Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Researchers Say About 75% of Homes are Understaffed Understaffing May Lead To Neglect or Abandonment Researchers from Harvard and Vanderbilt medical schools recently released a study estimating that over 70% of nursing homes self-reported that they had more staff members than their payroll records reflected. In particular, researchers […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dementia Patients Particularly Vulnerable Overuse of Anti-Psychotic Drugs Incomplete Information and “Informed Consent” Thousands of dementia patients in nursing homes are being overmedicated with psychotropic drugs every day throughout the United States. One recent study found that nursing homes administer unnecessary antipsychotic drugs to 179,000 patients every week. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dementia Patients Particularly Vulnerable Another Grave Risk: Anti-Psychotic Drugs Horrifying news of physical abuse and overmedication of nursing home and assisted living facility residents continue to come in from all around the United State and California.  In one recent report, facility staff routinely slapped, threatened and punched a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect Watching for Signs of Abuse or Neglect Tales of abuse and neglect of the elderly in nursing homes are heartbreaking. Sadly, abuse and neglect are growing crimes in nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the United States and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Financial and Physical Elder Abuse and Neglect What You Should Do If You Suspect Elder Abuse Throughout the United States and here in Alameda County, elder abuse in every form, and most especially financial elder abuse, is on the rise. As the older population increases, […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Evictions and Other Forms of Elder Abuse Are Rising Ingrid M. Evans has spoken out publicly on evictions of the elderly as elder abuse before.[1] She and the other elder abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm remain dedicated to fighting for seniors. Reports of elder evictions and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER California Care Home Owner Convicted of Death of Elderly Dementia Patient A California care home owner will spend time in jail for the death of a 65-year-old dementia patient struck and killed by a car when he wandered out of the care home where he lived.[1] During investigation […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect Another Shocking Story of Nursing Home Abuse Elderly patients abused in nursing homes have a 300 percent greater chance of death in the 3 years following the abuse than those who are not abused according to studies.  Sadly, nursing […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk of Abuse and Neglect When Quality Care Loses Out to the Bottom Line The nursing home abuse attorneys at Evans Law Firm, Inc. represent elderly persons injured by abuse or neglect in the nursing homes of Marin County and throughout California. Our attorneys […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregivers and Financial Elder Abuse Keep Valuables and Important Papers in a Safe Place Whenever a stranger is in an elderly person’s home or nursing home room, the senior’s valuables are at risk of theft. Unscrupulous caregivers strike quickly and it may be some time before the senior […]