Category: Nursing Home Abuse

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 Government Arrests Nursing Home Business Officer And Aide  Access To Resident Financial Accounts Pair Allegedly Stole From 11 Residents All too frequently we read news stories of nursing home residents suffering from physical or sexual abuse, neglect or abandonment. Often the abuse and neglect result in death of […]

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 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 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 Watching Over The Vulnerable Who Cannot Advocate For Themselves  Neglect, Abuse And Falsified Records Caught On Film Arrests Based on Camera Footage More than 400,000 Californians are cared for in approximately 1230 licensed long-term care facilities in the State of California.  Two thirds of those residents rely on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Granddaughter Reports Alleged Abuse To Police Aide Arrested For Allegedly Striking Patient Protecting Your Senior Loved Ones In Nursing Homes Nursing home residents, particularly those with dementia are at risk of abuse, neglect or sexual assault and rape.  It is a sad reality that seniors can be so […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Forgery And Access To Accounts Nursing Home Administrator Allegedly Wrote Resident Checks To Herself Warning Signs Of Financial Exploitation Families of nursing home residents are generally aware of the dangers of neglect, abandonment or physical abuse that institutionalized elders face. Families of older persons are also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cracking Down On Nursing Home Fraud And Abuse In California Creation Of Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Inspection Program To Target Fraud And Elder Abuse California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, before leaving […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect And Lack Of Proper Care Of Hospice Patient Undisclosed, Untreated Pressure Wounds Lead To Death Sepsis and Gangrene Developed From Untreated Wound “Elder abuse does not always come in the form of a physical attack,” stated former California Attorney Xavier Becerra when announcing charges against a nurse […]