Filing a Lawsuit After a Fatal Fall in an Oakland Assisted Living Center Families can file a wrongful death and elder neglect lawsuit when a fatal fall occurs in an Oakland assisted living center due to facility negligence. Unlike skilled nursing facilities, assisted...
In California, a Long-Term Care Ombudsman and a Hayward elder abuse attorney operate under entirely different legal frameworks to protect residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. A California Long-Term Care Ombudsman is a state-certified,...
When a California skilled nursing facility or assisted living community attempts to dismiss a severe injury as an inevitable "part of aging," they are usually trying to deflect blame from a systemic failure in care. Aging naturally causes a decline in physical...
California law defines elder neglect as the failure of any person having the care or custody of an elder to exercise that degree of care which a reasonable person in a like position would exercise. Under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act...
