ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Debit Card Use Alleged Victim Resided In Assisted Care Facility Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud Unauthorized debit card and ATM transactions are common forms of financial elder abuse perpetrated on older persons. Dishonest persons working for seniors in their homes as caregivers are all too frequently perpetrators […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is A Crime Regardless Of The Amount Stolen Older Persons Subjected To Abuse Have Much Higher Mortality Rates Financial Abuse Brings Emotional and Physical Toll Too When a celebrity is subject to financial elder abuse, news outlets rush to cover the story, whether the victim […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unsuitable Insurance and Risky Investments Exploitation of Anxiety Over Low Bank Interest and Increasing Cost of Living Promoters of Risky Investment Opportunities For every reported case of older adult abuse, 24 cases go unreported.  Elder abuse can be financial, physical, emotional, or sexual, and can also include neglect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Enhanced Remedies For Victims Include Attorneys’ Fees Awards Appellate Court Broadens Attorneys’ Fees Awards The California Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, the “Elder Abuse Act,” protects elders against financial and other abuse “by providing enhanced remedies which encourage private, civil enforcement of laws against elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Strikes Seniors Anywhere Care Facility Residents Vulnerable To Exploitation Preventing Abuse The risks of financial elder abuse by in-home caregivers is high. But seniors who live in assisted care facilities or nursing homes are vulnerable to financial elder abuse too. Staff members at these facilities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Financial Predators Strike Taking Advantage Of Isolation And Cognitive Impairment Our litigators see a sadly familiar pattern in financial elder abuse cases: an elderly person’s spouse of many years dies and the survivor is left alone. Enter a stranger or caregiver to “help” the survivor. Cash begins […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Financial Elder Abuse What To Look For Financial elder abuse is on the rise here in Alameda County. Adult Protective Services received approximately 6000 reports of elder abuse in Alameda County last year, 70% of which were reports of financial elder abuse. The elder abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Powers of Attorney and the Elderly Potential for Misuse Financial elder abuse can strike seniors from various directions including from those whom the senior has trusted with a Power of Attorney (POA) over financial matters. A financial POA is an important legal document where a principal authorizes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Embezzling Checks From The Elderly Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 29-year-old caregiver accused of embezzling more than $63,000 from a 73-year-old survivor of the Camp Fire blaze. The caregiver allegedly stole insurance money the senior received for her destroyed home.[1]  The case illustrates the access […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse on the Rise Warning Signs of Elder Abuse Elder abuse is quickly becoming commonplace for far too many of our seniors. The National Council on Aging recently estimated that one in ten seniors over 60 have been abused in the US, and that practically 50 percent […]