Category: Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER San Francisco landlords have been charged with elder abuse for evicting tenants according to the Ellis Act.  Community activists gathered at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco to complain about Ellis Act evictions, claiming that the evictions constitute elder abuse when the person being evicted is over […]

Two California assisted living homes run by the same woman have recently come under fire, nursing home abuse attorneys in San Francisco report. Officials from the state’s Department of Social Services have yanked the licenses of Valley Springs Manor, in Castro Valley, and Eden Manor, in Oakland, after investigations uncovered […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Police have arrested six California suspects for allegedly participating in scams that defrauded senior citizens in Texas and Nebraska.  Authorities think that there may be more victims that have yet to be identified.  Senior citizens are often targeted for financial fraud because they have money and are seen […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial scams that target the elderly have long been a concern for officials in Sonoma County.  Four recent financial elder abuse cases in Petaluma have police on the alert.  Four recent cases in Petaluma have cost the senior citizen victims more than $219,000.  Police say that they get […]

Over the last six years, the state Department of Social Services assessed fines amounting to more than $2 million dollars for violations to health code and instances of neglect or abuse in the state’s assisting living facilities. But an investigation into the department’s records show that less than half of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER There was disagreement between officials from the California Department of Public Health and long-term care advocates at a recent Assembly oversight hearing.  The hearing topic was the regulators’ ability to process and investigate abuse complaints against nursing assistants.  There was a dispute over how many allegations of abuse […]

For most Californians aged 65 and older, Medicare and Medicaid services are essential to their wellbeing, and many residents rely on these insurance and medical care providers for daily medications, routine doctor’s visits, and long-term care. But suspected problems within the federally-run programs could constitute abuse, elder abuse attorneys in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Breakers of Long Beach, an assisted living facility in Los Angeles County, has been ordered to pay damages after a jury decided that the facility was liable for the injuries of a resident.  A Los Angeles County judge ordered the assisted living facility to pay approximately $400,000 […]

A financial assistant from Monterey, California, was sentenced to three years of probation for defrauding older clients of their money last month. In addition to the probationary period, Sandee Palmer Larkin, 65, will have to spend 120 days in jail. Because California has a high population of residents over the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dealing with dementia in a parent or older relative is never easy, and having to handle issues of money or control with that family member or other relatives can put unnecessary stress on an already painful situation. Unfortunately, untrustworthy family members may use these trying times to take […]