ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect of Older Persons Can Be Elder Abuse Seniors Can Be Neglected In Nursing Homes Or By In-Home Caregivers Resulting Bed Sores/Pressure Wounds And Infections Can Be Fatal Neglect of the elderly can be...
Category: Nursing Facility Abuse
California and Bay Area Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys: Three-Quarters of US Nursing Homes are Understaffed
February 17, 2020
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Researchers Say About 75% of Homes are Understaffed Understaffing May Lead To Neglect or Abandonment Researchers from Harvard and Vanderbilt medical schools recently released a study estimating that over...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New California Law Adds Remedy For Abandoned Older Persons Abandonments During 2017 Wildfires Behind New Measure Sadly, at least 20 frail elderly residents of care facilities were abandoned during the...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fatal Caregiver Abuse Decedent Lived in Residential Care Facility Caregiver abuse of the elderly and other dependent adults can be deadly. A criminal prosecution is proceeding right now in Southern...
Alameda County and California Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys: Overmedication in Nursing Homes and Assisted Care Facilities
December 26, 2019
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dementia Patients Particularly Vulnerable Overuse of Anti-Psychotic Drugs Incomplete Information and “Informed Consent” Thousands of dementia patients in nursing homes are being overmedicated...