Category: Elder Financial Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation Increases Risk Experts Say Elder Abuse Climbing Victims Unable To Reach Out For Help The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 8 out of 10 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States have been among persons 65 or older. But the pandemic’s toll on […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse Strikes Seniors Still At Home Or In Facilities New CFPB Manual May Help Elderly In Facilities The San Francisco financial elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. see financial elder abuse of seniors who still live in their longtime homes and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Predators Exploit The Dying Spotting Financial Elder Abuse Over the years, our litigators have seen cases where caregivers and others financially exploit seniors suffering from terminal illness, stealing from the dying older person right up until death. These predators take cash, write checks, forge signatures, impersonate the dying […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Practical Ideas For Monitoring Your Loved One’s Care Preventing Caregiver Theft  Caregiver theft is a real danger for isolated seniors with in-home caregivers, particularly during this time of pandemic when friends and loved ones cannot visit as often as they’d like (or should). The Alameda County financial elder […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial, Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Elder Abuse and Neglect Protect Senior Loved Ones and Friends: Look for Signs of Abuse Elders More Vulnerable Than Ever Before Elder abuse takes many forms, and all are devastating: financial, physical, emotional or sexual abuse or harmed from neglect or abandonment. See […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jewelry, Cash, Checks, and Personal Information Jewelry and Family Keepsakes Preventing Caregiver Theft We often write about caregivers taking cash, credits cards and checks from seniors and even getting their hands on seniors’ homes and financial accounts through fraud and undue influence. But jewelry and family keepsakes can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors Targets of Financial Elder Abuse If You’re a Victim, We Can Help When Brokers, Agents, and Advisors Prey on the Elderly Stock brokers, insurance agents and financial advisors often target the elderly and ingratiate themselves to older persons in order to sell them products they do not […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Social Isolation And The Danger Of Elder Abuse Staying In Touch More Important Than Ever Financial Abusers Take Advantage Of Isolation As our litigators have shared before, social isolation is a common denominator in almost all the financial elder abuse cases we see. When a senior is isolated, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Costs And Downsides Deferred Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Fund Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale When selling annuities to senior citizens, insurance agents may gloss over the fine print and leave out some important details about how annuities actually work. Our litigators recommend […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Understand The Drawbacks Annuities Are Insurance Policies Not Investments Do Not Be Rushed Into A Sale Insurance agents use market downturns like the one we saw in March to push fixed indexed annuities as a “safe” alternative for retirement savings. Don’t let an agent sell you anything until […]