Category: Assisted Living

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risk Of Abuse And Neglect In Nursing Homes Nursing Home Abuse Settlements Remedies For Injured Seniors And Families Sadly, seniors under in-home care or residing in nursing homes or assisted care facilities are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment.  See Cal. Welf. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Assisted Living Facility Owner Sentenced Government Funds For Patient Care Diverted For Personal Use Investigations Of Fund Diversion And Patient Neglect Skilled nursing facilities and assisted care communities often receive government funding for the care they provide residents.  Fraudulent claims for payments of those government funds may be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Are Bedsores? Causes And Symptoms Recourse For Abuse Or Neglect Bedsores, also known as decubitus ulcers or pressure sores, occur when the skin’s blood flow is cut off.  Older people (such as those living in nursing homes) are at a higher risk of bedsores as many of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cash, Checks And Credit Cards Stolen From Assisted Care Patients Aide Had Two Prior Convictions For Financial Elder Abuse Total Theft Estimated At $18,000 While families of nursing home residents are aware of the dangers of neglect, abandonment or physical abuse that institutionalized elders face, there is also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Coronavirus Can Be Deadly For Seniors Seniors In Care Facilities Are Especially At Risk What Loved Ones Can Do The coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an especially deadly threat to nursing home and assisted care facility residents. COVID-19 outbreaks throughout Europe and the United States have swept through care facilities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect of Older Persons Is Elder Abuse Neglect In Nursing Homes Or By In-Home Caregivers Infections, Malnutrition or Bed Sores/Pressure Wounds Can Be Fatal Neglect of the elderly can be a very dangerous, potentially fatal, form of elder abuse. California expressly includes neglect as a form of abuse.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors at Risk of Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Looking for Signs of Abuse Act to Stop It Elder abuse of various kinds can strike any senior, especially isolated ones or seniors confined to nursing homes or other care facilities. Dementia patients are at particular risk of financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER New California Law Adds Remedy For Abandoned Older Persons Abandonments During 2017 Wildfires Behind New Measure Sadly, at least 20 frail elderly residents of care facilities were abandoned during the North Bay fires in the Fall of 2017. In response, a new California law adds “abandonment” to the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Stronger Regulations for Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that improved federal oversight of the health and welfare of residents is needed in both nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The Alameda County elder abuse attorneys at Evans […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Living Arrangements Change As We Age Admissions and Care Worries 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. The geriatric-care industry is booming.  More and more, seniors transition from their own homes to independent-living retirement communities, then assisted care facilities and on to skilled nursing facilities as their needs and […]