Category: Nursing Facility Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Verdict Against Large For-Profit Nursing Home Chain Alleged Neglect Leads To Stage IV Pressure Wound Pressure Wound Developed In Just Two Weeks 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 Increasing Neglect Of Hospice Patient Fatal Infections And Untreated Injuries Recourse For Families Hospice care should be compassionate, end of life care for those with only a short time left to live.  While many hospice programs in the U.S. are non-profit organizations, more and more hospice programs are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Neglect And Reckless Care Of Hospice Patient Untreated Injuries And Infection Lead To Sudden Death Sepsis and Gangrene Elder abuse is not confined to assisted living facilities and nursing homes or abuse and neglect by in-home caregivers. Hospice programs throughout California and the U.S. have also been […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Abuse Of Barricaded, Disabled Man Two Caregivers Charges With Failure To Report Caregivers Charged With Murder, Elder Abuse, And Neglect Stories of intentional abuse of dependent adults can be difficult to read.  A few weeks ago, we wrote on one such case where an elderly victim was beaten […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cases Of Sexual Assault Of Elderly Rising Care Home Residents At Risk Recent Prosecution Of Aide For Sexual Assault Statistics of sexual assault and rape in care facilities is as horrific as it sounds: nursing home residents are increasingly at risk of sexual assault and rape. Statistics show […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home To Pay $2.3 Million Allegations Of Grossly Substandard Care Government Payments For Allegedly Substandard Services Skilled nursing facilities and assisted care communities often receive government funding for the care they provide residents.  Fraudulent claims for payments of those government funds may be the basis for a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Two Residents Dead From Alleged Poisoning Served Dishwashing Liquid Instead Of Juice Family Of One Deceased Victim Suing Facility Dementia sufferers are extremely vulnerable to abuse and neglect because they may not even be aware of what is happening to them or able to communicate about it even […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Business Manager Pleads Guilty To Theft Wrote Checks Off Resident Account False Entries On Nursing Home Books Seniors residing in assisted care or skilled nursing facilities face the same risk of financial elder abuse by dishonest staff members as seniors living at home do from dishonest […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Faces Assault Charges 79-Year-Old Victim Required Medical Attention Local Police And State Authorities Investigate Assault, including sexual assault and rape, are tragically a real risk in elderly care facilities.  The reported incidents are horrifying. While the authorities may bring criminal prosecutions for these incidents, victims and their […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 93-Year-Old Resident Dies And Two Others Hospitalized Mistakenly Served Dishwashing Liquid Instead Of Juice Police And Department Of Social Services Investigating Dementia sufferers are extremely vulnerable to abuse and neglect because they may not even be aware of what is happening to them or able to communicate about […]