Category: Nursing Home Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Cracking Down On Nursing Home Fraud And Abuse In California Creation Of Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Inspection Program To Target Fraud And Elder Abuse California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, before leaving […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect And Lack Of Proper Care Of Hospice Patient Undisclosed, Untreated Pressure Wounds Lead To Death Sepsis and Gangrene Developed From Untreated Wound “Elder abuse does not always come in the form of a physical attack,” stated former California Attorney Xavier Becerra when announcing charges against a nurse […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Authorities Arrest Aide After Viewing Tape After Patient Complained of Mistreatment Granddaughter Installed Camera Victim’s Distress Also Recorded on Audiotapes Reported incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in care facilities have increased significantly over the past few years according to statistics maintained by elder advocacy groups.  Since […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Care Facility Worker Arrested For Alleged Sexual Molestation Of Disabled Patients  Dementia Patients At Highest Risk Complaints Of Sexual Abuse In Care Facilities Increasing Reported incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in care facilities have increased significantly over the past few years according to statistics maintained by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Protecting The State’s Most Vulnerable Med-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse Unit Strengthened California DOJ:  Operation SAFE (Stop Abuse and Fraud of Elders) Evans Law Firm, Inc. is a plaintiff’s litigation law firm.  We represent individuals here in California who have suffered injury, especially older Californians who have been […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Owner Convicted Of Involuntary Manslaughter Dementia Patient Killed After Wandering Away Facility Was Not Licensed For Dementia Patients For-profit nursing homes and care facilities often put profits ahead of the level of care they can adequately provide residents.  Examples of cost-cutting measures that endanger residents include reducing staff […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents At Growing Risk of Neglect and Abuse Watching for Signs of Neglect and Abuse How Elder Abuse Counsel Can Help Elder laws protect all seniors and their assets. This includes protection for seniors living in a nursing home facility. In these settings, there is always […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Troubling Facts Of What Hundreds of Senior Californians Suffer  Report Cites Lack of Regulation and Fraud Mismanaged Medications, Infections, And Abandonment At a time when the U.S. population is aging and the hospice industry is booming, a troubling study conducted by the Los Angeles Times found hundreds of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Staff Members Allegedly Abused Senior in Group Home Arrests for Physical Elder Abuse Seniors can be victims of physical and financial elder abuse in their own homes, nursing homes, assisted care facilities, or group homes. Seniors with dementia or other forms of cognitive impairment are most at risk […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Sexual Assaults Of The Elderly Assaults Constitute Elder Abuse Institutionalized Seniors Are Vulnerable Just last week, San Francisco police arrested an individual for the alleged attempted rape of a 73-year-old woman.[1]  In the particular arrest the senior was outside on the street at 7AM. But institutionalized seniors are […]