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Elder Abuse Resource Center
- Elder Abuse / Elder Neglect Informational Overview
- Types of Care Facilities
- Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), i.e., Nursing Homes
- Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFEs)
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Independent Elder Facilities
- Adult Day Care Facilities / Programs (ADC)
- Developmentally Disabled Adult Care Facilities
- Acute Care Facilities (Hospitals)
- Intermediate or Step-Down Facilities
- Hospice Care
- In-Home Healthcare
- Common Examples of Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Bedsores / Decubitus Ulcers
- Fall Incidents Resulting in Injury
- Wandering / Elopement Incidents
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
- Unaddressed Infections / Sepsis
- Medication Errors
- Failure to Monitor Medications
- Failure to Provide Medications
- Feeding Tube Errors
- Lack of Proper Care
- Lack of Dignity and Respect
- Physical Abuse
- Verbal Abuse
- Violation of Resident's Rights
- California Legal Definitions
Areas of Legal Practice
- Injury Claims Based Upon Elder Abuse or Neglect
- Wrongful Death Claims Due to Elder Abuse or Neglect
- Legal Claims for Violation of Resident's Rights
California Nursing Home & Elder Abuse News
Nursing Home & Elder Abuse News and Articles
Misrepresentation by RCFE Leads to Broken Hip: Case Results in $1,000,000.00 Settlement
A VALUEABLE LESSON REGARDING ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT - Michele, the daughter of 76-year-old Irene, diligently researched several local care facilities when her mother’s health declined to a point where she needed living assistance. In an effort to find the right place, Michele looked into several different care facilities, taking tours of the facilities and [...]
Senior Care Facility Agrees to Pay $953,500 to Settle Elder Neglect Lawsuit
San Diego, California - Talk about a bizarre set of circumstances that gave rise to a most rightful case of elder neglect. The facts are almost too unbelievable to be true.
The family of 85-year-old K.C. (last name withheld for family’s privacy) believed they had found a safe, comfortable facility to care for their father during [...]
Woman Who Suffered Brain Damage at Nursing Home Awarded $1.6M
By: Ray Huard, Staff Writer for the San Diego Union Tribune [re-printed with permission of the San Diego Union Tribune]
EAST COUNTY COURTS - An El Cajon woman who was permanently brain damaged as a result of the care she received at a county-owned nursing home has been awarded $1.6 million in a court settlement.
Ruth [...]
Family Gets $2 Million in Elderly Abuse Case
Pain, Suffering: Suit alleges workers at board and care facility left woman lying in her own vomit.
By: Tamara Koehler, Staff Writer for the Thousand Oaks Star [re-printed with permission]
The family of an elderly Oxnard woman who died after workers at a board and care facility were ordered to leave her lying in her own vomit [...]
Women Awarded $1.6 Million for Brain Damage Suffered at Nursing Home
Elder abuse Attorney William M. Berman was recently awarded a $1,600,000 settlement for a woman who suffered brain damage as a result of poor nursing home care at a county-owned nursing home in El Cajon, California. The settlement was featured in the San Diego Union Tribune.
Read the full story here.
Residential Care Facility Settles Elder Neglect Lawsuit; Doctors Found Ants in 92-year-old’s Face
By: Onell Soto, Staff Writer for the San Diego Union Tribune [* This article was written by San Diego Union Tribune staff writer Onell Soto and appeared in the December 28, 2002 edition of the Union Tribune and has been reprinted with permission of the San Diego Union Tribune. The names of the defendant parties, [...]
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