Category: Physical Elder Abuse

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Nursing Home Residents at Risk Negligence, Neglect, and Intentional Abuse Dementia Patients Particularly at Risk Nursing home residents are at risk of harm from staff negligence, neglect, abandonment and even intentional abuse such as rape, sexual assault, battery, intentional overmedication, and other forms of abuse. Dementia patients are […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER All Nursing Home Residents At Risk Neglect Can Be As Fatal As Intentional Abuse Bedridden Patients Particularly at Risk Neglect of the elderly can be as harmful as intentional abuse. Nursing home residents requiring daily care are especially at risk. Understaffing increases the chances of neglect as fewer […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wandering: A Real Danger With Alzheimer’s Sufferers Deaths From Wandering/Elopement Caregiver And Nursing Home Negligence Wandering (also known as elopement) is a common behavior for older persons suffering from dementia. The result can be fatal. Dementia sufferers are often under the care of in-home caregivers or facilities charged […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Wandering: A Real Danger With Alzheimer’s Sufferers Deaths From Wandering/Elopement Wandering (also known as elopement) is a common behavior for older persons suffering from dementia, especially those with Alzheimer’s disease. Many dementia patients reside in nursing homes and other care facilities where they need monitoring and supervision. When […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fatal Caregiver Abuse Neglect of Bedridden Senior Results in Death Neglect is a form of elder abuse that can kill a bedridden senior quickly. In a recently reported case with which we were not involved, a bedridden senior died after allegedly being neglected by a caregiver for a […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Fatal Caregiver Abuse Kidnapping and Neglect of Seniors for Financial Gain Caregiver abuse of the elderly and other dependent adults can be gruesome and deadly. In one horrific case, caregiver was sentenced recently to 13 years in state prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and false imprisonment […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors at Risk of Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Over 5 Million Reported Cases Every Year Looking for Signs of Abuse Authorities estimate that elder abuse crimes against 5 million senior citizens are reported each year in the United States, a number equal to the combined total of […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Seniors at Risk of Financial and Physical Elder Abuse Looking for Signs of Abuse Act to Stop It Elder abuse of various kinds can strike any senior, especially isolated ones or seniors confined to nursing homes or other care facilities. Dementia patients are at particular risk of financial […]

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. […]