Extortion and Nursing Home Residents: A Shocking Combination
Extortion occurs when someone threatens a person or the person’s loved ones or property to get the person’s consent to take property. An example of extortion in a nursing home setting would be a staff member threatening to harm a resident in order to convince the resident to part with money or valuable property. There are many types of threats a nursing home staff member can make against a nursing home resident. They can include the following:
• Withholding food and water
• Threats of physical harm
• Withholding medication and medical equipment
• Psychological abuse
• Threats against loved ones
• Threats to harm property
Abusive staff members use these threats to coerce residents into parting with money or valuable property. Most nursing home abusers won’t convince residents to part with their money or property with just one or two threats. Instead, they carry out a well-planned strategy of starting out with small threats and progressing to larger threats and then finally carrying out those threats. An abuser may start small with a threat to withhold some of the resident’s meals, progress with a bigger threat to withhold much needed medications, and then start to put these threats into action if the resident still won’t comply with their demands. These threats and actions continue until the resident parts with their property or someone finds out about the abuse. If you feel that a loved one has been the victim of extortion, you can contact a Riverside nursing home abuse lawyer to find out how you can remedy the situation.
For questions about Nursing Home Abuse in Southern California you can contact Southern California Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer Michael Young to discuss you or your loved ones situation. The Elder Abuse Law Offices of Young and Wallin serve all counties in Southern California, including nursing home neglect cases in Los Angeles, nursing home neglect cases in Riverside, nursing home negligence matters in Orange County, as well as San Bernardino and San Diego. Contact us if you would like more information on how you can put an end to nursing home abuse in southern California.
