people maintain their independence right up until the end of life.  But that is not the case for most – most seniors will require some kind […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Physical And Financial Elder Abuse Up During Pandemic Signs Of Elder Abuse To Look For Protecting Senior Loved Ones Elder abuse can take many forms. It can be in the form of physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse or neglect and abandonment. California law defines each […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER More Than 6300 Reports Of Elder Abuse In 2020 Financial Elder Abuse Cases Up Dramatically  FBI Reports Record Numbers of Elder Abuse Cases Too Incidents of elder and dependent adult abuse have been climbing in Santa Clara County since 2013, but the biggest spike occurred last year while […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Forgery And Access To Accounts Nursing Home Administrator Allegedly Wrote Resident Checks To Herself Warning Signs Of Financial Exploitation Families of nursing home residents are generally aware of the dangers of neglect, abandonment or physical abuse that institutionalized elders face. Families of older persons are also […]