Remember April Parks and the Nevada Senior Guardianship Case? (relocate, Canada, crying)
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There's a documentary on the Las Vegas elder exploitation scandal.
"The Guardians," a 1:44 minute documentary by Billie Mintz about Las Vegas' best kept secret, will soon be released in Canada. The last one-third of the film focuses on private guardian Jared Shafer and his band of crooked Clark County Family Court Judges including William Voy, Charles Hoskin, and Jon Norheim. This riveting film, when aired by a US TV network, should trigger the FBI and DOJ into prosecuting those who, up until now, have been protected by a corrupt local political system including a police department that has ignored dozens of complaints of elder abuse and exploitation by the above named protected individuals.
That trailer for the film literally made my skin crawl. I hope all the corrupt judges and lawyers involved will be revealed as well as the guardians, and all should be sent to jail. I don't know if there is any way to recover some of the money ripped off by this scheme, but something must be done.
It scares the hell out of me, as a childless retiree, and being younger than my DH. I worry that something like that could happen to me when I start to get frail. I will have to choose amongst my nieces and nephews, at some point, to select the one who will make a good POA for me. I never, ever would want to be a burden, and I will not hesitate to relocate to a living situation that will suit my health condition, but I want someone who CARES about me to be my guardian if I need one, not some shyster who will leave me penniless in a medicaid nursing home when I've worked my whole life to financially prevent something like that from happening. After going through it with my MIL, I know that if you develop dementia you need a caring family member, someone to trust to deal with the finances, social, psychological, and medical needs.
I remember that thread well. I printed off the entire New Yorker article & gave it to my dad. Thank you for the update.
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