Category: Caregiver

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation Increases Risk Experts Say Elder Abuse Climbing Victims Unable To Reach Out For Help The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 8 out of 10 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States have been among persons 65 or older. But the pandemic’s toll on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Predators Exploit The Dying Spotting Financial Elder Abuse Over the years, our litigators have seen cases where caregivers and others financially exploit seniors suffering from terminal illness, stealing from the dying older person right up until death. These predators take cash, write checks, forge signatures, impersonate the dying […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Practical Ideas For Monitoring Your Loved One’s Care Preventing Caregiver Theft  Caregiver theft is a real danger for isolated seniors with in-home caregivers, particularly during this time of pandemic when friends and loved ones cannot visit as often as they’d like (or should). The Alameda County financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jewelry, Cash, Checks, and Personal Information Jewelry and Family Keepsakes Preventing Caregiver Theft We often write about caregivers taking cash, credits cards and checks from seniors and even getting their hands on seniors’ homes and financial accounts through fraud and undue influence. But jewelry and family keepsakes can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks, and Personal Information Caregivers Steal Property and Identity Preventing Caregiver Theft In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s cash, bank accounts, other valuables and perhaps worst of all confidential information that provides access to accounts or impersonation of a senior in financial matters. In one recently […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks, and Caregivers The Danger of Checking Accounts in Easy Reach Preventing Caregiver Theft In-home caregivers have access to a senior’s cash, bank accounts, important papers and other valuables if you don’t take precautions to prevent such access. Greedy caregivers strike quickly and one of their schemes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Battery, Sexual Assault, Rape, And Other Intentional Abuse Dementia Patients Especially at Risk Sadly, dementia patients in nursing homes and assisted care facilities are at risk of intentional physical abuse by aides and staff in the very facilities where families expect their afflicted loved ones to be safe […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolated Seniors Are Prey To Greedy Caregivers The Effects Can Be Devastating Greedy caregivers who steal from their elderly patients will really stop at nothing once they get started. Often, the theft begins slowly with relatively small amounts of cash or unauthorized purchases. Almost inevitably, the theft escalates. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Of The Most Vulnerable Predators Exploit The Dying Time and again our litigators see cases where caregivers and others financially exploit seniors suffering from terminal illness, and steal from them right up until death. These predators will take cash, write checks, open safes, forge documents, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wandering: A Real Danger With Alzheimer’s Sufferers Deaths From Wandering/Elopement Caregiver And Nursing Home Negligence Wandering (also known as elopement) is a common behavior for older persons suffering from dementia. The result can be fatal. Dementia sufferers are often under the care of in-home caregivers or facilities charged […]