ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A new pilot program in Orange County formed March 1 aims to help victims of elder abuse, made up by a committee of county agencies. The agencies in the network have reserved beds for older victims. The...
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Nursing Home Elder Abuse Stems from Understaffing
February 10, 2015
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER With the projected outlook that the elderly population in California states such as San Francisco, will be doubled by 2025 to 6.4 million (largest senior growth rate than any other state) it is safe to...
Who Owns The Nursing Homes In California?
December 9, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The answer to “who owns the nursing homes in California” is “who knows?” Home to the largest amount of nursing homes as well as for-profit nursing homes, the fact that it is...
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Senior citizens in nursing home can leave a California nursing home or skilled nursing facility of their own volition. Or they can be illegally evicted, something California nursing homes and skilled...
$500 Cap On Amount Of Recovery In Elder Abuse Cases Against Skilled Nursing Facilities
September 26, 2014
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A California Court of Appeal has held that a plaintiff can recover only a maximum of $500 against a skilled nursing facility in an elder abuse case with Health and Safety Code Section 1430(b) violations....