Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Pushed 78-Year-Old Down To Ground Resident Of Memory Care Facility Surveillance Camera Captured Assault Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very persons paid to care for them.  Stories of intentional abuse of seniors in these […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER 81-Year-Old Dementia Patient Victim Of Rape  Victim Has No Memory Of Assault Police Use DNA Evidence Discovered By Co-Worker 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 […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wheelchair-Bound Patient Allegedly Abused Director Accused Of Cover-Up And Failure To Report Victim’s Daughter Notified Authorities Of Alleged Abuse Nursing home residents are almost completely unable to defend themselves against any kind of abuse.  They are usually in a facility precisely because they cannot take care of themselves […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Increasing Reports Of Abuse In Nursing Homes Some Indicators Of Probable Abuse Or Neglect Know The Warning Signs In Order To Protect Loved Ones Sadly, seniors in assisted care facilities and nursing homes are at risk of abuse and neglect by the very persons paid to care for […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Elder Subject To Physical And Financial Abuse Multiple Charges Brought Against Caregiver Charges Include Theft And Reckless Endangerment Sadly, there are dishonest persons hired as in-home caregivers for the elderly who spend their time stealing from their patients instead of caring for them.  Incidents of caregiver abuse often […]

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 […]