ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Was Allegedly Intoxicated Victim Confined To Wheelchair Caregiver Allegedly Passed Out After Lewd Acts Statistics show that about.83 percent of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities.  But elderly persons under the care of in-home caregivers are also at risk of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Safely Reunite With Older Loves Ones This Holiday Tips For Entertaining Seniors Begin Or Resume An Active Role In Senior Lives Happy Fourth of July 2022!  We at Evans Law Firm, Inc. urge you to connect safely with the older loved ones, friends, and neighbors, whom you may […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER IRS Whistleblower 2021 Awards 178 Payments Total Over $36 Million Whistleblowers Collect $245 Million For Government In fiscal year 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Office made 179 award payments to whistleblowers totaling $36,144,926, according to the office’s annual report. The proceeds collected from the Whistleblower Program […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Insurance Agent Charged With Raiding Elderly Client’s Annuities Admits To Stealing $1.3 Million From 79-Year-Old Convinced Victim To Transfer Life Insurance And Retirement Accounts Financial elder abuse causes billions of dollars of losses to older Americans and their families every year.  Much financial elder abuse, like other forms […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Widespread Risk Of Elder Abuse Learn Some Warning Signs Of Elder Abuse If You Suspect Abuse, Call Counsel As many as 1 in 10 older adults is abused or neglected each year in the United States, and only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse ever comes to […]

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 […]

Ingrid M. Evans, of Evans Law Firm, Inc. was named a 2022 Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Attorney. This award is the highest level of peer rating and indicates a lawyer has top tier legal knowledge, professionalism, communication, and ethical standards. 

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Widespread Risk Of Financial Elder Abuse Run Background Checks On In-Home Caregivers Involve All Family Members In Decisions Financial elder abuse is a crime in California and grounds for civil liability against the person who took the property.  Older Americans and their families lose more than $3 billion […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Disadvantages of Indexed Universal Life Insurance For Seniors Increasing Premiums And Policy Lapses  Surrender Charges  Evans Law Firm, Inc. generally cautions against certain forms of indexed universal life insurance (IULs) for senior consumers because IULs are expensive, complicated, and tie up invested money for long periods of time. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company Annuities Nationwide’s New Heights© and High Point© Products J.P. Morgan MOZAIC I and MOZAIC II Indices Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company, part of the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Group, issues fixed indexed annuities in California under the trade names Nationwide New Heights©, […]