Category Archives: Foster Care Abuse
California’s Child Welfare Department Does Not Keep Track of or Investigate All Foster Care Child Deaths
Foster care abuse is more common than anyone would like to believe, and it can have fatal consequences for vulnerable children. California, however, is not keeping a close watch on the worst of the abuse. An investigative report from a San Diego news organization discovered that the department responsible for maintaining California’s child welfare… Read More »
How To Recognize Hidden Abuse In Foster Children
The foster care system in America has struggled with financial and moral maintenance for many years now. Every year thousands of children are placed into foster care for a temporary or permanent time period, and most of them are removed from their biological parents because of neglect or abuse. The country has a responsibility… Read More »
Why Are So Many California Foster Children on Antipsychotics?
There is no doubt that being a child in California’s foster care system is stressful, with frequent moves between homes, exposure to abusive adults and fellow children, and unstable educational and disciplinary regimes. But, whether well-intentioned or not, many foster children in California are subject to additional stresses of being prescribed antipsychotic medicines on… Read More »
What Is Adult Foster Care and How to Spot Elder Abuse
The elderly are some of the most fragile members of our society, and the ones most in need of care. Unfortunately, their vulnerability also makes them prime targets for abuse. Too often, this abuse occurs at the hands of those who are directly responsible for their care. Every year, more than half a million… Read More »
What Is Foster Care Abuse and How to Spot It
Foster care abuse can take a number of forms due to the many obstacles and burdens that children in foster care have to face, generally growing up with limited means, direction, and support from caring adults who can maintain a presence in their lives. It is often up to teachers, friends, community members, and… Read More »
The Horrors of Foster Care Abuse Statistics
Each year, thousands of children end up in foster care, often due to neglect or abuse in their biological homes. The sad reality is that some of these children are subjected to further abuse at the hands of those who have promised to protect them and provide them with a safe shelter. From substance… Read More »
Literary Examples of Foster Care Abuse Over the Ages
Abuse of any child is horrific, but pain inflicted on children by those meant to protect them when their biological are either unable or unwilling to do so is especially heinous. Unfortunately, stories of foster abuse aren’t new. Some of our best known and loved literature involves children abused by the foster system or… Read More »
Worried About Mom? Ask an Elder Abuse Attorney These Questions
Elder abuse is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable. It entails any sort of neglect, harm, or exploitation of someone over the age of 65 or a dependent adult who cannot adequately care for him or herself. Unfortunately, this abuse affects as many as 1 in 7 senior citizens and dependent adults. It… Read More »
How to Know It’s Time to Call a Foster Care Abuse Attorney
As beautiful as this world can be, life is not always fair, particularly for children in the foster care system. How can we possibly begin to understand the pain of a child who has lost his home due to negligence on the part of his parent(s)? To add insult to injury, that same defenseless child… Read More »
Are Children at High Risk of Abuse in Foster Care
Every year, nearly half a million children in the U.S. are placed in foster homes. Typically, these children are already at a disadvantage: The county has judged that they have suffered from neglect or abuse in their former home environments. For most of these children, foster care can be a safe home that allows… Read More »
