Category: Elder Physical Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Patients Found With Plastic Bags Over Their Heads Victims Were 75 And 88 Years Old Employee Arrested And Charged With The Murders While any story of intentional abuse of nursing home residents is heartbreaking, a particularly gruesome double homicide occurred in one care home recently, as discussed below.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Convicted Of Beating Patient Later Found Dead Camera Reportedly Catches Caregiver Striking Patient Faces Possible Nine-Year Prison Sentence Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents victims of physical and financial elder and dependent adult abuse.  Seniors and dependent adults living at home under the care of in-home caregivers and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical And Financial Abuse May Go Hand-in-Hand Horrific Case Example Remedies For Elder Abuse Elderly patients may be victims of both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse at the hands of the very caregivers they pay to protect them.  While there are many caregivers who work […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER  Alleged Abuse Of Wheelchair-Bound Patient Director Charged With Failure To Report Victim’s Daughter Discovered Signs Of Abuse Stories of intentional abuse of nursing home residents are especially heartbreaking.  In one case reported earlier this year and discussed below, the daughter of an elderly nursing home resident found her […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms What To Look For Keeping Older Loved Ones Safe 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. Elder abuse can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents At Risk Of Abuse And Neglect Examples Of Nursing Home Abuse Lawsuits Remedies For Injured Seniors And Families Sadly, seniors under in-home care or residing in nursing homes or assisted care facilities are at risk of physical and emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and abandonment.  […]

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 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 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 […]