Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Of Nursing Home Abuse And Neglect Are Spiking  Understaffing, Lack Of Training And Lack Of Proper Supervision Dementia Sufferers Particularly Vulnerable The COVID-19 pandemic struck seniors terribly throughout California especially those in nursing homes, with over 9000 nursing home patient deaths attributable to the coronavirus in California […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Safely Reunite With Older Loves Ones This Holiday A Year Of Extreme Difficulty For Seniors Safely Resume An Active Role In Senior Lives Happy Fourth of July 2021!  This year’s Fourth will certainly be closer to normal than last year’s and we at Evans Law Firm, Inc. urge […]

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 New California Attorney General Urges Greater Protection Congressional Legislative Initiatives To Protect The Elderly  Attorney General Bonta Focuses On Financial Exploitation Of Seniors Authorities from around the country are reporting record spikes in financial elder abuse cases during the pandemic. The FBI estimates that nearly $3 billion is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Charges Of Illegal Restraint Of Elderly Residents Four CNAs Sentenced For Elder Abuse Spotting Abuse Of Loved Ones Sadly, elderly nursing home residents are vulnerable to abuse and neglect in nursing home and care facilities, the very places they enter to be cared for when they can no […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Financial Or Harmful Neglect Massive Increase In Reports of Abuse During Pandemic We have seen a massive increase in the incidents of elder abuse of all kinds, especially financial elder abuse, during the pandemic.  According to the National Center on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2021 Staying In Touch More Important Than Ever Post-Pandemic Steps For Protecting Seniors Today, June 15, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was launched on June 15, 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Be An Advocate For Older Loved Ones And Neighbors  Act On Any Suspicions Of Abuse How Counsel Can Help The pandemic has greatly increased reported incidents of financial elder or dependent adult abuse here in San Francisco and throughout California.   Forced isolation as a result of the coronavirus […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alarming Spike In Abuse And Neglect Cases  Profit Motive Leads To Understaffing And Other Dangers Protecting Your Loved Ones In Homes Increasingly skilled nursing facilities in the State of California are run as for-profit businesses. Of the 1200 skilled nursing facilities (commonly, nursing homes) in the State, approximately […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Physical And Financial Elder Abuse Up During Pandemic Signs Of Elder Abuse To Look For Protecting Senior Loved Ones Elder abuse can take many forms. It can be in the form of physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse or neglect and abandonment. California law defines each […]