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Embezzlement Unethical Standards (F.A.C.E.U.S.). F.A.C.E.U.S. began when we found ourselves in Probate Court. Many labor under the illusion courts promote justice.The reality is, as the law is...
View ArticleElder guardianship aims to bilk more than help
I wrote about the plight of 94-year-old Betty Winstanley, who resides at the Masonic Village retirement home in Elizabethtown, Pa. She doesn’t want to live there anymore. Now that her husband of 72...
View ArticleThe Probate Court's Dirty Secret That's Robbing the Elderly in Retirement
Kathleen Dunn’s mother Jacqueline Scott was placed under the care of a professional fiduciary in Florida after a sibling filed in probate court to be her guardian. When a Pinellas County Judge began to...
View ArticleAG official wants more resources to battle guardianship abuse crisis in Nevada
By Colton LochheadLas Vegas Review-JournalThe Nevada attorney general's chief of investigations told a Supreme Court panel Friday that he is becoming "increasingly aware" of the impact guardianship...
View ArticleThe Agonizing Limbo Of Abandoned Nursing Home Residents
Bruce Anderson about a year before his accident.A bad bout of pneumonia sent Bruce Anderson to Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento last May. As soon as he recovered, hospital staff tried to return him...
View ArticlePivotal Nursing Home Suit Raises a Simple Question: Who Signed the Contract?
Scott Barrow’s reflection in a portrait of his mother, Elizabeth Barrow, who was killed at a nursing home in 2009Elizabeth Barrow celebrated her 100th birthday at a backyard gathering with her son and...
View ArticleCalifornia Member Charles Pascal Guests on "View From the Bunker" Radio
SENIOR CITIZENS are losing their life savings to forced guardianship fraud. Charles Pascal shares the story of how his mother-in-law’s court-appointed legal guardian drained her estate.Listen to...
View ArticleNew Book: "Guardianship: How Judges and Lawyers Steal Your Money"
It’s difficult to believe it happens, but forced guardianship fraud runs unchecked throughout the nation’s probate courts.Deemed incapacitated by the courts, elderly citizens are robbed of all...
View ArticleProgress being made to help advisers combat elder abuse
For many years, the Financial Services Institute has been keenly focused on working with our members, regulators and legislators to develop solutions to the persistent and heartbreaking problem of...
View ArticleSuspect pleads guilty to stealing from 90-year-old
Clara Nanette OwensCOLUMBIANA – A 51-year-old Vinemont woman will spend the next year on work release after she pleaded guilty to stealing from a 90-year-old victim she was caring for in the summer of...
View ArticleIllinois Representative David Harris Introduces FALK~NASGA wards'/human...
LEGISLATION 2016:Illinois Representative David Harris (R) 53rd District Sponsor and Chief Co-Sponsor Representative Patricia R. Bellock (R) 47th District of Adult GUARDIANSHIP-PERSONAL RIGHTS NASGA...
View ArticleHundreds to Lobby for State Alzheimer’s Legislation
HUDSON VALLEY – On Tuesday, March 8, hundreds of advocates from the Hudson Valley and around New York State will gather in Albany to rally in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and share their...
View ArticleAbuse of Arizona’s elderly increases as aging population grows
Vulnerable and elderly adults have been the victims of abuse, neglect and fraud in nearly 14,000 cases in Arizona, with the number of cases reported in 2015 increasing 19 percent over the year before,...
View ArticleParents of Justina Pelletier sue Boston Children’s Hospital
Nearly two years after she returned home in the arms of her father, Justina Pelletier was back in the spotlight Thursday, speaking in a small, slightly shaky voice about the 16 months she spent in...
View ArticleSurveillance video has some attorneys questioning judge's fairness
MARIETTA, Ga. (WXIA) -- A Cobb County surveillance video has some defense attorneys questioning whether their client can get a fair trial in one judge’s courtroom. The video, obtained through an open...
View ArticleLocal 10 News viewer claims guardian not acting in best interest of father
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - Florida ranks as one of the top states with a large elderly population and professional guardianship is a booming business, especially in the tri-county area.Florida law designed...
View ArticleMarriage annulment upheld in controversial guardianship case
In a decision underscoring the great power of the courts over seniors in guardianships, an appellate court in West Palm Beach upheld the annulment of a couple’s marriage in a controversial case that...
View Article90-Year-Old Woman Chooses Trip of a Lifetime Over Cancer Treatment
At 90 years old, a woman from Michigan named Norma is living life to the fullest on a road trip across the United States.Just two days after Norma’s husband of 67 years passed away, she was diagnosed...
View ArticleJudge sets bail for couple convicted of stealing from elderly friend
By DAVID FERRARALAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL A judge ordered $20,000 bail Monday for a couple convicted of stealing their friend’s retirement savings in his last years of life.The Nevada Supreme Court...
View Article5 Investigates: Hundreds of elders abused by caregivers
BOSTON —They are caregivers turned criminals, accused of horrific crimes against the elderly.And that mistreatment of elders by trained and state certified is more widespread than you may think.Records...
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