Category: Elder Abuse

Elder abuse lawyers in San Francisco report that acts of serious physical, sexual, and verbal abuse are rampant in nursing homes across the country. A recently released study prepared by the Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee indicates that more than 5,000 institutions—one-third of all nursing homes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California is anticipated to pass three new bills that would strengthen elder abuse laws in the state.   Among other things, the definition of undue influence would be updated as it relates to financial elder abuse.  Notary Publics are now required to report suspected financial elder abuse when they […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Wells Fargo financial professional recently helped to save a client from losing money in a scam targeting senior citizens.  The 78-year old client thought that he won an overseas lottery.  Instead, he became a victim of financial elder abuse via a typical lottery scam.  The Wells Fargo […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sweepstakes scams continue to rack up victims, despite warnings to the public.  Often, senior citizens are the target of these types of scams.  Thus, sweepstakes scams are a form of financial elder abuse.  In a typical sweepstakes scam, a fraudster contacts an elderly victim and informs them that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A California duo allegedly committed financial elder abuse by swindling an elderly mentally ill woman out of thousands of dollars.  The defendants are a couple who reside in Riverside County.  They allegedly befriended the elderly mentally ill woman and talked her into giving them money and goods.  California […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER You don’t expect the manager of a major bank to walk off with hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money, yet this appears to be a crime perpetrated with increasing regularity against elders in California. Oakland banker Linda Sue Foss was recently charged by the Alameda County […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A Costa Mesa man has been arrested in connection with the death of his elderly mother inside a home they shared.  His elderly mother was 80 years old.  The Costa Mesa man has been charged with physical elder abuse and manslaughter.  Neighbors claim that the Costa Mesa man […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial elder abuse – A documentary film maker is trying to shed light on the problem of financial elder abuse.  Her personal experience with financial elder abuse involving her father is what is motivating the effort.  Her father had Alzheimer’s disease and was living at a nursing home; […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical elder abuse – A Millbrae caregiver will stand trial on assault and physical elder abuse charges.  The caregiver has been accused of beating an elderly Millbrae man on the head and causing serious injuries.  It is alleged that the caregiver hit the elderly man on the head […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent victim of financial elder abuse claims that Bank of America did not question transactions when she withdrew money.  The senior citizen victim was allegedly scammed out of approximately $35,000.  Police are searching for a black woman in her 40’s who disappeared with the money.  California financial […]