Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Care Home Owner Convicted of Death of Elderly Dementia Patient A California care home owner will spend time in jail for the death of a 65-year-old dementia patient struck and killed by a car when he wandered out of the care home where he lived.[1] During investigation […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect Another Shocking Story of Nursing Home Abuse Elderly patients abused in nursing homes have a 300 percent greater chance of death in the 3 years following the abuse than those who are not abused according to studies.  Sadly, nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect When Quality Care Loses Out to the Bottom Line The nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent elderly persons injured by abuse or neglect in the nursing homes of Marin County and throughout California. Our attorneys […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers and Financial Elder Abuse Keep Valuables and Important Papers in a Safe Place Whenever a stranger is in an elderly person’s home or nursing home room, the senior’s valuables are at risk of theft. Unscrupulous caregivers strike quickly and it may be some time before the senior […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER “Boomeranging” Nursing Home Residents “When in doubt, ship them out” is an all too unfortunate saying in nursing homes. The saying refers to a common nursing home practice of shipping residents to hospitals for non-clinical reasons, chiefly that the patient may need slightly more care than the nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Tragic Stories of Abuse and Neglect Are All Too Common Accounts of nursing home abuse are really hard to take. But the reality is that residents are often abused and neglected in the very places where they should be protected from harm and cared for. A recently reported […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Learn to Watch for Signs of Elder Abuse Stay Alert: Protect Yourself and Loved Ones Elder abuse comes in many forms from many corners. Seniors are vulnerable to financial elder abuse, abandonment, physical abuse, nursing home abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional/psychological abuse[1].  Our San Francisco and California elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Signs of Nursing Home Abuse Nearly 1.4 million Americans reside in skilled nursing facilities and as our nation’s population ages, the number of persons residing in those facilities increases every day. Sadly, incidents of abuse in nursing homes are also rising at a dramatic and alarming rate.  While […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Understaffing New Data: Nursing Homes Inflated Staffing Reports For Years Nearly 1.4 million Americans reside in skilled nursing facilities. The majority of patients require daily assistance with bathing, eating, dressing and mobility.  Recently released data indicates that thousands of nursing homes exaggerated staffing levels for years […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Medication Concerns The nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. often write in this column about the sad reality of nursing home abuse in Alameda County and throughout California. A recent CNN story uncovered the increased rates at which a particular […]