Category: San Francisco Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

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 […]

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 State Auditor Identifies Crisis Lack Of Oversight Leads To Fraud And Abuse Wave Of For-Profit Hospice Agencies Hospice agencies are paid to care for the dying.  Hospice care is for those persons who are terminally ill and for whom death is imminent.  Hospice care is not long-term; it […]

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 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 Cash, Checks And Credit Cards Stolen From Patient Rooms Two Prior Convictions For Elder Abuse Allegedly Used Stolen Credit Cards At Multiple Stores Most news reports of financial abuse by caregivers involve in-home caregivers stealing under their patient’s own roofs.  But there is a real danger of financial […]

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 […]