ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What is nursing home abuse? Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect in a variety of forms which we collectively refer to here as nursing home abuse.  Often the abuse is intentional physical abuse, overmedication, emotional abuse or even […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Alleged Abuse Home Director Accused Of Cover-Up Abuse Reported By Victim’s Daughter Stories of intentional abuse of nursing home residents are especially heartbreaking.  In one case reported earlier this year and discussed below, the daughter of an elderly nursing home resident found her mother covered […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 78-Year-Old Knocked To Floor By Aide Resident Died From Injuries Sustained Assault Captured By Surveillance Camera Stories of intentional abuse or wanton neglect/abandonment of seniors in nursing homes are difficult to read but abuse is a real threat, particularly for those seniors suffering from dementia.  Evans Law Firm, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Patients Found With Plastic Bags Over Their Heads Victims Were 75 And 88 Years Old Employee Arrested And Charged With The Murders While any story of intentional abuse of nursing home residents is heartbreaking, a particularly gruesome double homicide occurred in one care home recently, as discussed below.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Alleged Abuse Of Wheelchair-Bound Patient Director Charged With Failure To Report Victim’s Daughter Discovered Signs Of Abuse Stories of intentional abuse of nursing home residents are especially heartbreaking.  In one case reported earlier this year and discussed below, the daughter of an elderly nursing home resident found her […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 78-Year-Old Victim Death Following Assault Assault Captured On Surveillance Camera Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims and families in cases of nursing home abuse and pursue all those responsible for the abuse including any owners or administrators and supervisory persons in charge of any caregiver who abuses […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Unauthorized Checks On Resident Trust Funds $73,521.68 In Restitution Ordered Six Months Jail Sentence Seniors in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members similar to the risks seniors living at home face from dishonest in-home caregivers.  Theft of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Pushed 78-Year-Old Down To Ground Resident Of Memory Care Facility Surveillance Camera Captured Assault Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very persons paid to care for them.  Stories of intentional abuse of seniors in these […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Plaintiffs Win Verdict Against For-Profit Nursing Home Chain Patient Neglect Lead To Stage IV Pressure Wound Complaint Alleged Understaffing To Blame Physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and abandonment are all forms of elder abuse that nursing home and assisted care facility residents may suffer.  See Cal. Welf. & […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wheelchair-Bound Patient Allegedly Abused Director Accused Of Cover-Up And Failure To Report Victim’s Daughter Notified Authorities Of Alleged Abuse Nursing home residents are almost completely unable to defend themselves against any kind of abuse.  They are usually in a facility precisely because they cannot take care of themselves […]