Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wheelchair-Bound Patient Allegedly Abused Charges Of Cover Up Brought Against Director Abuse Reported By Victim’s Daughter After Visiting Her Mother In Home Stories of intentional abuse of nursing home residents are especially heartbreaking.  In one case reported earlier this year and discussed below, the daughter of an elderly […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Victim’s Family Sues Nursing Home Allegedly Developed Septic Shock Family Cites Unsanitary Conditions Evans Law Firm, Inc. represents elderly victims and families in cases of nursing home abuse and neglect and pursues all those responsible for the abuse including any owners or administrators and supervisory persons in charge […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Employee Notices Blood On Bed Victim Has No Memory Of Anything Police Use DNA Evidence 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, and the numbers are increasing year by year. […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Important Appellate Decision For Mandated Reporters Caregiver Malicious Prosecution Suit Overturned No Liability For Reporters One of the most important protections for older and dependent adults under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act is that certain individuals, referred to as “mandated reporters,” are required by […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Dependent Adult Allegedly Left On Floor For Nine Days Caregiver Indicted For Second Degree Murder Hospital Nursing Supervisor Alerted Police Too frequently, heartbreaking stories of dependent adult and elder abuse appear in the news.  On such story involved the death of a homebound dependent and disabled adult who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elderly Victim Suffered From Lou Gehrig’s Disease Caregiver Accused Of Trying To Strangle Victim Allegedly Flees With $4000 In Stolen Cash Stories of elder physical abuse are often very difficult to read.  To make matters even worse for defenseless elderly victims, physical abuse or neglect is often coupled […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Three Elderly Facility Residents Died After Drinking Cleaning Solution Attorney General Weighing Charges Against Facility One Walnut Creek Facility Worker Previously Arrested Rob Bonta, California’s Attorney General may soon decide whether a Bay Area senior living provider will face charges in the poisoning deaths of three seniors who […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Alleged Abuse Of Wheelchair-Bound Patient Facility Director Accused Of Cover Up Victim’s Daughter Reports Abuse Stories of intentional abuse of dependent adults can be difficult to read.  In a recently reported case, discussed below, a family member of a senior found her covered with bruises in a dark […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 94-Year-Old Resident Died After Drinking Cleaning Fluid Health Worker Charged With Felony Elder Abuse Unsupervised Victim Left Alone Too Long Dementia sufferers are extremely vulnerable to abuse and neglect because they may not even be aware of what is happening to them or able to communicate about it […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Neglect Of Hospice Patient Fatal Infections And Untreated Injuries Recourse For Families Hospice care should be compassionate, end of life care for those with only a short time left to live.  While many hospice programs in the U.S. are non-profit organizations, more and more hospice programs are […]