An Elderly Sacramento resident age 81, admitted to a Sacramento area skilled nursing facility, suffering from dementia, legally blind, actually died as a result of severely infected Stage […]

What are the signs of Elder Abuse? About 1 in 10 Americans over age 60 have experienced some form of elder abuse, according to the National Council on […]

A Los Angeles, California client’s  father died as a result of bedsores he received while living in a private nursing home in South Los Angeles. The report from the California […]

The State of California has chronicled multiple breakdowns in the state’s handling of elder abuse cases. There are thousand  of elder residents at senior care centers, including Skilled […]

When you are admitted to a nursing home, you will be asked to sign an admission agreement that explains your rights and responsibilities and those of […]

A Carmichael nursing home supervisor admitted she was ordered to alter medical records of a 92-year-old patient, who died after developing rotting bedsores. The state fined […]

The Right to Sue Nursing Homes for Physical Abuse and Neglect Should Not be subject to Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements “Forced arbitration clauses in nursing home agreements […]

The American Bar Association has asked that a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid rule authorizing mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration in long-term care admissions contracts not be […]

Consumer groups are making a last ditch effort to stop the Trump administration from stripping nursing home residents and their families of the right to take […]

For every one case of elder abuse that is reported, as many as four go unreported according to Lisa Shiner from DPSS adult services. Reporting all […]