Category: Caregiver

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important Appellate Decision For Mandated Reporters Caregiver Malicious Prosecution Suit Overturned No Liability For Reporters One of the most important protections for older and dependent adults under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act is that certain individuals, referred to as “mandated reporters,” are required by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Daughter Notified Police Of Suspicious Activity Change Of Address Of Bank Account To Caregiver’s Home Suspicious Withdrawals And Missing Statements Unauthorized debit and credit card charges are common forms of financial elder abuse.  Dishonest caregivers with access to checks and debit and credit cards are often the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dependent Adult Allegedly Left On Floor For Nine Days Caregiver Indicted For Second Degree Murder Hospital Nursing Supervisor Alerted Police Too frequently, heartbreaking stories of dependent adult and elder abuse appear in the news.  On such story involved the death of a homebound dependent and disabled adult who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffered From Lou Gehrig’s Disease Caregiver Accused Of Trying To Strangle Victim Allegedly Flees With $4000 In Stolen Cash Stories of elder physical abuse are often very difficult to read.  To make matters even worse for defenseless elderly victims, physical abuse or neglect is often coupled […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abuse Of Resident Caught On Tape Aide Pleads Guilty To Intentional Abuse Sentenced To One Year In Prison Sadly, dementia patients in nursing homes and assisted care facilities are at risk of intentional physical abuse by aides and staff in the very facilities where families expect their afflicted […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Theft From Victim And His Foundation $287,000 Missing According To Authorities Small Checks At Beginning Access to any older person’s financial accounts seems to be an almost irresistible temptation for dishonest caregivers, particularly if the older person is suffering from dementia or so elderly that they are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Had Senior’s Power Of Attorney And Stood To Inherit Estate Allegedly Laced Peanut Butter With Trazodone Police Find Drug-Laced Peanut Butter Financial elder abuse of seniors by dishonest in-home caregivers runs the gamut from petty theft to attempts to take everything the senior owns.  Common modes of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 94-Year-Old Resident Died After Drinking Cleaning Fluid Health Worker Charged With Felony Elder Abuse Unsupervised Victim Left Alone Too Long Dementia sufferers are extremely vulnerable to abuse and neglect because they may not even be aware of what is happening to them or able to communicate about it […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 19 Unauthorized Uses Of Debit Card On A Single Day Son Alerts Home Care Agency Of Suspicious Transactions Civil Remedies Available To Victims And Families As a recent case discussed below illustrates, the unauthorized use of credit or debit cards of elderly persons is a common form of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Accused Of Credit Card Theft Elderly Victim Suffered From Cerebral Palsy Cards Allegedly Used At Multiple Stores Whenever a stranger or caregiver enters an elder or dependent adult’s home, there is a risk of theft.  Every time, however brief.  Older persons or dependent adults are really not in […]