Elder Abuse
Are You Charged with Elder Abuse?
California protective services agencies handle more than 225,000 cases of elder abuse and dependent adult abuse each year. Many elderly people are extremely vulnerable because of physical weakness, chronic illness, or dementia. If you have been accused of abusing an elder or other person, you need a Southern California elder abuse charge defense lawyer who is experienced in handling elder abuse cases. Contact the defense attorneys at Takakjian, Sowers & Sitkoff LLP.
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"Elder abuse today is where domestic violence was two decades ago," said Collin Wong, executive director of the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse in the Attorney General's office. More than 3.7 million Californians are 75 or older and that population is growing rapidly. Families, nursing homes, and elder care facilities have an important responsibility to keep elderly Californians safe and secure. For that reason, suspected cases of elder abuse are aggressively prosecuted by district attorneys.
Various abuse crimes also involve offenses against a "dependent adult." A California appellate court case held that a "dependent adult" is someone, aged 18 to 64, whose ability to carry out normal activities is limited in some significant way. At the Takakjian, Sowers & Sitkoff LLP law firm, our elder abuse or dependent adult defense lawyers all former deputy district attorneys, will listen to the circumstances of your case, protect your rights, and vigorously defend you against the abuse or battery charges.
- Physical elder abuse includes the family member who loses patience and beats an elderly relative or the nursing home worker who physically or sexually assaults an elderly person.
- Psychological elder abuse can include instilling fear in an older person or verbally assaulting the elder with insults and threats. For saying "I'll kill you!" or "You're gonna die!" you could be charged with "Terrorist Threats," a felony violation of section 422 of the California Penal Code.
- Elder abuse also includes neglect, lack of medical care, failure to give medications, failure to feed and clothe, failure to provide proper nutrition and water.
- Isolation and abandonment are areas of elder abuse, keeping the elderly person from seeing others or leaving the elderly person without needed care.
- Financial elder abuse includes stealing money, real estate, or other property through fraud or breach of fiduciary duty to safeguard their assets. For more information, visit our Web site on theft offenses.
If you have been arrested for elder abuse and you want an elder abuse attorney who can offer an effective, compassionate, experienced defense, contact the Takakjian, Sowers & Sitkoff LLP law firm. We represent clients throughout Southern California including Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Ana, Long Beach, California, Anaheim, Torrance, Pasadena, Glendale, Santa Clarita, Ventura, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Newport Beach, Fullerton, Rancho Cucamonga, Orange, Ontario, Riverside, Burbank, West Covina, Norwalk, Oxnard, Pomona, Westminster, Alhambra, Whittier, Laguna Niguel, Thousand Oaks, Mission Viejo, Simi Valley, and Bellflower.
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