Category: Contra Costa County Elder Abuse Lawyers

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Suspect Accused Of Sexual Misconduct At Four Nursing Homes Advocates See Epidemic Of Sexual Assault In Nursing Homes Suspect Kept License Despite Initial Complaints More and more reports of rape and sexual abuse of nursing home residents have surfaced in recent months. The stories are heartbreaking.  Some of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Redirecting Social Security Automatic Deposits Identity Theft And Online Access Protecting Seniors From Financial Exploitation Among the income and assets an unscrupulous caregiver can steal from an elderly person are that person’s Social Security benefits or private pension benefits.  Ordinarily these benefits are paid monthly by direct deposit […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Annuities Are Complex And Expensive Your Upside Is Limited Expenses Add Up Evans Law Firm, Inc. recommends against deferred annuities, including fixed indexed annuities, for older consumers based on what we have seen in our litigation experience: sales commissions and annual fees on these policies are high; the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Transfers Out Of 73-Year-Old Client’s Account Money Withdrawn For Personal Use Advisor Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison Access to a senior’s bank or investment account is an irresistible temptation for unscrupulous advisors and brokers.  Sometimes the advisor is a new acquaintance of the senior but sometimes […]

“Protecting Seniors from Financial Elder Abuse” Date:  August 31, 2021 Time:  11:00AM – 12:30PM PDT FREE ONLINE (VIRTUAL) EVENT (you can participate from home!) Register here: https://protectseniors.eventbrite.com Please join Evans Law Firm, Inc. founder Ingrid M. Evans, Esq. as she participates in a free online Seniors At Home Workshop on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Always Do A Background Check  Secure Credit Card, Valuables And Important Information And Papers Monitor Transactions And Check All Accounts Regularly Caregiver theft is unfortunately one of the most common concerns before hiring in-home care. Based on years of financial elder abuse litigation experience at Evans Law Firm, Inc., […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Safely Reunite With Older Loves Ones This Holiday A Year Of Extreme Difficulty For Seniors Safely Resume An Active Role In Senior Lives Happy Fourth of July 2021!  This year’s Fourth will certainly be closer to normal than last year’s and we at Evans Law Firm, Inc. urge […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Financial Or Harmful Neglect Massive Increase In Reports of Abuse During Pandemic We have seen a massive increase in the incidents of elder abuse of all kinds, especially financial elder abuse, during the pandemic.  According to the National Center on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Physical And Financial Elder Abuse Up During Pandemic Signs Of Elder Abuse To Look For Protecting Senior Loved Ones Elder abuse can take many forms. It can be in the form of physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse or neglect and abandonment. California law defines each […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Unlawful Use Of Debit Card  Another Caregiver Reports Suspicions To Police Unauthorized Purchases On Dependent Adult’s Card The pandemic has greatly increased reported incidents of financial elder or dependent adult abuse here in Contra Costa County and throughout California.   Forced isolation as a result of the […]