Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Horrific Abuse Of Barricaded Patient Two Caregivers Charges With Failure To Report Stories of intentional abuse of dependent adults can be difficult to read.  A few weeks ago, we wrote on one such case where an elderly victim was beaten and left on the floor to die.  Sadly, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER National Senior Fraud Awareness Day 2022 Isolated Seniors At Greatest Risk Steps For Protecting Seniors Each year, millions of elderly Americans fall victim to some type of financial elder abuse, and the results can be devastating. In response to the rise in financial elder abuse of older Americans, the U.S. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Elderly Victim In Restroom Charges Of Sexual Assault And Elder Abuse Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Credit Card Use Captures On Camera Resident Checkbooks Found At Caregiver’s Home Facility Reported Suspicious Activity When the victim of any theft is over 65 that theft also constitutes criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  Penal Code § […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Incidents Of Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents Growing Dementia Patients At Highest Risk Of Abuse And Neglect Financial Exploitation Of Nursing Home Residents Seniors are vulnerable to all sorts of abuse and neglect whether at home under the care of others or in assisted care or skilled nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surveillance Cameras Captures Horrific Abuse Care Home Patient Abused And Left To Die Two Caregivers Charges With Murder, Elder Abuse, And Neglect Often, stories of abuse and neglect of nursing home residents are so horrific they are difficult to read.  One such case appeared in the news recently […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect Of Patients In Hospice Programs And Care Facilities Forms And Dangers Of Neglect How To Spot Neglect  Nursing homes and hospice agencies are paid to care for the elderly and dying. Patients and their families rely on facility or agency staff to do the job they are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Enrolled Ineligible Seniors Into Hospice Programs Payments For Non-Terminally Ill Patients How Hospice Fraud Constitutes Elder Abuse Healthcare fraud against government programs like Medicare costs taxpayers billions every year.  When medical service providers like hospice agencies admit ineligible patients into programs where the government is paying the bills, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents At Risk Of Abuse And Neglect Warning Signs Of Neglect Or Abuse Reporting Abuse And Seeking Legal Help Discovering that a loved one has been the victim of abuse in a nursing home facility can be shocking. We trust these facilities to treat our loved […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Pleads Guilty To 11 Felonies Surveillance Camera Catches Alleged Theft Of Cash Victims In Assisted Care Facility Whether living at home under the care of an in-home caregiver or living in an assisted care facility or skilled nursing facility, older persons are at risk of abuse and […]