Category: Elder Abuse California

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Seniors Victimized By Physical And Financial Abuse Case Example Of Multiple Charges Against Caregiver Pursuing Parties Responsible For Abuse Incidents of caregiver abuse of their elderly patients often involve both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse.  A dishonest caregiver’s physical abuse or neglect of an […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Forged And Altered Checks Alleged Unlicensed Caregiver Reportedly Had Prior Criminal Record Allegedly Took $1 Million From Victim’s Trust Older victims lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial elder abuse, according to FBI and National Institute of Justice statistics. The same sources report that […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Physical And Financial Abuse Victim Suffered from ALS Physical Abuse And $4000 Allegedly Stolen Physical and financial elder abuse and certain forms of neglect are all crimes and grounds for civil liability of the abuser. California Penal Code § 368 and Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly May Be Victims Of Various Forms Of Abuse How You May Be Able To Spot Neglect And Abuse Protections And Remedies For Victims The National Council on Aging says up to five million older Americans are abused yearly, and the annual loss by victims of financial elder abuse is […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Recent Arrest For Abuse And Isolation Of Elder Statutory Definitions of Physical Abuse And Isolation Protecting Older Loved Ones Elder abuse can be physical, emotional, financial, and verbal; neglect and abandonment are also forms of elder abuse.  Elder abuse includes not only intentional isolation and physical or financial […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Malnourished, Living In Filth Basic Care Denied Six Facility Residents Facility Lacked Staff, Equipment And Proper License California Attorney General Ron Bonta has made prosecution of elder abuse cases a major priority in the California Department of Justice.  From the beginning of his tenure, he has aggressively […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Claims That Senior Did Not Receive All Benefits California Supreme Court Tosses Out State Law Claims Landmark Opinion On Express Preemption The California Supreme Court recently unanimously ruled that the Medicare Act expressly preempted state common-law and statutory claims against a health maintenance organization and a healthcare plan […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victims Were 75 and 83 Both Bodies Found In Room In Facility Live-In Caretaker Arrested In a tragic story reported recently in the Los Angeles Times, two elderly women living in a dementia facility have been found dead in a room of the facility and a live-in caretaker […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Forms Of Elder Abuse Signs Of Neglect And Abuse Protecting Older Loved Ones The National Council on Aging says up to five million older Americans are abused yearly, and the annual loss by victims of financial elder abuse is estimated to be at least $36.5 billion. (That number could in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Subject To Physical And Financial Abuse Multiple Charges Brought Against Caregiver Charges Include Theft And Reckless Endangerment Sadly, there are dishonest persons hired as in-home caregivers for the elderly who spend their time stealing from their patients instead of caring for them.  Incidents of caregiver abuse often […]