Category: San Francisco elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increased Isolation Results In Greater Vulnerability Authorities Report Huge Rise In Elder Abuse Cases Facing The Realities Of The New Normal Throughout the world, COVID-19 has struck seniors hardest and nations and elder care institutions have imposed drastic lockdown measures to protect older persons. But the hidden danger […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER SEC Pursues Elder Abuse Charges Against Advisor Unauthorized Trades And Falsified Documents Betraying Trust Of Older Client The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) polices the financial markets to protect investors from fraud. The SEC’s Retail Strategy Task Force has especially focused on fraud against older investors and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation And Economic Downturn Generate More Financial Elder Abuse Pandemic Brings Financial Risks Too How Can You Protect Senior Loved Ones? As a group, by far the largest percentage of COVID-19 deaths has occurred among America’s senior population. But there is another, more subtle, danger lurking in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk Negligence, Neglect, and Intentional Abuse Dementia Patients Particularly at Risk Nursing home residents are at risk of harm from staff negligence, neglect, abandonment and even intentional abuse such as rape, sexual assault, battery, intentional overmedication, and other forms of abuse. Dementia patients are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse If You’re a Victim, We Can Help Unscrupulous stockbrokers, insurance agents, financial advisors and retirement planners prey on seniors with “opportunities” of higher returns in a low-interest-rate environment. Be careful. Annuities or high-risk investments are unsuitable for seniors and can lead to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Can Strike Any Senior Dementia Sufferers At High Risk Abuser Targets Dementia Patient’s Real Estate Caregivers, spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends, insurance agents, financial advisors, trustees, conservators, and persons acting pursuant to Powers of Attorney can all be financial predators. Complete strangers can be abusers too. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors at Risk of Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Over 5 Million Reported Cases Every Year Looking for Signs of Abuse Authorities estimate that elder abuse crimes against 5 million senior citizens are reported each year in the United States, a number equal to the combined total of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER United States Department of Justice Prosecuting Financial Elder Abusers Recent Scheme Victimized Senior Veterans Identify Theft and Unauthorized Withdrawals from Veterans’ Bank Accounts Seniors are increasingly victims of financial elder abuse more than any other form of elder abuse throughout California and the United States as a whole. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Older The Victim, The Greater The Average Loss Financial Elder Abuse Can Strike Any Senior Even Conservators Can Commit Financial Elder Abuse Seniors in Marin and throughout California are increasingly victims of financial elder abuse more than any other form of elder abuse.   Caregivers, insurance agents, financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Horrific Stories of Abuse, Assault and Rape of Nursing Home Residents Stories of rape and sexual assault of nursing home residents are gruesome and nightmarish. But the reality is that nursing home residents are particularly vulnerable to rape and sexual assault from nursing home staff and from intruders. […]