Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Patients Found With Plastic Bags Over Their Heads Victims Were 75 And 88 Years Old Employee Arrested And Charged With The Murders While any story of intentional abuse of nursing home residents is heartbreaking, a particularly gruesome double homicide occurred in one care home recently, as discussed below.  […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Convicted Of Beating Patient Later Found Dead Camera Reportedly Catches Caregiver Striking Patient Faces Possible Nine-Year Prison Sentence Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents victims of physical and financial elder and dependent adult abuse.  Seniors and dependent adults living at home under the care of in-home caregivers and […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Physical And Financial Abuse May Go Hand-in-Hand Horrific Case Example Remedies For Elder Abuse Elderly patients may be victims of both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse at the hands of the very caregivers they pay to protect them.  While there are many caregivers who work […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Jury Verdict Against For-Profit Nursing Home Patient Developed Stage IV Pressure Wound Alleged Understaffing To Blame We write frequently about the risk of abuse of older persons by in-home caregivers and other strangers who enter older people’s homes.  But nursing home and assisted care facility residents are also […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffers Financial And Physical Abuse Caregiver Accused Of Assaulting Elderly Patient Protecting Older Loved Ones Physical abuse or neglect of an elder is often coupled with financial abuse, as the allegations in one reported case, discussed below, reveal.  Greedy caregivers, intent on stealing a senior or […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms What To Look For Keeping Older Loved Ones Safe The National Council on Aging says up to five million older Americans are abused yearly, and the annual loss by victims of financial elder abuse is estimated to be at least $36.5 billion. Elder abuse can […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Risk of Neglect And Abuse During Hospice Care Hospice Patient Neglect: Case Example Remedies For Neglect And Abuse Hospice patients, like skilled nursing facility and assisted living facility patients, may be at risk of neglect and abuse during the duration of their hospice care.  The neglect could be […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER When Seniors Victimized By Physical And Financial Abuse Case Example Of Multiple Charges Against Caregiver Pursuing Parties Responsible For Abuse Incidents of caregiver abuse of their elderly patients often involve both physical abuse or neglect and financial elder abuse.  A dishonest caregiver’s physical abuse or neglect of an […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegations Of Physical And Financial Abuse Victim Suffered from ALS Physical Abuse And $4000 Allegedly Stolen Physical and financial elder abuse and certain forms of neglect are all crimes and grounds for civil liability of the abuser. California Penal Code § 368 and Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Recent Arrest For Abuse And Isolation Of Elder Statutory Definitions of Physical Abuse And Isolation Protecting Older Loved Ones Elder abuse can be physical, emotional, financial, and verbal; neglect and abandonment are also forms of elder abuse.  Elder abuse includes not only intentional isolation and physical or financial […]