Category: Nursing Home Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Generally Consent Required Rules For Installing Surveillance Cameras In Nursing Homes Using Cameras to Monitor Care As a general rule, California requires 2-party consent for audio and video recordings.  See Cal. Penal Code §§ 632(recording confidential communications without consent is invasion of privacy) and 637.2(penalties on persons recording […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why Nursing Homes Overmedicate Dangers of Overmedicating Laws Regulating Medications In Facilities Study results indicate that nursing homes may resort to overmedication to make it easier to manage residents. One report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) revealed that skilled nursing facilities may disregard federal regulations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indictment Of Aide For Neglect Resident Left In Direct Sun For Hours Suffered Heat Stroke And Burns About 110,000 Californians live in nursing homes, 150,000 live in other licensed residential care facilities, and 150,000 or more live in unlicensed assisted living facilities that may or may not be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Warning Signs Of Fraud And Dishonesty Missing Money Or Possessions Social Security, Pension And Other Benefits Every senior residing in an assisted care or skilled nursing facility faces a real danger of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff and administrators.  Theft of cash and jewelry from nursing home […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Allegedly Filmed Herself Raping Elderly Male Residents Some Victims Could Not Speak Rapes And Sexual Assaults Allegedly Occurred Over Two-Year Period Statistics show that about.83 percent of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities.  Of this number, women are 6 times […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 90-Year-Old Victim Was Bedridden Dementia Patient Nurse Witnesses And Reports Sex Act  Suspect Was Certified Nursing Assistant Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes have been reported to the authorities over the last two decades. As horrible as that number sounds, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Sentenced For Abuse Of Dementia Patient Hidden Camera Captures Abuse Sadly, all nursing home patients are at risk of neglect and many of them at risk of intentional abuse as well.  Dementia patients are a particularly vulnerable group as often they cannot remember what has happened to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Director And Assistant Arrested Resident Found To Have Untreated Injuries State Investigation Took Two Years About 110,000 Californians live in roughly 1,300 licensed nursing homes, 150,000 live in 7,500 licensed residential care facilities, and 150,000 or more live in unlicensed assisted living facilities that may or may […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Horrific Abuse Of Barricaded Patient Two Caregivers Charges With Failure To Report Stories of intentional abuse of dependent adults can be difficult to read.  A few weeks ago, we wrote on one such case where an elderly victim was beaten and left on the floor to die.  Sadly, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Elderly Victim In Restroom Charges Of Sexual Assault And Elder Abuse Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict Nursing home residents are at risk of all varieties of elder abuse including sexual assault and rape. Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in […]