Category: Elder Physical Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Death Following Assault On 78-Year-Old Victim Surveillance Camera Captures Assault  Aide Attempted To Cover Up Crime Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at increasing risk of abuse and neglect. Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims and families in cases of nursing home abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 78-Year-Old Knocked To Floor By Aide Resident Died From Injuries Sustained Assault Captured By Surveillance Camera Stories of intentional abuse or wanton neglect/abandonment of seniors in nursing homes are difficult to read but abuse is a real threat, particularly for those seniors suffering from dementia.  Evans Law Firm, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Found Guilty Of Elder Abuse And Murder By Omission Recent Decision Allows Evidence Of Prior Bad Acts Abandoned Senior Dies By Overdose Seniors under in-home care are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment even though they are paying for their care.  […]

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 Aide Pushed 78-Year-Old Down Fall Results In Senior’s Death Surveillance Camera Captured Assault On Film Seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very persons paid to care for them.  Stories of intentional abuse of seniors in these settings […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Financial And Physical Abuse Caregiver Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Patient Protecting Older Loved Ones Physical abuse or neglect of an elder is often coupled with financial abuse, as the allegations in one reported case, discussed below, reveal.  Greedy caregivers, intent on stealing a senior or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER $30.9 Million Verdict Against For-Profit Nursing Home Stage IV Pressure Wound Lead To Death Alleged Understaffing To Blame Older persons are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and abandonment by in-home caregivers and also in nursing homes and assisted care facilities  See Cal. Welf. & Inst. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim Suffers Physical And Financial Abuse Alleged Assault And Theft Protecting Older Loved Ones We often write about the ways in which seniors are abused or neglected by those closest to them, including those paid to care for them in their homes.  Where a dishonest caregiver is after […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Various Forms Of Elder Abuse Spotting Elder 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 estimated to be at least $36.5 billion. (That number […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Financial And Physical Abuse Caregiver Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Patient Protecting Older Loved Ones Physical abuse or neglect of an elder is often coupled with financial abuse, as the allegations in one reported case, discussed below, reveal.  Greedy caregivers, intent on stealing a senior or […]