Category: Nursing Facility Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Pushes 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 Hospice Care Is Big Business Case Example Of Patient Neglect Holding Hospice Agencies Accountable Over 1.75 million patients are taken care of through hospice services in the United States according to recent reports. The American hospice industry was valued at $32.1 billion in 2021 and is estimated to reach $64.7 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Pushed 78-Year-Old Down To Ground Resident Of Memory Care Facility Surveillance Camera Captured Assault Sadly, 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 81-Year-Old Dementia Patient Victim Of Rape  Victim Has No Memory Of Assault Police Use DNA Evidence Discovered By Co-Worker Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in nursing homes have been reported to the authorities over the last two decades, and the numbers are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Plaintiffs Win Verdict Against For-Profit Nursing Home Chain Patient Neglect Lead To Stage IV Pressure Wound Complaint Alleged Understaffing To Blame 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 Wheelchair-Bound Patient Allegedly Abused Director Accused Of Cover-Up And Failure To Report Victim’s Daughter Notified Authorities Of Alleged Abuse Nursing home residents are almost completely unable to defend themselves against any kind of abuse.  They are usually in a facility precisely because they cannot take care of themselves […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Abuse In Nursing Homes Some Indicators Of Probable Abuse Or Neglect Know The Warning Signs In Order To Protect Loved Ones Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very persons paid to care for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Family Sues Nursing Home Allegedly Developed Septic Shock Family Cites Unsanitary Conditions Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims and families in cases of nursing home abuse and neglect and pursues all those responsible for the abuse including any owners or administrators and supervisory persons in charge […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 65 Unauthorized Checks On Resident Trust Funds $73,521.68 In Restitution Ordered Six Months Jail Sentence Seniors in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members similar to the risks seniors living at home do from dishonest in-home caregivers.  Theft […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Caregiver Theft From Assisted Care Facility Residents One Victim’s Family Discovers Suspicious Charges $16,000 In Unauthorized Charges According To Police Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or a senior’s room in any sort of care facility, any credit and debit cards and […]