Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Allegedly Filmed Herself Raping Elderly Male Residents Some Victims Could Not Speak Rapes And Sexual Assaults Allegedly Occurred Over Two-Year Period Statistics show that about.83 percent of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities.  Of this number, women are 6 times […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER State Auditor Identifies Crisis Lack Of Oversight Leads To Fraud And Abuse Wave Of For-Profit Hospice Agencies Hospice agencies are paid to care for the dying.  Hospice care is for those persons who are terminally ill and for whom death is imminent.  Hospice care is not long-term; it […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 90-Year-Old Victim Was Bedridden Dementia Patient Nurse Witnesses And Reports Sex Act  Suspect Was Certified Nursing Assistant Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes have been reported to the authorities over the last two decades. As horrible as that number sounds, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Sentenced For Abuse Of Dementia Patient Hidden Camera Captures Abuse Sadly, all nursing home patients are at risk of neglect and many of them at risk of intentional abuse as well.  Dementia patients are a particularly vulnerable group as often they cannot remember what has happened to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Pursuing Persons Who Steal From Elders Prosecuting All Forms Of Elder Abuse Notable California DOJ 2021 Prosecutions California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta made prosecution of elder abuse a leading priority of the California Department of Justice during his first years as California’s AG.  Attorney General Bonta also pushed […]

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 […]