Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Eighty-Seven Year Old Nun Allegedly Raped in Nursing Home Why She Couldn’t Sue In one of the most horrific stories of nursing home abuse we’ve read, an 87-year old nun maintains she was raped in a nursing home in her own bed. The physical evidence strongly corroborates her […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Ins and Outs of Elder Abuse Elder Abuse It is estimated that 10% of individuals over the age of 60 are abused during their senior years. Sometimes this abuse comes from caregivers, other times it comes from family members, friends, financial advisors, and even the occasional scam […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Protecting Your Loved Ones Elder Abuse Elder abuse is a problem steadily growing in our country and local San Francisco community. Each year, countless elders are victims of abuse, whether it be financial, physical, sexual, emotional, or another type of abuse. Any kind of abuse leads to suffering […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Abuse Neglect is Abuse Nursing homes are not the protective havens for the elderly we used to think they were. Horrible tales of nursing home abuse are in fact now practically commonplace. It’s truly shocking, and we at Evans Law Firm combat it every day on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Homes: Silent Perpetrators of Elder Abuse Nursing Home Abuse Seniors are a group of very vulnerable individuals. As they age, they begin to lose the ability to care for themselves in ways that they used to, and sometimes the only answer is for them to enter into […]

Nursing Homes and Alzheimer’s Patients Elders can be the target of abuse in nursing homes. They are in a weak position and need someone take care of them for their daily life and medications. Sometimes, a nursing home employee may influence an elder and abuse them. The abuse could be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Nursing Home Reform Act was established by Congress to protect nursing home residents, especially their privacy, dignity and medical needs. It ensures they receive the care necessary for mental, physical and psychological well-being. The Nursing Home Reform Act ensures each resident will not be abused, receive improper […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In the wake of Governor Jerry Brown’s signing of the End of Life Option Act, California has become the sixth state in the US to allow physician assisted suicide. While the bill offers those in excruciating pain or discomfort the agency to end their own lives, some disability […]

Today’s families are spread across the country from coast to coast and many children leave home to move to other cities and start families of their own. While this makes for great road trips and vacation destinations, it does present challenges for people whose parents are getting older and live […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Nursing Home Reform Law prohibits discrimination based on a person’s Medicaid status or eligibility. Medicaid rates, however, are often much lower than those paid by Medicare and private insurance residents, which can lead to residents being treated as second-class citizens in a nursing home. Approximately two-thirds of […]