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Carol
It’s time those of us who have been taken advantage of form our own group to protect the rights of our parents. The schools have a school board, Realtors have the board of Realtors. The elderly have NO ONE. THERE IS NO ONE THAT PROTECTS THE ELDERLY OR THEIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN HARMED IN TRYING TO PROTECT THEM. My experience and education in elder care has cost me 6 years of my life, and over 1 million dollars.
Currently in my state the NH assoc has increased their lobby monies by 80%, so they now think they can do whatever they want. I'm in a fight myself. The NH has my Mother's ear 24/7 and can fill her head with whatever they wish. I only have Med POA if she is deemed incompetent and that is the last thing they will do because they know I will cut off their meal ticket. Hopefully the Ombudsman will help me protect my Mother from these vultures. I would rather this not escalate any further but it may. GOD will judge.
I worked there over 10 years and saw time after time these residents moved downstairs where they were now taken care of by the state. The thing is everyone of the residents thought they were set for life, and would be taken care of forever on this floor? All of them had had plenty of money either from working a lifetime or from the work of their deceased spouses. They thought they were set for life. I never saw one make it to 5 years and the normal was 3 years? I decided then that the floor was making a killing off these residents. They had the same food as the ones downstairs and one house doctor for the entire building. I never understood how all their money ran out like it did? Always about the 3 year mark?
One more thing, this is the web adress of the National Family Caregiver Association,
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
They are the only formal group I found that deals with Political Action and involvement on behave of Family Caregivers. I have been a member for a couple of years now.
Stay Strong, Ted.
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