Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Eighteen Counts Of Neglect And Elder Abuse Against Home Operator Owner Allegedly Recruited Residents Operator Allegedly Collected Government Funds Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents victims of dependent adult abuse in hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities throughout the State of California, including small care or group homes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Group Home Owner Indicted On Elder Abuse Charges Residents Left Without Food For Days Patient Found In Garage Lying In His Own Feces Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent victims of dependent adult abuse in hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities throughout the State of California, including small […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Generally Consent Required Rules For Installing Surveillance Cameras In Nursing Homes Using Cameras to Monitor Care As a general rule, California requires 2-party consent for audio and video recordings.  See Cal. Penal Code §§ 632(recording confidential communications without consent is invasion of privacy) and 637.2(penalties on persons recording […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Kicking And Shoving Two Developmentally Disabled Adults Alleged Assaults Occurred In Group Care Home Charges Of Assault And Dependent Adult Abuse Pending Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent victims of dependent adult abuse in hospitals, nursing homes or other care facilities throughout the State of California.  Elders […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Message Comes On Elder Abuse Awareness Day Common Warning Signs Of Elder Abuse Act On Any Suspicion Of Abuse On Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15 every year), California Attorney General Rob Bonta provided Californians with tips to identify and report elder abuse.  Elder Abuse is a national […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Was Allegedly Intoxicated Victim Confined To Wheelchair Caregiver Allegedly Passed Out After Lewd Acts Statistics show that about.83 percent of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities.  But elderly persons under the care of in-home caregivers are also at risk of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Widespread Risk Of Elder Abuse Learn Some Warning Signs Of Elder Abuse If You Suspect Abuse, Call Counsel As many as 1 in 10 older adults is abused or neglected each year in the United States, and only 1 in 14 cases of elder abuse ever comes to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Why Nursing Homes Overmedicate Dangers of Overmedicating Laws Regulating Medications In Facilities Study results indicate that nursing homes may resort to overmedication to make it easier to manage residents. One report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) revealed that skilled nursing facilities may disregard federal regulations […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Stole $4000 And Neglected Elderly Woman Neighbor Called 911 Victim Admitted To Hospital For Malnutrition And Skin Deterioration Sadly, we share too many stories of seniors and dependent adults who suffer from neglect and abuse by in-home caregivers.  Where a dishonest caregiver is after a patient’s […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Indictment Of Aide For Neglect Resident Left In Direct Sun For Hours Suffered Heat Stroke And Burns About 110,000 Californians live in nursing homes, 150,000 live in other licensed residential care facilities, and 150,000 or more live in unlicensed assisted living facilities that may or may not be […]