Category: financial elder abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Four Years Of Alleged Theft Authorities Allege Forged Checks And Checks To “Cash” Victim’s Trust Dissolved And Allegedly Paid Over To Caregiver Financial elder abuse by caregivers can range from the one-time theft of cash or an unauthorized use of a credit card to sustained embezzlement over years, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Greedy Caregivers Strike Quickly Seizing Accessible Cash And ATM Cards Hiding Bank Statements To Cover Up Theft Anytime a stranger enters the home of an elderly person, there is a risk of financial elder abuse. Caregivers especially have access to everything in an elder individual’s home and time […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Isolation Is Breeding Ground For Financial Abuse Unauthorized ATM Withdrawals Make Up Greatest Percentage Of Losses  Helping Isolated Seniors Throughout the United States and here in California and Santa Cruz County, incidents of financial elder abuse have skyrocketed as a result of the isolation of seniors, and the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Federal Prison Sentence For Defrauding Elderly Couple $1.6 Million Scheme Allegedly Lasted Two Years Thousands Of Phone Calls To Older Couples Produced Hundreds Of Transfers Financial elder abuse is sometimes a single event or transaction but more commonly it is a sustained scheme playing out over time. Reports […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness To Prevent Elder Abuse Act 1 in 10 People Over 60 Experience Abuse Prevalence Much Higher For People With Dementia Disorders Both sides of the aisle in Congress recently united to pass legislation intended to add in the protection for Alzeheimer’s sufferers against elder abuse.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial, Physical, Sexual And Emotional Elder Abuse  Millions Of Older Americans Abused Every Day Look For Signs And Get Elder Counsel Assistance Physical abuse and financial abuse of seniors is really increasing in these troubling times.  Seniors are caught between two very dangerous trends: the economic downturn which […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Risk Of Hiring Unlicensed Caregiver Off Craigslist Caregiver Writes Unauthorized Checks Buys Herself, Daughter Cars With Senior’s Money References and background checks of persons hired as in-home caregivers are two important steps when a senior needs in-home care.  The risks of what can go wrong when a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Financial Elder Abuse By Caregivers Seniors here in San Francisco and throughout California are vulnerable to financial elder abuse, often at the hands of the caregivers hired to help them. In one recently reported case, a caregiver withdrew over $100,000 from her 100-year-old patient’s bank accounts before the […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Financial Predators Strike Taking Advantage Of Isolation And Cognitive Impairment Our litigators see a sadly familiar pattern in financial elder abuse cases: an elderly person’s spouse of many years dies and the survivor is left alone. Enter a stranger or caregiver to “help” the survivor. Cash begins […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Financial Elder Abuse What To Look For Financial elder abuse is on the rise here in Alameda County. Adult Protective Services received approximately 6000 reports of elder abuse in Alameda County last year, 70% of which were reports of financial elder abuse. The elder abuse […]