http://www.aarpmagazine.org/people/Arti ... lives.htmlMy mother gave me an article from a AARP magazine on the "Elder Help Industry". I found it online. Strikingly similar to the THI, with un/under educated, unregulated "guardians" appointed to handle elders affairs who have been deemed by the court to be "incompetent". Guardians or Conservators can select doctors they prefer for the elder and put the elder on a budget while charging hourly fees up to $300, $80/hr to review bank accounts, $850 billed for a social visit on a clients birthday; elders are being robbed of their freedom, dignity, and life savings. This story is of a 93 yr old woman who fought back, proved she was "a person of unusually good judgment", yet regained only partial control over her assests. She's still paying the legal bills for that unnecessary legal battle. The court is "trying to err on the side of protecting people". Outrageous !!!
Interesting comment:
"Guardianship is a godsend and a gulag," says Erica Wood, associate staff director of the American Bar Association's Commission on Law and Aging. "It's a lifesaver and a life stopper. It's an institution that we as a society need. But we need to make it better."
Beware Adult Protective Services :skull:
What a scam.
You know what they say... You can judge a country by the way they treat their children and elders. Perhaps that's why the US dropped to #6 in the UN Quality of Life Survey.
