Category: Elder Physical Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Arrested For Abuse Of Two Dementia Patients  Camera Catches Aide Pushing Two Patients To The Ground Aide Charged With Two Felony Charges Of Elder Abuse Nearly 50% of elders with dementia experience abuse or neglect according to reports. Many dementia sufferers and Alzheimer’s disease patients reside in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Police Use DNA Evidence To Identify Suspect Victim Has No Memory Of Anything Another Employee Reports Suspicions Nursing home residents are at risk of all varieties of elder abuse including sexual assault and rape. Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Mortality Rates From Pressure Wounds Rising  Neglect, Negligence And Abandonment Of Patients Elderly At Heightened Risk Each year, approximately 60,000 people die of complications of pressure wounds or ulcers, also known as bed sores.  According to medical studies, individuals with pressure ulcers have a 4.5-times greater risk of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Hospice Caregiver Arrested Allegedly Administered Medications Without License Victim Died From Toxic Effects Of Morphine Seniors under the care of in-home caregivers, or in nursing homes or under hospice care are are all vulnerable to the risk of elder physical abuse and neglect. Hospice patients are particularly vulnerable […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Use Of Sedatives As Chemical Restraints Dangers To Seniors Of Psychotropic Drugs Recourse For Abuse Or Neglect Overmedication occurs when an elderly patient is given excessive amounts of a medication or unnecessary medications. Overmedication can happen by mistake or can be intentionally done. If a patient is overmedicated […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 90-Year-Old Dementia Patient Abused  Caregiver Arrested For Elder Abuse Surveillance Camera Caught Abuse Residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are at risk of neglect and intentional abuse by the very persons who are paid to care for them.  Elders under the care of in-home caregivers are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Negligence Allegedly Behind Death Of  86-Year-Old  Accusations Of Abandonment Of Assisted Care Facility Resident Family Recourse For Neglect And Abuse Physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and abandonment are all forms of elder abuse that nursing home and assisted care facility residents may suffer.  See Cal. Welf. & […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Neglect A Growing Problem Hundreds Of Thousands Of Seniors Suffer From Neglect Recourse Against Neglect By Paid Caregivers And Nursing Homes  When a caregiver fails to meet the needs of an elderly person who cannot care for themselves, neglect can result. Sometimes the caregiver may withhold nourishment, medications, or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER All Nursing Home Residents At Risk  Intentional Abuse, Neglect, Abandonment, And Elopement Recourse For Abuse Or Neglect Any older person in an assisted living facility may suffer from nursing home abuse. That said, some may be at a higher risk than others. Women are more likely to be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Used Stun Gun On Dependent Adults Video Caught The Abuse Licensing Bureau Opens Investigation Intentional abuse or restraints, including chemical restraints by drugs, are crimes and actionable forms of abuse of elders and dependent adults.  See Penal Code § 368 and Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code […]