Category: financial elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Theft Case Example Caregiver Allegedly Stole And Forged Checks Protecting Seniors From Financial Elder Abuse And Caregiver Fraud Stolen/forged checks off a senior’s account are a common type of fraud perpetrated on seniors by dishonest caregivers or other strangers with access to an elderly person’s checkbook.  Often, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Dishonest Caregivers Case Examples Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse All seniors (persons over 65) are potential victims of financial elder abuse, but seniors under the care of in-home caregivers are especially vulnerable when a dishonest person is in their home with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Family Spots Suspicious Transactions Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Theft Whatever the “form” or frequency or size of financial elder abuse, any taking of a senior’s property, or any assistance in that taking is a crime and grounds for civil liability of the person doing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Alleged Caregiver Fraud Prior Criminal History Alleged Preventing Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Financial elder abuse has become a national epidemic. As many as one in 10 vulnerable adults are potential targets, according to federal officials, and their financial predators are most often caregivers or other persons […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Over All Financial Matters Risk Of Theft Remedies For Injured Seniors Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal who executes the POA.  There are powers of attorney […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Alleged Theft Of Victim’s Home Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud Often, financial elder abuse by starts out relatively small. But if the individual stealing an elder’s funds, like a dishonest caregiver with access to a senior’s money for example, senses he or she is getting away […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Theft From Seniors By Dishonest Caregivers Case Examples Protecting Older Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse All seniors (persons over 65) are potential victims of financial elder abuse, but seniors under the care of in-home caregivers are especially vulnerable when a dishonest person is in their home with […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Used Fake POA To End Life Support Accused Of Murder And Theft Of Victim’s Home And Money Protecting Older Loved Ones From Caregiver Fraud/Caregiver Theft Whenever a dishonest caregiver gains access to any confidential financial information of an elderly person, there is a risk that they will […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important Elder Protections Under The Law Provisional Remedies To Protect Seniors Attorneys’ Fees Awards Financial elder abuse is a crime and grounds for a civil lawsuit in California.  See Cal. Penal Code § 368 (crime of elder abuse) and Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15610.30 (definition of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Caregiver Fraud Dementia Victim Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud While theft from any person is a crime, when the victim is over 65 any theft is also criminal financial elder abuse and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  According to […]