Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Always Do A Background Check  Secure Credit Card, Valuables And Important Information And Papers Monitor Transactions And Check All Accounts Regularly Caregiver theft is unfortunately one of the most common concerns before hiring in-home care. Based on years of financial elder abuse litigation experience at Evans Law Firm, Inc., […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understaffing Leads To Neglect And Lack Of Monitoring  Dementia And Bedridden Patients At Greatest Risk Family Recourse For Loved Ones’ Injuries Nearly two million Americans live in long-term care facilities, and abuse and neglect against the elderly are national concerns. Federal nursing home regulations state that “the resident […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Too Much Elder Abuse Goes Unreported Financial Elder Abuse Takes Heavy Toll On Senior Health Elder Abuse Is A Crime In California Abuse, neglect and financial exploitation are not the inevitable consequences of growing old but the sad reality for millions of seniors in America every year. We […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Exploitation Of Seniors And Dependent Adults In Group Home Arrest For Ten Counts Of Exploitation Elders And Dependent Adults Removed From Unlicensed Home Group homes are ideally supposed to provide a comfortable living environment for a small number of people with similar issues, whether that be elderly persons, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Director Charged  Allegedly Failed To Report Sexual Abuse Two Residents Reportedly Assaulted By Same Aide Intentional abuse in the form of sexual assault and rape or physical abuse and restraint is an increasing danger for nursing home residents.  While all nursing home residents are at risk, […]

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 […]