Yearly Archives: 2024

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risk Of Abuse In Nursing Homes And Other Care Facilities Recent Case Examples Remedies For Injured Victims And Families Stories of intentional abuse or wanton neglect/abandonment of seniors in assisted care facilities or nursing homes are difficult to read but abuse is a real threat, particularly for those […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Drugged To Prevent Wandering Patient Received Sedatives Without Physician Consultation Family Brings Wrongful Death Suit A very dangerous, and sadly common, behavior pattern of Alzheimer sufferers and persons with other forms of dementia is wandering away, also known as elopement.  Responsible facilities use alarm systems to alert […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Insurance Fraud Whistleblower Cases Whistleblowers Rewarded Attorneys’ Fees And Expense Awards The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (“CIFPA”) allows members of the public to file private whistleblower/qui tam suits against anyone who commits insurance fraud in the State of California.  Cal. Ins. Code § 1871.7.  There have […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER How The IRS Whistleblower Program Works Mandatory vs. Discretionary Rewards How Whistleblowers Apply For Rewards Subject to certain thresholds and limitations, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rewards people who blow the whistle on corporations and individuals who fail to pay the tax that they owe.  Internal Revenue Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Knowingly Retained Overpayments For Care  Ten Years Of False Claims Alleged Numerous Whistleblowers To Be Rewarded Private citizens and businesses help the government recover billions every year in cases of fraud against the government. The private citizens and businesses assisted the government in recovering these funds by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Reported Case Example Over 100 Fraudulent Credit Card Charges Protecting Seniors Stolen checks, credit card theft, missing cash and valuables, stolen identity, unauthorized online money transfers, forgeries -all of these crimes are among the forms of financial elder abuse perpetrated on older persons. California broadly defines what constitutes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical And Financial Abuse Of The Same Victim Caregiver Arrested On Multiple Charges Theft And Reckless Endangerment Alleged Sadly, there are dishonest persons hired as in-home caregivers for the elderly who spend their time stealing from their patients instead of caring for them.  Incidents of caregiver abuse often […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Defrauded By Life Insurance Agents Case Examples Protecting Older Loved Ones Seniors may be victims of financial elder abuse from different directions – by caregivers, trustees, financial advisers, and life insurance agents, among others.  Obviously, all of these professions serve a useful purpose and the people who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Powers Of Attorney Grant Broad Authority Self-Dealing And Other Fraud By Appointed Agents Remedies For Injured Seniors Powers of attorney are extremely important estate planning tools for all of us as we age; it is helpful to have such arrangements in place before the need for them arises […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Falsified Time Records Family Discovered Overpayments Protecting Seniors From Caregiver Fraud California broadly defines what constitutes financial elder or dependent adult abuse: (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following: (1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains […]