Category: Nursing Home Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Allegedly Filmed Herself Raping Elderly Male Residents Some Victims Could Not Speak Rapes And Sexual Assaults Allegedly Occurred Over Two-Year Period Statistics show that about.83 percent of victims of elder sexual abuse reside in nursing homes or assisted care facilities.  Of this number, women are 6 times […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 90-Year-Old Victim Was Bedridden Dementia Patient Nurse Witnesses And Reports Sex Act  Suspect Was Certified Nursing Assistant 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. As horrible as that number sounds, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Sentenced For Abuse Of Dementia Patient Hidden Camera Captures Abuse Sadly, all nursing home patients are at risk of neglect and many of them at risk of intentional abuse as well.  Dementia patients are a particularly vulnerable group as often they cannot remember what has happened to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Director And Assistant Arrested Resident Found To Have Untreated Injuries State Investigation Took Two Years About 110,000 Californians live in roughly 1,300 licensed nursing homes, 150,000 live in 7,500 licensed residential care facilities, and 150,000 or more live in unlicensed assisted living facilities that may or may […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Horrific Abuse Of Barricaded Patient Two Caregivers Charges With Failure To Report 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 and left on the floor to die.  Sadly, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Elderly Victim In Restroom Charges Of Sexual Assault And Elder Abuse Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict Nursing home residents are at risk of all varieties of elder abuse including sexual assault and rape. Statistics show that 20,000 incidents of sexual abuse, assault and rape in […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Incidents Of Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents Growing Dementia Patients At Highest Risk Of Abuse And Neglect Financial Exploitation Of Nursing Home Residents Seniors are vulnerable to all sorts of abuse and neglect whether at home under the care of others or in assisted care or skilled nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Surveillance Cameras Captures Horrific Abuse Care Home Patient Abused And Left To Die Two Caregivers Charges With Murder, Elder Abuse, And Neglect Often, stories of abuse and neglect of nursing home residents are so horrific they are difficult to read.  One such case appeared in the news recently […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Neglect Of Patients In Hospice Programs And Care Facilities Forms And Dangers Of Neglect How To Spot Neglect  Nursing homes and hospice agencies are paid to care for the elderly and dying. Patients and their families rely on facility or agency staff to do the job they are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Forgery And Unauthorized Charges Lack Of Oversight Cited Protecting Nursing Home Residents For every senior residing in an assisted care or skilled nursing facility there is a very real danger of financial elder abuse of nursing home residents by the staff and administrators of the very homes […]