Category: Nursing Home Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Faces Assault Charges 79-Year-Old Victim Required Medical Attention Local Police And State Authorities Investigate Assault, including sexual assault and rape, are tragically a real risk in elderly care facilities.  The reported incidents are horrifying. While the authorities may bring criminal prosecutions for these incidents, victims and their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Owner/Operator Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison 51 Counts Of Financial Exploitation Of Disabled Person Residents Deprived Of Food And Care Financial abuse of elder and dependent adults often goes hand in hand with neglect of those victims as well.  This is often because the in-home caregiver or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Facing Abuse Charges Allegedly Assaulted Disabled Resident Victim Struck In Face Hundreds of thousands of Californians live in care facilities ranging from skilled nursing facilities to group homes.  Residents are typically seniors or dependent adults with disabilities conditions precluding them from living independently outside a facility. Just […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 93-Year-Old Resident Dies And Two Others Hospitalized Mistakenly Served Dishwashing Liquid Instead Of Juice Police And Department Of Social Services Investigating Dementia sufferers are extremely vulnerable to abuse and neglect because they may not even be aware of what is happening to them or able to communicate about […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Arrested For Appalling Abuse Allegedly Dragged Disabled Person By The Hair Charged With Dependent Adult Abuse Felony Physical assault is a crime and, when perpetrated on a senior or dependent adult, is an additional crime of elder/dependent adult abuse and grounds for civil liability for damages.  Penal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Abuse And Neglect At Continued Care Facility 74-Year-Old Patient Reportedly Left In Filth And Covered With Bed Sores Facility Previously Cited For Numerous Health Code Violations According to State reports, close to half a million California seniors and dependent adults reside in some kind of care facility.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Used Victim’s Money For Personal Expenses Two-Year Investigation Conducted By Authorities 18 Month Prison Term, 10-Years Probation And Restitution Residents of skilled nursing facilities and assisted care facilities are vulnerable to financial elder abuse just like those seniors who live in their homes under the care of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Eighteen Counts Of Neglect And Elder Abuse Against Home Operator Owner Allegedly Recruited Residents Operator Allegedly Collected Government Funds Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents victims of dependent adult abuse in hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities throughout the State of California, including small care or group homes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Growing Problem Of Hospice Fraud Fraud And Patient Abuse And Neglect For-Profit Hospice Agencies Hospice fraud in the United States is an increasing problem as the number of hospice patients has exploded over the past few years. From 2004 to 2008, the number of patients receiving hospice care […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Group Home Owner Indicted On Elder Abuse Charges Residents Left Without Food For Days Patient Found In Garage Lying In His Own Feces Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent victims of dependent adult abuse in hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities throughout the State of California, including small […]