Category: Contra Costa County Elder Abuse Lawyers

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authorities Arrest Aide After Viewing Tape After Patient Complained of Mistreatment Granddaughter Installed Camera Victim’s Distress Also Recorded on Audiotapes Reported incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in care facilities have increased significantly over the past few years according to statistics maintained by elder advocacy groups.  Since […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Is A Crime Regardless Of The Amount Stolen Older Persons Subjected To Abuse Have Much Higher Mortality Rates Financial Abuse Brings Emotional and Physical Toll Too When a celebrity is subject to financial elder abuse, news outlets rush to cover the story, whether the victim […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Influencers, “New Friends” And Caregivers Watch For Changes In An Isolated Senior’s Life ”See Something, Say Something” Seniors have suffered the most during the pandemic, both as a percentage of COVID victims and as a result of the harms associated with social isolation.  Social isolations inflicts emotional and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Agents Betray Principal’s Trust Powers Of Attorney Impact Financial And Personal Matters  What To Do When Agent Abuses Power Of Attorney In California and elsewhere, Powers of Attorney (POAs) can cover financial matters and also health and personal care matters and medical needs.  The California Probate Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Resolutions For 2021 Best Wishes For A Healthy And Safe New Year 2020 has been, frankly, a horrendous year in America.  COVID-19, the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Tayler, George Floyd, and others, and the refusal of the sitting President of the United States to acknowledge the will […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Any Senior Can Be A Victim Isolated Seniors Are Most At Risk What To Watch Out For Statistics show that seniors are vulnerable to financial fraud and isolated seniors are at particular risk. These risks are intensified as we shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caregivers, spouses, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Preventing Fraud and Abusive Practices Always Check Backgrounds Before You Buy Hopefully, you already check the backgrounds of any contractors or caregivers or others you let in your home to do work. Checking the background of anyone trying to sell you an investment is equally important!  The Securities […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Beware Fixed Index Annuities Phantom Bonuses With over $200 billion in annual sales the annuity industry is big business. Annuities come in a variety of forms, all of which are complex.  Indexed annuities (sometimes branded “fixed indexed annuities”) are particularly complex.  Agents push them in volatile markets, claiming […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse Elder abuse is a real problem in Contra Costa County. Case workers at Adult Protective Services for the county report handling more than twice the national average of elder abuse cases. Elder abuse includes both physical harm and neglect and financial exploitation ranging from forged […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER What Duty Does An Agent Owe You? Putting You First We at Evans Law Firm litigate the question of an insurance agent’s duty to his clients, particularly when it comes to life insurance and/or annuities. We have written on the subject in this column.  As life insurance and […]