Category: Caregiver

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overpayment Based On Falsified Timesheets Family Detected Time Discrepancies Protecting Seniors From Fraud Whatever the “form” or frequency or size of financial elder abuse, any taking of a senior’s property, or any assistance in that taking is a crime and grounds for civil liability of the person doing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Recent Arrest For Abuse And Isolation Of Elder Statutory Definitions of Physical Abuse And Isolation Protecting Older Loved Ones Elder abuse can be physical, emotional, financial, and verbal; neglect and abandonment are also forms of elder abuse.  Elder abuse includes not only intentional isolation and physical or financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Were 75 and 83 Both Bodies Found In Room In Facility Live-In Caretaker Arrested In a tragic story reported recently in the Los Angeles Times, two elderly women living in a dementia facility have been found dead in a room of the facility and a live-in caretaker […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Forged Checks On Victim’s Account Suspect Placed Through Agency Non-Medical Services Provider Forged checks off a senior’s account are a common type of fraud perpetrated on seniors by dishonest caregivers or other strangers with access to an elderly person’s checkbook.  Often, financial elder abuse by forged checks […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspicious Use Of Victim’s Credit Cards  Unauthorized Purchases Allegedly Total Over $7500 30 Felonies Identified In Arresting Affidavit Seniors are at risk of financial elder abuse from many different directions but sadly one of the most recurring is abuse by dishonest caregivers working in a senior’s own home.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Is 90 Years Old Unauthorized Card Purchases Alleged Victim’s Family Alerted Authorities Of Suspicious Card Charges Dishonest caregivers with access to credit cards and debit cards of their elderly patients may quickly use the cards for unauthorized purchases and withdrawals.  Greedy caregivers may use those cards in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Noticed Suspicious Credit Card Charges Unauthorized Purchases Allegedly Included Vacations Caregiver Charged With 30 Felonies We cannot emphasize strongly enough the risks to seniors whenever a stranger or caregiver enters a senior’s home and can find access to valuables, money, checks, credits cards, or any confidential financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Online Bank Transfers From Victim’s Account Police Say Victim Abandoned For Hours Victim Found Wandering Far From Home No one should ever let a stranger in their home.  Particularly if you are an older person living alone.  If you need in-home help, thoroughly vet the individual before he […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Forged Or Altered Checks Alleged Unlicensed Caregiver With Prior Criminal History Acts Of Financial Abuse Alleged Even After Death Of Seniors Financial elder abuse is a tragic and enormous problem in this country.  Older persons lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 92-Year-Old Victim Caregiver Accused Of Unauthorized ATM Withdrawals Unauthorized Credit Card Purchases Also Alleged Unauthorized ATM withdrawals and credit card purchases by a dishonest caregiver on an older person’s credit or debit card is a very common form of financial elder abuse.  Sometimes the senior herself catches the […]