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Types of Elder Abuse in Sacramento

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It's hard to believe than anyone would purposely injure or exploit an elderly person's weakness. Nevertheless, thousands of men and women suffer from elder abuse every year. The first thing that comes to most people's mind when they hear the word "abuse" is physical violence, or maybe verbal aggression. These are indeed forms of abuse, but they are not the only ones that elderly people experience.

In general, there are seven types of elder abuse. Newman Law Group LLP is skilled in handling any of these kinds of cases. Educate yourself on these different kinds of elder abuse; then call our offices immediately if you believe that a loved one may be suffering such abuse. With our help, you could hold their abusers accountable and demand compensation. You need a qualified attorney for your elder abuse case in Sacramento who truly cares.

Newman Law Group LLP has the experience and resources to get the best possible results. Contact a Sacramento elder abuse lawyer today.

Elder Abuse in Northern California

  • Emotional Abuse - When a person is threatened, put down, blamed and otherwise despised, it can have a severely damaging effect on their emotional stability. This is one of the more common forms of elder abuse. Click here to learn more about emotional abuse.
  • Financial Abuse - Caretakers, medical professionals and nursing facilities have been known to force elderly people into paying more than necessary for their care. This could be accomplished through threats, force, manipulation or general exploitation. Click here to learn more about financial abuse.
  • Physical Abuse - There are not always reasons for why a elderly person is physically abused. Symptoms of such abuse include bruises, cuts, broken bones, emotional distance, confusion and fear. Click here to learn more about physical abuse.
  • Resident-on-Resident Abuse - Other patients in a nursing home or care facility could abuse an elderly person in any way. This may be due to dementia or some other loss of mental capacity, or it may be due to anger, fear or hate. Click here to learn more about resident-on-resident abuse.
  • Sexual Abuse - Because of their weakness and inability to defend themselves, older persons can also be subject to sexual abuse. Signs of such abuse include fear, depression, detachment and a refusal to speak about certain events. Click here to learn more about sexual abuse.
  • Wrongful Discharge - Elder abuse can also be evident in a wrongful discharge. Without proper medical care, an older person could suffer serious illness, injury or death. One might also note that it is illegal for a hospital to refuse care. Click here to learn more about wrongful discharge.

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Our Victories

  • $1,500,000 $1,500,000

    After a critical two months where our client was not bathed and multiple changes of condition went uncommunicated, unreported, and uncared for, she was ambulance out to an Emergency Room, where her doctors and family were shocked to find that she had a stage IV sacral decubitus ulcer.

  • $1,000,000 $1,000,000

    Unbeknownst to prospective residents and their families, this defendant RCFE chain was willing to systematically violate laws and its own policies designed to protect vulnerable elders. Willing to admit scores of profitable, high need residents (such as our client), and leave them at the mercy of a few unqualified, untrained and overburdened caregivers.

  • $875,000 $875,000

    Through exhaustive investigation, we found that our client’s death was not the result of a few isolated mistakes by care-givers. Rather, it was the result of this corporate facility’s policies prioritizing occupancy and revenue, while ignoring staff training, staff supervision, and the quality of care being delivered.

  • $775,000 $775,000

    While eating dinner at a Skilled Nursing Facility, our client was confronted by another resident who punched him, resulting in our client’s tragic death. The other resident had resided at the facility for five months, and over the course of those five months had engaged in numerous altercations with other residents, including two altercations that occurred in the 24-hour period before he assaulted and killed our client.

  • $750,000 $750,000

    During our client’s roughly ten-week stay at a skilled nursing facility, he would suffer 8 falls, lose twenty (20) pounds, and develop an unstageable left heel pressure ulcer and a stage II coccyx pressure ulcer due to the facility’s reckless neglect. He was transferred to the hospital, where he was found severely dehydrated, his left heel wound required debridement for eschar and gangrene, and for the first time, a stage II coccyx ulcer was identified.

  • $678,000 $678,000

    Our 84-year-old client was the victim of financial elder abuse related to a number of transactions, including the purchase of a home. The Defendant's real estate agents, lender, and escrow company all failed to protect our client throughout the process of purchasing the home, which was orchestrated by a woman who fraudulently siphoned off our client’s entire life savings.

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Hire an Elder Abuse Lawyer in Sacramento, CA

Call Newman Law Group LLP today to discuss your legal options regarding elder abuse and nursing home abuse. We offer a free case evaluation, so you won't have to pay a cent to learn how we could help. We have successfully brought over 50 trials to verdict, winning millions of dollars in compensation for our clients. You need a skilled and understanding lawyer in order to win adequate payment for your loved one's suffering, so call today to speak with a member of our team.

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