By Nancy Gregory-McLendon (formerly Nancy Scott) June 15, 2021 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
I am definitely my mother’s daughter. We shared a profession (retired school teachers), a love of reading, writing, and travel. My mother was a true fighter; you don’t live to be 103 years old without having a will to live.
My mom took care of me when I was young and, as the years passed, our roles shifted as I became her caregiver. For 30 years, my mom trusted me to act as her Power of Attorney for financial and medical matters. We thought we had prepared for the inevitable – I would be responsible for managing her affairs when the time came – but we were about to learn otherwise.
What I didn’t know, (and who would know this ahead of time?) was the guardian and conservatorship arena is no place for the uninformed. The phrase, “If you are the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room” couldn’t be more wrong when it comes to guardianships.
In America, a judge can determine a person to be incapacitated and take away their civil liberties with shockingly little evidence. A judge can also ignore a power of attorney or health care directive and appoint a person of their choosing instead. A guardian can liquidate property and belongings and take percentage of the proceeds as a commission. The guardian can also isolate their ward (victim) from friends and family.
My mom and I did not seek assistance from the Jefferson County Probate Court, but that didn’t stop them from taking charge of her life. More
As legislation is being passed and proposed in several states, allowing those deemed to be mentally ill or suffering from dementia to be starved to death, we see Australia following suit and targeting their elderly also. Simply arranging for a diagnosis of dementia regardless if it is a legitimate diagnosis, can facilitate the kidnapping, isolation and theft of estates. Now with this handy option available to starve them to death as the estate is being plundered by professional predators, this global harvesting of the elderly for profit is in high gear.
Lawyers along with doctors and government agencies are gaming the system, and are allowed to take over elderly individuals lives and affairs. Protected by probate tribunals and government, massive profits are gained by preying on a vulnerable sector of the population. If in fact, these individuals are compromised, wouldn’t the moral thing to do be to secure their rights and protections? Instead, the governments and their predatory tribunals treat them as if they were nothing and violate even their most basic rights.
For the third year, Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, proposed a bill intended to strengthen family members’ and loved ones’ rights to visit adults who are under legal guardianship. After spending a year working with numerous stakeholder groups to refine the bill into something everyone agreed upon, he was surprised when a lawyer from the Virginia Bar Association stood in opposition during the bill’s subcommittee hearing.
Levine’s first attempt at the bill was inspired by a constituent, Mike Jacobs, who came to Levine with a story about how he had been unfairly banned from seeing his longtime partner, Jane Lopez, who had Alzheimer’s disease, by an attorney serving as Lopez’s legal guardian, Levine said.
Shannon Laymon-Pecoraro, an elder attorney representing the Wills, Estates and Trusts Section of the state bar, objected to several parts of the bill. Among them is a provision that would place greater emphasis on the guardian ad litem determining whether any conflicts of interest exist among the parties in the guardianship case. A guardian ad litem is an attorney appointed by the court to investigate a guardianship case and represent the allegedly incapacitated person’s best interests.
The issue of dead people voting arises in every election. While there are many possible ways in which this can occur, including the simple failure of removing those names from voter rolls, there is one area which may seem minor compared to others. Minor unless you consider there are currently an estimated 1.4 million people under guardianship currently in the US, most of whom have had all their rights stripped from them except the right to vote. And another 1.4 million in hospice care marked for preemptive death (as of 2106) the ever expanding pool of dead or soon to be dead voters is quite large and continually expanding.
Do not mistakenly believe that these guardianized individuals or those in Hospice are going to actually be allowed to vote.
The right to vote
After every national election, the screeching from either party concerning the reasons they lost always include the claim that dead people were somehow voting. The fact is, votes are cast in the names of people who have actually died, but the question is: how are they voting from the grave?
Dead people voting is a type of election fraud that occurs when the name of a deceased person remains on a state’s official list of registered voters and a living person fraudulently casts a ballot in that name. Those names are generally kept on the voter rolls by the predators failure to report and have them removed or election officials unable or unwilling to check on the validity of the name. More
Marian Leonard died in a nursing home that she was forced into by a judge in early 2018. Last month, her court-appointed guardian Sidney Summey restricted her from having any visitors except a token hour and a half visit twice per month from her daughter – the woman that Mrs. Leonard had designated as her chosen power of attorney, not just once, but 3 different times over a 30 year period.
She died alone. No family or friends were permitted to be with her in her final weeks. The guardian had even taken her away from her roommate, whom Nancy viewed as her mother’s “guardian angel.”
Nancy, who has been fighting the court since custody of her mother was seized by the state, is devastated.
It’s like being in the middle of a horror story.
All her mother’s planning to ensure that she would live out her elderly years on her own terms vanished with the stroke of a judge’s pen, at the request of social workers from the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) and St. Vincent’s Hospital. The simplest request, that her only daughter be with her at the end, was denied.
Nancy’s voice cracked as she cried:
I couldn’t save her. I tried so hard to get her out of there.
Marian Leonard was known to her former English students as “Mrs. Gregory.” Yearbook photo provided by family.
Remember the documentary Edith & Eddie? Edith’s daughter will be our guest this evening to talk about how this all ended. Rebecca Wright will be talking about the documentary and how it exposed this corrupt system of guardianship. Produced by Laura Checkoway, the documentary revealed the devastating effects of the system of guardianship. Treated like property, no regard is given to the crushing pain and devastation that results from tearing people away from those they love and who love them.
When they took Edith away, they promised Eddie she would be back in two weeks. Separated from his precious Edith, Eddie collapsed when he realized she would not be coming home as promised. Please tune in to hear how this all ended, and what happened to Edith after Eddie’s death.
Directed, produced and edited by Laura Checkoway Produced by Thomas Lee Wright Co-producers Karina Rotenstein and P. Corwin Lamm Executive Producers: Steve James, Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg, and Cher A production of Kartemquin Films and Heart is Red http://www.editheddie.com
In most states, if a son, a daughter, or a caretaker:
locks Mom up in her bedroom, blocks her access to the telephone, withholds her personal mail, and refuses to allow her to see her friends and members of her family, that’s a crime, and the perpetrator(s) may be criminally charged, tried, and convicted of elder abuse. But, if Mom is under guardianship, and her guardian forces her into a nursing home against her will and the will of her family, denies Mom a phone, and isolates her from her friends, family, and loved ones, that’s considered “care.”
Guardians currently have the power to isolate the very people whose lives they are supposed to be caring for and protecting. They can do this without the knowledge of the court and without having to justify their actions. In fact, isolation provides an effective and commonly used weapon to wield against any family member who complains about a guardian or the guardian’s decisions.
When a professional or private guardian abuses a person under his or her control, defining it as “protection,” that guardian is immune or quasi-immune from prosecution.
Much to their credit, every member of both the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives voted yea to the NASGA~Falk Coalition bill criminalizing wrongful isolation and expanding the definition of “caretaker” to include court-appointed guardians and conservators as well as attorney-in-fact. This was an absolutely huge step forward in the protection of Rhode Island’s current and future senior population, which is the 11th highest in the country at 16.8 % of their total population.
The bill then went to the desk of Governor Gina M. Raimondo, who after some tweeting in her ear by some of her favored “special interest” birdies, chose to veto the bill.
Numerous bills have been presented recently here in Minnesota as a result of the nursing home scandals that rocked the state. It quickly became apparent that the only people who were unaware of this looming crisis, were our state legislators. But reading through these bills, which are legislative monstrosities that are comprised of some of the most tortured and unintelligible language imaginable, it becomes readily apparent that the bills were not written by the legislators, but rather, by interested stakeholders who profit daily from the human trafficking of the elderly.
A recent change to the Minnesota Health Care Bill of Rights, looks on the surface to be a positive change for advancing the rights of those subjected to institutional health care while the estate is robbed. At first glance, it would appear that the legislature is securing the right of patients to be free from forced isolation by professional predatory guardians and conservators. But a closer examination reveals language that allows the very predators in the system, those who prey on the elderly with the intent to profit, to continue their trafficking, unimpeded
“Pending the outcome of an enforcement proceeding the health care facility may, in good faith, comply with the instructions of a guardian or conservator.”
An enforcement proceeding? Gosh, I wonder how that will turn out? I would like to see an explanation of why a conservator (this person only controls the finances of the victim) would have any excuse whatsoever, for isolating the conserved individual. Guardians on the other hand, control everything and once the individual is guardianized they become chattel property. Meaning they become moveable property and goods. More
PLEASE see attachment.. Notice – ALL ADULT Guardianships are removed from the online and in house public access records in the court of Logan County.* These are absolutely Public Records. (ORC 149.43) But when the GA gave total access for the courts to monitor what they deem public records in 2011 they opened up the door for them to HIDE public records. This is SELF-SERVING to let the court monitor itself. This is public records being buried. How is any attorney going to be able to work for their clients in that county given we are living in the computer age?
I fought for our public records** and it resulted in my disabled mentally impaired Dad being abused in filth, hording, cat feces, exploited and then incarcerated in a place he did NOT want to be and drugged to death.*** Now the court is trying to steal my parents TRUST that probate has NO authority in and I can’t get any public attention on this abomination. This is a repulsive system and does not represent the free country many have died for. Why have the conditions of guardianships and robbing estates escalated downward since the series of probate abuse stories the Columbus dispatch reported on in 2014? Why are there more and more stories reported across the country and things get worse? Have we come to the point human life is worthless?
If these adult guardianship cases were public for decades what changed? Personal identifiers were already redacted. And how can you remove what was already out there? Isn’t that a POST FACTO decision? We pay taxes for gov’t employees to keep our records in any media form that exists today. What other counties are CLOSING down record access?
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Earlier this year, Beverley Finnegan, age 69, of Newton, Massachusetts, could walk, talk, and discuss the events from the daily newspaper. That was before she was seized from the condo that she shared with her sister. Police and “Elder Protective Services” social workers literally broke down her door to enter her residence, and then forced her into a nursing home, and drugged her against her will. Years before, she had named her sister as her medical proxy, but the state of Massachusetts has ignored her wishes and placed her under guardianship with strangers. Her whole life, everything she had ever known, was gone with the stroke of a judge’s pen. Now, she is on life support, and on Monday, December 18, guardians and their attorneys petitioned the court in the attempt to have Beverley Finnegan euthanized. They go back to court on Friday, December 22. Janet Pidge is fighting for the very life of her beloved sister who is just one court decision away from having her life snuffed out forever. Read more
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Anne Morales“On November 21, 2016, when my Father was on Death’s Doorstep (e-mails and Hospital reports show)- one of the Lawyers filed a new Petition to, SURPRISE – SURPRISE, declare my Father “Incapacitated” and in need of a “Permanent Guardian” which is outrageous. He hung on for a while, but died one month later, and by filing this phony Petition all the Lawyers involved were now in control of everything of His, and are still in the picture even though there is no one to be a “Guardian” of. Proving once and for all what we are dealing with was NEVER ACTUALLY about my Fathers Well Being or Him as a Person, but them getting ALL His Finances $$ & Property for themselves!”
What the Erie Co. Surrogate/ Probate Court “Judge” Barbara Howe and her Posse of Evil Lawyers are responsible for doing to my beloved Father. The person my brother’s and I loved and respected very much. An extremely talented man who contributed greatly to his community and DID NOT deserve this ungodly end. I also have a plethora of pictures-video-evidence which tells the Whole story. There is no excuse for what happened.
It’s why I want the people responsible exposed/ held to account / stopped before they destroy one more life because of their (beyond the pale) GREED and ABUSE OF POWER.
As Officers of the Court- Lawyers have an obligation to TELL THE TRUTH- not manipulate the system for their own greedy gain or sick Agendas.
None of us should tolerate what has happened here, because anyone could find themselves in a similar situation. Martin Luther King said it all in his letter from Birmingham jail:-
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” – “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly”
In my Father’s case there ISN’T ONE Court Petition or Court Order that wasn’t done in a Fraudulent manner – the paper trail / transcripts & evidence is crystal clear my Father and our Family’s RIGHTS were seriously trampled so a bunch of Evil Lawyer’s and a “Next door neighbor” who should never have been in the picture, could make themselves a lot of my Father’s money that never belonged to them ($200,000 and counting!!!) My Father had 3 Children and 8 Grandchildren to give his worldly goods to. Not once did “Judge” Barbara Howe follow (interpret) the Law or rule in my Father’s behalf- she along with her “posse” made it up as they went along. It has been a ONE SIDED FALSE NARRATIVE since February 2015, and even though my Father has been dead since December 2016, the same Players ARE STILL in the picture, racking up more bills, filing more false Petitions and creating Havoc. It has been Pure Insanity.
“An Unjust Law is No Law at All”; St. Augustine.
My Father’s wife Gladys Visser died October 23, 2014- It was a simple matter.
In Her Will, she gave everything she owned to my Father and one other beneficiary – her hairdresser- $5,000.00.
My Father and his wife owned 2 homes- one in Alabama which was in both their names and the one in Amherst, NY, which was given to Gladys by her ex-husband in 1970. It was still in her maiden Married name of “Orser”. My Father’s Lawyer told us it was a simple transaction of transferring the house into his name, as he was living in it, having been married to Gladys for over 20+ years, and my Father being the one who maintained it financially.
Instead of being a simple transfer though it has turned into a Nightmare of Epic proportions – a 2 1/2 year – “Hostile Takeover and Land Grab” and still not over! – Long story short – The next door neighbor who was named as Executor of Gladys Will got the Court involved because he thought he was going to get everything from my Fathers and Gladys Estate. Then, instead of the neighbor taking over (because my Father did not want him to be Executor), a “TEMPORARY” Public Administrator (Acea Mosey) was given the reins (against my Fathers Petition and wishes), who had a LEGAL obligation to probate Gladys Visser Will within a reasonable time frame. She absolutely refused to put the Deed of the House into my Fathers name. Obviously done to control the outcome (which she is sill doing).
By controlling the Deed to the House- they controlled my Father’s life and my Family. The Attorneys spent from March 2015 through all of 2016 trying to declare my Father incapacitated, which he was not as numerous Videos, Physician’s reports and other reports prove (done without a Hearing and most of the time while he was not being represented by Counsel). Importantly, Prior to my Fathers Wife’s Death, He was the one taking care of the Her, their household, doing errands, Driving Her around because she was ill with Emphysema. Not one person ever filed anything with the Court or any other agency believing him to be “Incapacitated”, unable to live in his own home or in need of Court intervention. More
LAS VEGAS – Guardianship exploitation victim Jason Hanson, 28, went to court on Tuesday, October 24, to seek a Summary Judgment in his Breach of Fiduciary Duties lawsuit against attorneys FRANCES-ANN FINE; DARA GOLDSMITH; and ELYSE TYREL; along with private guardian JARED E. SHAFER and his business PROFESSIONAL FIDUCIARY SERVICES OF NEVADA, INC.; and Clark County Public Administrator JOHN CAHILL
District Court Judge Tierra Jones heard lengthy oral arguments from Hanson’s attorney Jacob Hafter, and from five attorneys representing the defendants.
In Hafter’s opening statement, he gave the judge a summation of his client’s complaint against those who were appointed by Clark County Family Court Hearing Master Jon Norheim to care for his physical and financial needs. Hafter told the court that after Hanson, a cerebral palsy victim, turned 18 years of age in 2007, a cadre of guardianship insiders, under color of law, mishandled or misappropriated his inheritance and estate leaving Hanson penniless and a burden on the taxpayers.
We will be discussing the demand to end the probate system in all its forms, including family courts, guardianship/conservator ship, and returning to a system of law where our rights are preserved and protected.
BECOMING A “WARD OF THE STATE” SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DEPRIVE YOU OF YOUR OWN IDENTITY AND CAUSE YOU TO CEASE BEING RECOGNIZED AS A LIVING, BREATHING HUMAN BEING IN SOME FICTIONALLY CREATED SYSTEM OF STATUTES AND CODES.
NO ONE SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO COURT SANCTIONED IDENTITY THEFT AND BE ROBBED OF THEIR NATURAL RIGHTS & LIBERTIES, THEIRESTATE, OR THEIR CHILDREN AND BANKRUPTED BY THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM.
We can no longer allow these unconstitutional administrative tribunals to destroy families and steal the lives of their victims.
We can no longer allow the judiciary to turn a blind eye to the destruction of families and individuals, including children taking place every day across the country. All for profit.
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Commentary
There is currently an act before the Massachusetts Legislature to establish the Office of Adult Guardianship and Decisional Support Services. (S.1177/H3027). The purpose of the bill is to provide guardianship services to “unbefriended” people who are unable to manage their affairs.
Danny Tate will join the show as co-host at least once a month. We will be covering guardian abuse, conservator abuse, corrupt courts and judges and whatever else pops up that needs to be talked about.
We cannot continue to go back to the same organizations, political operatives and “stakeholders” who created and facilitate this system of human trafficking for profit and expect them to change it. We need new ideas, fresh approaches and individuals willing to work as a team to effect a change.
We have seen several supposed corrective bills both state and federal that do nothing to protect individuals from the predators that access this system, that do nothing but further secure this system. We need ideas, input, and an end to this predatory system. We are up against a well funded and well connected system that is nothing less than organized crime. Its up to us to change it!
We will be taking calls during the 2nd hour of this show if you have questions, comments or suggestions on how to proceed.
In our prior edition, we briefly outlined how retired Boxford attorney had established a plethora of detailed estate planning documentation with the intention of protecting his approximately $9 million estate from predators, interlopers and other nasties.
Mr. Siegel failed.
He specifically failed to consider one important fact: At any time, a gaggle of lawyers, with the aid of friendly Massachusetts judges, can almost seamlessly have an elderly gentleman declared a ward of the state, and swoop in and begin to draw off his assets.
We’ve collected quite a lot of documents since last month, with details on just some of the billings of Attorneys Brian Cuffe, Marsha Kazarosian, James Feld, and others. Billings of sometimes in excess of $200,000 per year, and collectively resulting in the draining of millions from the estate.
The beef: two of Mr. Siegel’s daughters – one a lawyer – were named by Mr. Siegel to take over the custody of his estate in the event of illness, but instead, were cast aside by the courts, and others were given full control.
To the right, a few of the photographs printed here show the drilling of Mr. Siegel’s safety deposit box, Attorney Feld counting the content’s money, Feld and Kazarosian taking a break at approximately one-third of the way going through the cash and contents, then the pair packing things up after more than 4 hours and 30 minutes of documenting the valuables.
But this opening of the box and cataloguing of the contents was just one of many measures allowed by the courts to place the assets of Mr. Siegel in the control of court-appointed guardians for Mr. Siegel.
At press time, a further appeal by Mr. Siegel’s daughters on the draining of their father’s accounts by court-appointed lawyers and others, was denied.
Most interesting, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly announced an award for Kazarosian, complete with a video of her, alongside an article terming the daughter’s appeals too confusing and wordy to comprehend.
The despicable actions inflicted on Mr. Siegel were not just directed to draining his lifetime of accumulated wealth. In an upcoming issue we’ll provide extensive details of how the state-appointees even terminated Mr. Siegel’s regular doctors and caregivers … stay tuned. ¨
“It is disingenuous to say that judges, lawyers or politicians don’t know about the trafficking of human beings through this arbitrary system of tribunals called , “family court, divorce court, probate court or any of the other unconstitutional constructs used to prey on the public at large.. They all know, whether they feign ignorance of these issues or not.”
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What is euphemistically called our “judicial system” has become the weapon of choice for estate theft, child trafficking, and the destruction of the family unit. The creation of administrative tribunals no longer alluded to as a system of laws applied equally to everyone, has been twisted into an ugly and dangerous system of corruption, persecution and prosecution of those who refuse to submit to organized and criminal government organizations, agencies and political interests. Money talks in this system, even if it is stolen from the estate of a targeted elder victim, received as a result of child trafficking through CPS, or, from the disabled who might have a trust account or who could be used as an Medicare/Medicaid ATM.. More
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) – Amid tears and calls for , the Nevada Supreme Court Guardianship Commission took substantial action today.
Chief investigator Darcy Spears was there to see the unprecedented steps in fixing a broken system.
When it comes to your civil rights, being put under guardianship is worse than being sent to prison. Those words from a judge who sits on the commission.
Plus, the state Supreme Court’s chief justice called some of what’s been going on in our guardianship system just plain crazy.
One of those crazy things is how people can be deemed incompetent by a physician’s assistant. The same physician’s assistant whose name appears on case after case handled by private guardian April Parks.
“Later my aunt was examined by a neurologist who determined she was competent,” Brenda Ralphs told the commission, through tears. “My aunt was victimized based on a defective document and incorrect diagnosis by an unqualified person!” More
Every time I read about another abusive guardianship case, I feel ill. I cannot help but wonder why Americans are not rising up in droves and calling their representatives screaming “Stop! Enough! This is wrong on every level!”
Mainstream Media refuses to report on this horrific crime. Why? Because the gravy train is so lucrative that no one wants it to stop….too many people are making too much money by stealing other people’s money. In the case of Dorothy Luck, she is NOT incompetent, but the judge declared her as incompetent because she refused to settle in a lawsuit and simply because he could. Dorothy describes the probate court overseen by Tarrant County Judge Steve M. King as a “well-oiled group of people who can’t seem to find a way to make money except to take it away from other people.”
In Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, NY, the late Judge Joel Asarch, along with Mary Giordano (elder care attorney with Franchina and Giordano in Garden City, NY) and Anne Recht, geriatric care manager (AMRecht Assoc in Plainview, NY) worked together often on a number of cases where the elderly victims were kidnapped from their homes and imprisoned against their will in nursing homes. My own mother was one of their victims. Dorothy Wilson, an innocent 87 year old woman, had her beloved home of 60 years stolen from her. She died in prison; penniless, alone and drugged with antipsychotic medication.
American’s dirty little secret, if the public was truly aware, would understand that this abuse can happen to anyone at any time. There are thousands of these stories all over the internet. Share the stories, inform everyone you know. Help put a stop to this nightmare before it happens to you. More
Debbie Valdez joins us from Texas to discuss the violations of rights of those disabled and the elderly. Debbie is a “boots on the ground advocate” fighting to preserve and restore the individual rights of those targeted by the predators operating in her state.
Bio:
Debby Salinas Valdez: is a parent of a young adult born with multiple disabilities. She is founder of Texas Adults w/Autism & IDD, a parent and advocacy support group in San Antonio, Texas.
She teaches legislative advocacy to parents and adults with disabilities to advocate for change in their community, or at the state and national level.
She is a member in several other local and state wide organizations and committees focused on supporting persons with disabilities.
As a civil rights activist she primarily remains focused on reforms to the guardianship laws in preserving and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities.
Became a member of GRADE- the Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly.
Our mission is: When families are torn apart we are the voices of those unseen and unheard. My goal as a member of GRADE was to protect my daughter’s civil, human and Constitutional rights.
I wasn’t aware at the beginning that my efforts would eventually be about my rights as a Baby Boomer where the Guardianship Industry is also gearing up to take over our lives and our assets with little to no accountability, oversight or monitoring. It has been within my experience that those who operate this industry are better protected that those Guardianship was created to protect.
“Ginny complained to Theriault over and over. She emphasized that Seroquel is not approved for use in elderly patients, and Hugh was having severe adverse reactions. Theriault ignored Ginny’s complaints, just as she ignored Hugh’s welfare and his wishes.”
Horrors of war and POW camps did not prepare Hugh for the horrors of guardianship in Wake County, North Carolina. A healthy active man who still enjoyed golf at 95, Hugh deteriorated rapidly under Guardian Cheryl Theriault of Raleigh based Aging Family Services.
Aging Family Services’ cautions “the last thing you want is for them to end up in a nursing home.” Family never imagined the nightmare Theriault’s guardianship would bring.
Theriault immediately removed Hugh from his upscale home, isolated him from family, and chemically restrained him with the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel. Five months after being taken from home, Hugh was frail, bedridden, and incontinent. His legs and feet were covered with sores that would not heal.
Denied the personal care of a loving daughter, Hugh languished at The Covington. The facility advertises “truly affordable assisted living.” Our Parents website gives The Covington 2 out of 5 stars. Daughter Ginny Johnson called it, “NASTY. NASTY.”
Comparing The Covington to his time as a POW, Hugh said, “My German captors kept me better.” Meals were missed. Rooms were filthy. Hugh suffered 28 falls, a broken rib, and his partial plate was lost.
Theriault responded by moving Hugh to Blue Ridge Nursing Home. That facility lost its eligibility for federal funding and was assessed a $4,550-a-day civil penalty for 6-weeks in spring 2012.
Geriatric Care Manager Heather Joyner of Aging Family Services so neglected Hugh that she was removed from his case. Geriatric Adult Guardianship Social Worker Karen Johnson replaced Joyner. Ginny described both Joyner and Johnson as “so, so, so HATEFUL.” More
Gary Harvey celebrated another birthday in his room (prison cell) at St Joseph hospital. His wife was told she could “kiss him twice on the cheek” and could “hold his hand” as long as her hand remained absolutely still…….otherwise….these special privileges would cease immediately.
Special privileges? A wife kissing her husband? Holding his hand? And these are special privileges?
Chemung County should be forced to register the Case of Gary Harvey as a “for profit” venture. Gary has been a virtual cash cow for everyone who has their fingers in his case.
We have been following the tragic case of Gary and Sara Harvey for several years now. Gary, who suffered a head injury seven years ago in his home, has been held for ransom by Chemung County, New York. Also tapping into the case of “Gary Harvey–All for profit venture!” are numerous attorneys, probate judges and others all connected to the same law firm! What a coincidence!
“Shame on the almighty people that gloat in having such power in the Harvey case. Did you enjoy your day? Did you give someone a hug and a smile and feel ever so good at having a chance to celebrate the family holiday with them?
Shame on the staff at St. Joseph’s hospital. May you never find yourself in the Harvey position, but you could.”
It’s Thanksgiving! The sun is shining brightly. The clouds are softly floating across the sky. Birds are singing and children are playing. Laughter touches the day as families gather for a special celebration. A day they give thanks for all the blessings in their lives, especially for being blessed with family and friends they love ever so much. Oh such a wondrous day it is, unless you happen to be Gary and Sara Harvey of New York state. In that case… well… it’s a day that gives Satan delight and the Harveys’ one more moment together lost; for no other reason than because it could be done unto them.
I’m so very impressed! NOT!
Sara Harvey made arrangements for her holiday visit with Gary, as she always does. She showed up as did the guard. However, the hospital claimed they had not been notified by the guardian and refused the visit.
(Guard does not get scheduled, unless visit is authorized.)
Of course, no one in authority could be reached. You know all those people, who were celebrating their Thanksgiving Day in whatever manner was important to them — they weren’t available. They couldn’t be reached. But… oh well… no big deal that someone dropped the ball and didn’t get the word to whomever they were to get the word to. It was, after all, only Gary and Sara Harvey anyways.
Since the guards are not scheduled without authorization, one would think someone with some authority at the hospital, might have gotten out of their “duh mode” and put two and two together. Guard is here. Guard is not scheduled without authorization. There is a history of Sara being allowed holiday visits with Gary. If still in doubt — call that on-call person that can actually make important decisions; can figure out that Sara does visit on holidays, so there must have been a mere failure to communicate the permission; and, then have the guts to give the go ahead.
St. Joseph hospital is supposed to be a hospital established by Catholic nuns. Nuns who were dedicated and full of compassion. So, tell me… where is that compassion now? More
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