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Nursing Home Abuse
- Is the multistate nursing compact putting our Virginia elders at risk?
- Virginia nursing home supervisor refuses to take blame for abuse
- Beware sweet-talking financial abusers targeting elders in Virginia
- Eye Opening Facts about Virginia Elder Abuse & Neglect
- Questions for suspected cases of Virginia elder abuse / neglect
Firm News
Virginia Nursing Home Administrator embroiled in abuse complaints
Posted on 7/31/2010
More elder abuse scams target vulnerable Virginia citizens
Posted on 7/31/2010
This Memorial Day, Focus on Abuse of Veterans in Nursing Homes
Posted on 5/31/2010
Virginia Beach nursing home with violations will retain govn’t funding
Posted on 4/29/2010
Virginia Beach nursing home may lose Medicare and Medicaid funding
Posted on 3/31/2010
Jury awards senior $7.75 million in nursing home abuse lawsuit
Posted on 2/27/2010
Kickbacks lead to nursing home residents being prescribed drugs
Posted on 1/29/2010
Virginia Beach nurse implicated in nursing home identity theft
Posted on 1/29/2010
Cases of nursing home abuse and neglect may go up over the holiday season
Posted on 11/30/2009
Senators pushing back against DEA narcotics crackdown affecting nursing home residents
Posted on 10/31/2009
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Nursing Home Abuse
- Suspect financial elder abuse? Your local Virginia bank teller could be an unexpected ally
- Nursing home abuse and neglect in Virginia – a bigger problem than anyone realizes
- Virginia Elder Abuse: It Can Happen Anywhere
- Fighting for the Rights of Nursing Home Residents: the Healthcare Bill Targets Elder Abuse
- Mandatory Reporting of Virginia Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect
Financial Abuse at Nursing Homes
Adults who are 60 years of age or older are especially vulnerable to financial abuse, also known as financial exploitation. Financial abuse can include the mishandling or theft of the elderly adult’s income, money, accounts, assets or property by another person. Abusers are often family members, friends, health workers or nursing home employees.
Abusers are able to take advantage of vulnerable adults through intimidation, trickery or coercion. Many times, an elderly adult living in a nursing home is not aware that he or she is being financially abused and is too confused to understand what is going on. They may be afraid to report financial abuse because they fear that they may be evicted from the nursing home. Victims of financial abuse are also sometimes scared that the abuser will cause them harm if they do not comply.
If you have a family member living in a nursing home or other assisted living facility, you need to be able to recognize the signs of financial abuse. The Virginia Department of Social Services Adult Services Programs produced a pamphlet titled, “Prevent Financial Exploitation in Virginia: A Guide for Financial Institutions,” which outlines the common warning signs of financial exploitation. The warning signs of financial abuse of the elderly include the following:
• Unusual financial activity that is not consistent with the elderly adult’s ability (example: adult lives in nursing home and cannot travel to the bank to withdraw funds).
• Revisions to the elderly adult’s financial documents.
• A power of attorney document made by the elderly adult who is not capable of understanding the consequences.
• Missing property, such as jewelry, money and other valuables.
• Credit card activity that appears suspicious.
• Missing financial statements.
• Forged signatures on documents.
• Adult cannot give an explanation of where the missing money has gone.
You can help protect your loved one from being the victim of financial abuse at a nursing home or other facility by monitoring his or her financial activity and requesting that supervisors review large or unusual business transactions. If you suspect that an employee at the nursing home is the abuser, you need to take action immediately by contacting an experienced Virginia nursing home abuse attorney at Weisberg & Zaleski, P.C. at (757) 622-7740 or (800) 690-0235. If you feel that your family member could be in danger, you also need to contact the police.
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