Category: Elder Abuse
Elder abuse can come to the forefront when data is tracked on what people do online and then is used to increase advertising opportunities. There are potential downsides to data collection that worry elder law experts, according to Financial Advisor in “AI, Big Data May Become Tools for Elder Financial Abuse.” What you do online […]
A clinic in Ohio, which is now closed, is being sued for falsely diagnosing clients with Alzheimer’s and then treating the disease. A number of patients of an Ohio clinic may have intentionally been given a false diagnoses of Alzheimer’s, according to FOX News in “Clinic falsely told dozens they had Alzheimer’s, suits say.” Many […]
Woman charges her husband died as a result of humiliating treatment from employees of Walgreens store in Florida. Maria Elizarraras, the widow of an elderly man, charges that her husband died after rude treatment from employees of an Orlando (FL) Walgreens, when they stopped him from leaving the store and made him return to the […]
The financial cost of elder abuse has risen 20% over two years. A recent study conducted on elder abuse reveals some alarming figures, according to a report in the Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog “Elder Financial Abuse Is Costing Americans.” The numbers are alarming: 37% of elderly caregivers report that the person under their […]
Women confess they buried their father five years ago. Two sisters in Florida claimed they found their dad dead in the house, then panicked and buried him in the yard, according to FOX News in “Officials: Daughters confess to burying father, 94, in yard.” The two women confessed to authorities that they buried their 94-year-old […]
Action by nursing home employees with cameras draws attention of federal agency. A new form of elder abuse has arisen through social media, according to a report by WTSP in “Feds crack down on degrading nursing home patient pics.” Some nursing home employees are contributing to websites dedicated to publishing embarrassing photos of people and […]
Keeping careful watch over expenditures could help prevent abuse. Unscrupulous people can take financial advantage of the elderly but a Wall Street Journal article discusses a way to help with this situation in “When Aging Parents Need Help With Financial Tasks.” One of the ways financial abuse of the elderly happens is that an older […]
Looking for and identifying the signs of abuse of the elderly. The Washington Post recently discussed the financial exploitation of the elderly in the column “Could caregiving be just a means to the money?“. A woman wrote the newspaper to ask about her sister who was taking care of their elderly father. The sister was […]
Looking into the legal concepts of abuse of the elderly. The elderly are often the target of abuse in the U.S. as the Huffington Post recently discussed in its article on undue influence in “Undue Influence and Financial Exploitation.” With an estimated 2 million elderly people financially abused in the U.S. every year, the cost […]
The long, drawn-out court battle over the competency of Sumner Redstone is no longer unusual in the estate planning world. The continuing battle over the competency of Sumner Redstone began with a former girlfriend filing suit and now an executive of one of his companies has joined in. These challenges are becoming more common in […]
