ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Of Power Of Attorney Abuse Caregiver Allegedly Stole $49,829 With Power Of Attorney Remedies For Injured Elders Financial powers of attorney (POAs) appoint designated persons to transact financial affairs on behalf of the person granting the power with full legal authority to do so.  The person […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Evans Law Firm Represents Victims How Contingent Representation Works Statutory Awards Of Attorneys’ Fees And Expenses Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims of financial elder abuse and their families in pursuing all persons who financially exploit the elderly.  The firm does not defend persons accused of financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Commons Forms Of Financial Elder Abuse How Abuse Occurs Protecting Older Loved Ones  Financial elder abuse comes in many forms but two of the most common, and often overlapping, forms of abuse are fraud by caregivers on older persons and abuse of an older person’s financial power of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Pension and Social Security Benefits Redirected Online Access To Change Deposit Instructions Protecting Loved Ones From Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surveillance Camera Captured Assault On Film  Fall Results In Senior’s Death Remedies For Families And Victims 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Family Monitoring Catches Theft Protecting Seniors Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or nursing home room, credit and debit cards and ATM cards, checks and entire check registers, accessible cash, and jewelry or other valuables provide an easy target.  Stealing a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Case Example Falsifying Checks And Timesheets Protecting Seniors From 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 real or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Broad Authority Under Powers Of Attorney Abuse By Self-Dealing Liability Of Appointed Agents For Wrongdoing Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives (AHCDs), grant authority over medical decisions […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Kickbacks To Assisted Care Facilities And Physicians Violations Of False Claims Act And Anti-Kickback Statute Alleged How Qui Tam Cases Begin Private citizens bring cases in federal courts throughout the country under the False Claims Act, (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq, to help the government […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse Takes Different Forms Spotting Elder Abuse And Neglect How To Prot4ct Older Loved Ones  Elder abuse comes in a variety of forms and includes not only intentional physical or financial abuse but also neglect or abandonment of a senior.  Often neglect goes hand in hand with […]