Elder abuse law in California largely focuses on the "Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA)." Broadly speaking, abuse under an EADACPA claim in a civil action includes "physical abuse, neglect, fiduciary abuse, abandonment, isolation or other treatment with resulting physical harm or pain or mental suffering, or the deprivation by a care custodian of goods or services which are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering."

The elements of what constitutes elder abuse will be described in more detail below; for now, it is important to recognize that it covers "abuse" and "neglect." However, in cases against health care providers, such as licensed nursing homes, a plaintiff has to establish something more than professional negligence, to prevail on an elder abuse claim. (It can still prevail on a malpractice case if there is a provable standard of care violation.)

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