ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Private-Equity Firms, Conglomerates, and Nursing Homes When Quality Care Loses Out to the Bottom Line Conglomerates and private-equity firms own huge numbers of nursing homes in the United States and the impact on the residents in those homes is not good. The focus is on profits not care. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Notify Authorities But Always Seek Counsel In California, anyone with a complaint about a nursing home can file that complaint with the Licensing and Certification Division of the California Department of Public Health (DPH). Complaints may concern abuse, neglect, poor care, injuries from elopement or wandering, lack of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Neglect Looking for Signs of Neglect Nearly 1.4 million Americans reside in skilled nursing facilities. The majority of patients require daily assistance with bathing, eating, dressing and mobility.  Sadly, caregivers and nursing home staffs often neglect patients due to understaffing, lack of training, negligent or reckless […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Tragic Stories of Abuse and Neglect Are All Too Common Accounts of nursing home abuse are really hard to take. But the reality is that residents are often abused and neglected in the very places where they should be protected from harm and cared for. A recently reported […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Serious Cases Underreported A recent federal investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services disclosed that more than 25 percent of serious nursing home abuse incidents are never reported to law enforcement agencies. Unreported cases include cases where the nursing home resident’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Resident Evictions Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California according to government data.  The trend is disturbing and frankly outrageous: such complaints have risen 70% in the last five years reaching 1,504 complaints during […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes Resident Evictions Complaints about allegedly improper evictions and discharges from nursing homes are on the rise in California according to government data. Such complaints have risen 70% in the last five years reaching 1,504 complaints during the past year alone. These complaints are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse in San Francisco  National Epidemic Striking Close to Home Elder abuse is a national problem as seen in statistics and national media attention. It’s also an ugly problem right here in San Francisco.  Elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm Inc. have spent years combatting the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How Social Media Can Impact Abuse in Nursing Homes Nursing Home Abuse Elder abuse is a very serious issue right now, especially as it relates to nursing home abuse. Nursing home abuse encompasses physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse, and one case can look very different from the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Ins and Outs of Elder Abuse Elder Abuse It is estimated that 10% of individuals over the age of 60 are abused during their senior years. Sometimes this abuse comes from caregivers, other times it comes from family members, friends, financial advisors, and even the occasional scam […]