A Californian doctor, Dr. Hoshang Pormir, was sentenced to probation for improperly medicating nursing home patients, resulting in three deaths. Pormir will serve three years probation for his faulty actions in the Lake Isabella facility. Dr. Hoshang Pormir was a staff physician at the nursing home. State authorities contend that…
A Californian family was running a non-authorized elder residency in their own home. According to the Examiner, police found this house and its residents last week in a ghastly state. Having run an unlicensed nursing home, members of this San Jose family now face felony charges for the neglect of…
In nursing homes, the inactions and neglect of those responsible can be equally harmful as overt acts and exploits. According to the L.A. Times, a lawsuit has been filed against a Valencia assisted-living center alleging that staff members egregiously disregarded 89 year-old resident, Loretta Hooker, abandoning her in the blistering…
The San Diego nursing home abuse attorneys at our firm understand the many ways that seniors can be taken advantage of in long-term care facilities. Physical abuse, neglect, sexual assault, and even financial exploitation often strike at these homes. For example, a 31 year-old staff member of the Maple Glen…
A news report in The Star-Ledger again highlights the danger of abuse against elders suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Two residents at an assisted living home in New Jersey filed a lawsuit last week based on injuries they sustained in 2010 due to suspected abuse. Though only two residents…
A nurse has pled guilty to drugging her Alzheimer’s patients for no apparent reason other than to keep them quiet during her work shifts, reports The Herald Sun. Sadly, the nurse’s illegal, unethical, and unprofessional behavior led to one elderly patient’s tragic death. The elderly woman, Rachel Holliday, 84, died…
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has issued warnings to elderly residents about two recent telephone scams that may be targeting seniors, reports the San Diego Union-Times. Those of us working in San Diego elder abuse law know that financial abusers frequently seek out seniors. According to the California Department of…
Cutting costs was the state’s goal in eliminating the Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) system last year. That goal does not appear to have been met, according to a recent article in California Healthline. Instead the program that stemmed from a lawsuit challenging California’s proposal to eliminate the ADHC program,…
A Pasadena assisted living facility recently suffered a tragedy when a resident allegedly assaulted and killed a fellow resident. The 61-year-old victim was found dead several weeks ago under suspicious circumstances, according to the Pasadena Star-News. Unfortunately, as our Los Angeles elder abuse lawyers know, resident-on-resident abuse is not uncommon.…
Self-neglect often can be a sign of San Diego elder abuse or neglect. Self-neglect typically occurs when adults cannot or do not take care of themselves properly, according to a recent article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, but it also may indicate a caretaker’s negligence. Generally unsanitary conditions of residents…