Category: Nursing Home Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER High Level Of Supervision Required For Dementia Patients Liability For Failure To Monitor Injuries And Death Resulting From Wandering A very dangerous, and sadly common, behavior pattern of Alzheimer sufferers and persons with other forms of dementia is wandering away, also known as elopement.  Older sufferers still living […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Enrolled Ineligible Seniors Into Hospice Programs Payments For Non-Terminally Ill Patients How Hospice Fraud Constitutes Elder Abuse Healthcare fraud against government programs like Medicare costs taxpayers billions every year.  When medical service providers like hospice agencies admit ineligible patients into programs where the government is paying the bills, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents At Risk Of Abuse And Neglect Warning Signs Of Neglect Or Abuse Reporting Abuse And Seeking Legal Help Discovering that a loved one has been the victim of abuse in a nursing home facility can be shocking. We trust these facilities to treat our loved […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Pleads Guilty To 11 Felonies Surveillance Camera Catches Alleged Theft Of Cash Victims In Assisted Care Facility Whether living at home under the care of an in-home caregiver or living in an assisted care facility or skilled nursing facility, older persons are at risk of abuse and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Numerous Unauthorized Transactions 83-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident Victim Online Access To Victim’s Bank Accounts Financial elder abuse often occurs at the hands of unscrupulous caregivers caring for seniors in their own home.  But elderly residents of nursing homes are also at risk of financial elder abuse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Owner Ran Unlicensed Elder Care Facility Unauthorized Admissions Of Patients 83-Year-Old Patient Dies Of Pressure Wound Seniors are vulnerable to all sorts of abuse and neglect as they become more dependent on others for care or for managing their finances.  The risk of abuse and neglect is present […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Generally Consent Required Using Cameras to Monitor Care California Regulations For Camera Installation As a general rule, California requires 2-party consent for audio and video recordings.  See Cal. Penal Code §§ 632(recording confidential communications without consent is invasion of privacy) and 637.2(penalties on persons recording without consent for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Does Not Apply Elders And Dependent Adults Entitled To Full Non-Economic Damages Two Former Patients Suffered Sexual Abuse By Hospital Employee Elders and dependent adults living in nursing homes or other care facilities are at risk of rape and other sexual abuse by employees.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Ineligible Certifications Of Hospice Patients Alleged Payments For Non-Terminally Ill Patients Three Former Employees And Physician Blow Whistle Healthcare fraud against government programs like Medicare costs taxpayers billions every year.  Private persons with knowledge of such fraud can bring a whistleblower suit (known as a qui tam action) […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Business Manager Allegedly Wrote Resident’s Checks To Herself Appropriation Of Government Benefits False Adjustments In Residents’ Accounts Just like seniors under the care of unscrupulous caregivers in their own home, elderly residents of nursing homes are also at risk of financial elder abuse from financial predators within the […]