Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Overmedicating Nursing Home Residents Overmedication of nursing home residents is a real danger. A recent study concluded that nursing homes administer unnecessary antipsychotic drugs to 179,000 patients every week. In a one reported case,[1] a nursing home was accused of giving an 83-year-old resident 20 times her prescribed […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Law on Gifts to Care Custodians Tightening the Marriage Loophole for Gifts to Care Custodians California law presumes that gifts – made either during life or at death – by an elder or dependent adult to their care custodian[1] are the product of undue influence (a defined […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Governor Signs New Law Into Effect Abandonments During 2017 North Bay Wildfires Behind New Measure Sadly, at least 20 frail, elderly residents of care facilities were abandoned during the North Bay fires in the Fall of 2017. Many may have died in one case had family members not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Financial Elder Abuse What You Should Do If You Suspect Elder Abuse Throughout the United States and right here in the Bay Area, elder abuse in every form, and most especially financial elder abuse, is on the rise. As the older population here in the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports of Financial Elder Abuse Elder abuse is on the rise throughout the Bay Area. Reports of financial elder abuse in particular have increased sharply in the last year in San Francisco and other Bay Area counties.  Studies show that elder abuse is still vastly underreported so […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Abuse and Neglect Watch for Signs of Elder Abuse 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 the attention of authorities. Statistics show […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations of Abuse at Area Hospital/Skilled Nursing Facility 23 Elder and Dependent Adult Dementia Patients Allegedly Abused The City of San Francisco and Laguna Honda Hospital were rocked by the announcement last Friday of allegations of abuse at the hospital, which operates as a 780-bed skilled nursing facility. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risks of Elder Abuse and Neglect Approximately one in 10 Americans 60 and older have experienced some form of elder abuse, which includes physical, sexual, mental, emotional, or financial abuse and/or neglect, according to the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The consequences of physical abuse or neglect […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Remember Senior Loved Ones and Friends On The Fourth Holidays Always Important Times To Check In With Elderly Friends and Loved Ones Happy Fourth of July! Holidays are made for good times with family and friends and we at Evans Law Firm wish you a happy and safe […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Court-Appointed Fiduciaries Wield Great Power What Can Go Wrong And Potential For Abuse Of Power Court-appointed conservators and other fiduciaries (such as guardians or trustees) wield enormous power over the dependent individuals and properties they are appointed to manage and protect. Court appointments supersede earlier Powers of Attorney, […]