Category: Caregiver

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Police Use DNA Evidence To Identify Suspect Victim Has No Memory Of Anything Another Employee Reports Suspicions Nursing home residents are at risk of all varieties of elder abuse including sexual assault and rape. Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unlicensed Caregiver Hired Off Craigslist Unauthorized Checks, ATM Withdrawals And Theft From Safe  Caregiver Allegedly Abused Victim Emotionally Too Half of all elder abuse in this country is committed by strangers who come into a senior’s life as caregivers, workmen, or in other capacities.  Elderly persons under the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole Checks From Eight Residents Checks Forged And Cashed Out Of State Arrest For Numerous Criminal Counts Theft of cash, checks or credits card is a constant risk for seniors who have caregivers or other strangers enter their, particularly if the senior lives alone.  But seniors […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Negligence Allegedly Behind Death Of  86-Year-Old  Accusations Of Abandonment Of Assisted Care Facility Resident Family Recourse For Neglect And Abuse Physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and abandonment are all forms of elder abuse that nursing home and assisted care facility residents may suffer.  See Cal. Welf. & […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Punches, Slapping And Yelling Caught On Camera Caregiver Charged With Elder Abuse And Battery Victim Required Full-Time Care Whether an elderly person is institutionalized in a nursing home or under the care of an in-home caregiver, there is a danger of abuse.  The abuse can be physical, sexual, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Felony Abuse Charge Untreated Pressure Wound Failure To Notify Physician And Family Physical abuse and neglect of elders is a crime, Cal. Penal Code § 368.  Elder physical abuse and neglect are also the bases for civil actions for damages. See Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code §§ 15610.63 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jail Sentence For Defrauding Seven Seniors Caregiver’s Third Conviction For Financial Elder Abuse Investigation Lasted Twenty Months Financial elder abuse is sometimes a single event or transaction but more commonly it is a sustained scheme playing out over time. Either way, each and every act of financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Agency Caregiver Accused Of Theft Jewelry And Cash Disappeared Police Suspect Caregiver Stole From Multiple Victims A senior’s jewelry, cash, valuables, and credit cards can disappear quickly when an unscrupulous caregiver or stranger enters a senior’s home or room in a nursing home.  If such strangers have a […]

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 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 […]