ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Power Of Attorney Authority Can Be Abused Case Examples of Power Of Attorney Abuse Legal Remedies For Injured Seniors And Families Financial powers of attorney (POAs) grant full authority over a person’s financial affairs, and medical powers of attorney, known in California as an Advance Health Care Directives […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Money Stolen Over Six-Year Period Attorney-In- Fact Accused Of Stealing Over $860,000 Falsified Beneficiary Designations And Other Documents Older persons often execute powers of attorney (POAs) to appoint designated persons to transact financial affairs on their behalf with full legal authority to do so.  The person appointed under […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Falsifying Paychecks and Timecards Five-Years Probation And Restitution Pursuing Civil Remedies Against Abusers Cash, checks and credit cards can disappear quickly whenever a dishonest stranger or caregiver enters an elderly person’s home.  It may be a one-time theft or a more sustained theft through writing checks or using […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Accessed Credit Cards In Facility Residents’ Rooms  Family Of One Victim Notices Suspicious Charges Accused Of Nearly $16,000 In Unauthorized Charges Whenever a dishonest caregiver or other stranger enters a senior’s home or nursing home room, credit and debit cards and ATM cards, checks and entire check […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Use Care In Granting Powers Of Attorney The Risk Of POA Abuse Is Always There Theft By Use Of Powers Of Attorney Powers of Attorney (POAs) are important and powerful legal documents that grant the agent appointed under the POA full legal authority to act for the principal […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Allegedly Paid Stipends And Gifts To Referring Physicians Extravagant Dinners, Expensive Gifts And Golf Trips Former Accounting Department Employee Blew Whistle The Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b (prohibits kickbacks for medical services referrals), and the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn (prohibits physicians from referring patients to […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Accessed Victim’s Home While Victim Hospitalized Credit Card Account Opened In Victim’s Name 22 ATM Withdrawals Totaling $12,500 Any dishonest caregiver with access to a senior’s confidential financial information and personal information like date of birth, Social Security Number, maiden name, etc. can use that information […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Aide Pushes 78-Year-Old Down Fall Results In Senior’s Death Surveillance Camera Captured Assault On Film 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 settings […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Caregiver Allegedly Re-Directed Pension and Social Security Deposits Online Changes To Deposit Instructions Preventing This Form Of Financial Elder Abuse Anonymous online access to pension or Social Security benefit profiles or phone impersonations of seniors are frequent ploys by caregivers intent on stealing from unsuspecting older persons. Whenever […]

ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER Deferred Annuities Are Long-Term Insurance Contracts Downsides For Seniors Include Costly Surrenders Returns Eroded By Commissions, Fees, Participation Rates And Caps Deferred annuities are insurance contracts where the policyholder pays a premium to an insurance carrier now for income payments in the future. Sellers of deferred annuities include […]