ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Last month a Castro Valley assisted living facility was shut down by California Social Services. What happened after the shutdown is cause for alarm. According to news reports, patients were abandoned...
Category: Elder Abuse in California
Identifying and Preventing Elder Abuse
November 4, 2013
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER According to the State Bar of California, one in seven senior citizens across the nation become victims of elder abuse. Sadly, the abuse is usually perpetrated by a family member. There are two major...
Elder Abuse Goes Unpunished in California
October 30, 2013
In California, elder abuse lawyers are reporting a disturbing trend–an alarmingly high number of financial and physical abuse cases against older people are going unresolved. California’s Department of Public Health...
Elder Abuse in One of Three Nursing Homes
October 23, 2013
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...
Financial Professionals Are on the Front Lines in the Fight Against Financial Elder Abuse
October 18, 2013
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...