ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER An Overview of Continuing Care Retirement Communities What are Continuing Care Retirements Communities? As we age, it is important to have a plan. Looking to continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) is certainly not a bad place to start, but it is important to understand what exactly these types […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Role of Physicians in Stopping Elder Abuse The Prevalence of Elder Abuse A recent report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society brought up the topic of what Doctors, and especially Emergency Room physicians, can do to spot and prevent elder abuse. In California and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Hospitals Help and Hurt Residents The Continuum of Care Skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and continuing care residential communities (CCRCs) are designed to accommodate seniors at different points along what is euphemistically known as the “continuum of care”: namely, the progression of illness and disability that affects […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Signs of Caregiver Fraud and Tips for Prevention Caregiver Fraud Caregiver fraud may seem more like something you see on television or read in the news, but it does not become serious until it has happened to a loved one. Whether the amount lost is small or large, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Regulation and the Nursing Home Industry How California Regulates Nursing Homes One increasing concern for seniors and their relatives is that they find a nursing home or CCRS that will not only fit their medical requirements and budget, but that also has a clean record from state regulators. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Scams Financial Scams On The Rise In The Elderly Population: How They Happen And How To Prevent Them Financial Scams Financial scams happen every day and are always a growing concern. Because of this, it has become almost intuitive to be vigilant about checking bank statements […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Making Sense of the Nursing Home Industry Types of Nursing Home As senior’s age, it’s not uncommon for them to spend some time in a nursing home, either temporarily, to recover from a fall or medical procedure, or long term, as they need more care in their later […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Fate of Long Term Care Insurance The Rise of LTC Insurance Decades ago, companies began thinking about how to cash in on a massive demographic shift in the U.S. The average population in the United States was increasing, pushed on by an unprecedented wave of aging Boomers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Who Commits Elder Abuse?   The State of Financial Elder Abuse in California It’s not easy to find someone who doesn’t condemn elder abuse. From the Federal government and state legislatures, to banks and financial institutions, and down on to everyday folks, there’s no-one who countenances abuse, either […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Whole Life Insurance is Sold Term vs. Whole Life Insurance When you or I think of life insurance, what we’re most likely imagining is term life insurance. You pay your premium every month, and if you die while the contract is active, your beneficiary receives a sum […]