By Nancy J Thorner
The end of life has many challenges for the elderly. It can be a fast or a long goodbye and might involve a transition to assisted living, a nursing home, or a live-in caretaker.
Now is the time to guard against opportunists, who like vultures are circling to claim flesh, whether the person is alive or dead, even if a large sum of money isn’t involved. For elder abuse bi-passes color, race or creed and extends also to disabled children.
Although the presence of wealth often brings out the worst in human kind, preying on the elderly can amount to nothing more than gaining access to the individual’s monthly Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security or Veterans Disability payments.
Read the rest of this true story at this link:
http://nancyjthorner.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/abuse-and-corruption-rampant-in-probate-court-of-cook-county-il/
It is gratifying to see such advocacy in the post probate "reform" era since "Guardians for Profit" first appeared in the LA Times. As Ms. Thorner knows, the Probate Courts simply reformed their "act" but their actions remain unregulated atrocity. And her point about both adults and children with disabilities ought to be underscored. My own son David, who is a young adult with Down Syndrome, was stolen by the Probate Court in 2005 in a too typical egregious profiteering gang attack. David exists in exile even now, a Probate Prisoner. Robert Fettgather, Ph.D.
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