ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There were legislative hearings recently regarding assisted living concerns in California. Lawmakers were told that complaints to the Department of Public Health and Social Services about assisted living...
Category: Caregiver
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...
Napa is the First California County to Require Background Checks for Senior Caregivers
October 25, 2013
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In California, and many other states across the nation, nearly anyone can become a private caregiver. Napa County is doing its best to ensure that criminals are not able to become caregivers. Napa is the...