| April 30, 2023 | Laura | 91306 | laura945@earthlink.net | In September 2020, I moved in with my then 89-year-old mother to help her with the necessities of daily living. On January 2, 2022, my mother fell and broke her hip. Kaiser Permanente's medical negligence crippled her. She has been in and out of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and a board and care ever since. In February 2023, I extricated her from Kaiser, switching her to Anthem Blue Cross, which went into effect on March 1, 2023. Two days before the switch, Kaiser took her out of the (out-of-network) hospital against medical advice and, over my objections, stuck her in one of the worst skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County. The SNF withheld my mother's blood thinners (she's genetically predisposed to clots) without medical justification, causing her to have a stroke. No one noticed she'd had a stroke, making her ineligible for the medication which could have reversed the stroke. They told EMTs my mother had a DNR, knowing she did not. They also committed Medi-Cal fraud.
| Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest health care providers in the U.S., is committing Medicare fraud, tax fraud and health care fraud, involving out-of-network hospitalizations.
On June 27, 2022, my mother was a patient at Sherwood Oaks Post Acute in Thousand Oaks, California. She was sent there by Kaiser Woodland Hills, ostensibly to receive physical therapy after she broke her hip. (Kaiser selected Sherwood Oaks. Because of limited availabilities due to the COVID pandemic, Kaiser sent her to a skilled nursing facility which was out-of-network.)
While she was a patient at Sherwood Oaks, my mother went into septic shock and was taken by ambulance to Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks. (Los Robles was the closest hospital to Sherwood Oaks, and is out-of-network.) She was diagnosed with bi-lateral kidney stones in her kidneys and ureters, her right kidney was inflamed.
Los Robles saved my mother’s life. She was a patient there for twenty-five (25) days, eventually being discharged to Kaiser Panorama City on July 22, 2022.
The amount claimed by Kaiser for reimbursement from Medicare does not match the amount Kaiser paid Los Robles as settlement of their bill for my mother’s care.
Per Medicare, Kaiser filed a claim for my mother’s stay at Los Robles in the amount of $893,868.25. Medicare approved the claim in full, and reimbursed Kaiser $0.00. Per the Explanations of Benefits (EOBs) prepared by Kaiser, Kaiser paid Los Robles $59,261.79 for my mother’s hospital stay. Kaiser’s Medicare claim for this out-of-network hospital stay was $843,246.46 more than what they actually paid Los Robles to settle the bill, a difference of 1508%.
This was not an isolated incident. On August 25, 2022, my mother was taken by ambulance to Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where she was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. She was transferred to Kaiser Panorama City on August 27, 2022.
Per Medicare, Kaiser filed a claim for my mother’s stay at Northridge Hospital in the amount of $54,342.00. Medicare approved the claim in full, and reimbursed Kaiser $144.81. Per the EOBs prepared by Kaiser, Kaiser paid Northridge Hospital $9,814.32 for my mother’s hospital stay. Kaiser’s Medicare claim for this out-of-network hospital stay was $44,527.68 more than they actually paid Northridge Hospital to settle the bill, a difference of 554%.
It would be reasonable for Los Robles and Northridge Hospital to be able to take tax write-offs for the difference between the amounts they billed Kaiser (as my mother’s Medicare provider) and the amounts Kaiser actually paid them for my mother’s care. It is not reasonable for Kaiser to file Medicare claims for reimbursement of amounts higher than they actually paid Los Robles and Northridge Hospital.
If Kaiser did what I think they did, Kaiser’s grossly inflated Medicare claims were filed to facilitate filing falsified tax write-offs, write-offs for money they never paid.
I can provide you with copies of Kaiser’s Medicare claims for my mother’s hospital stays at Los Robles Regional Medical Center and Northridge Hospital Medical Center (dba Dignity Community Care), along with Kaiser’s EOBs for July 2022, August 2022, September 2022, October 2022 and December 2022. I can also provide you with copies of my mother’s financial and health care powers-of-attorney, as well as her signed HIPAA Release.
I have already filed complaints with Medicare, the IRS, the Franchise Tax Board and the Department of Justice.
I am currently organizing my evidence regarding Kaiser’s actions to get out of paying for my mother’s care at Sherwood Oaks. When completed, I will be filing complaints against Kaiser and Sherwood Oaks for perjury (to Livanta), falsification of medical records and HIPAA violation with the FBI, the California Attorney General, and the Los Angeles and Ventura County District Attorneys. (Kaiser and Sherwood Oaks sent Livanta medical records indicating my mother received weeks of physical and occupational therapy, before deciding she had plateaued and would not benefit from additional therapy. Kaiser's EOBs prove my mother received only two PT/OT sessions, one as part of her evaluation the day she was admitted.)
| So-called "health care" companies need to be held accountable for their actions. Kaiser routinely discriminates against the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill. Kaiser has no interest in the health and welfare of their members, only in how much money they can make off of them.
| I want justice for my mother. I want Kaiser and Sherwood Oaks held accountable for their actions. I want the laws changed to protect our most vulnerable citizens.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | I do not wish to remain anonymous. I want everyone to know what Kaiser has done, and am willing to tell anyone who will listen.
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| May 18, 2023 | Sharon Anderson | | spinnashayykayy@gmail.com | My father's Sister,Daughter,and his POA forged signatures stealing all of childrens inheritance, properties, and starved, abused, and put pills in his mouth, Killing him. I went to his home, and was attacked by his So called POA,, wife and brother with a gun, beating me, telling me they were going to kill me like they did my dad, they killed my family!! And will kill me, when they catch me
| | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | They shot and killed my 17 yr old son and covered it up as suicide in Livingston parish Louisiana, with all along with all my possessions being stolen and the sheriff said,that the evidence that I have was probably contaminated. They all got away with murder, crime, human trafficking, stealing peoples properties, bank account, Inheritances
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| May 18, 2023 | Sharon Anderson | | spinnashayykayy@gmail.com | My father's Sister,Daughter,and his POA forged signatures stealing all of childrens inheritance, properties, and starved, abused, and put pills in his mouth, Killing him. I went to his home, and was attacked by his So called POA,, wife and brother with a gun, beating me, telling me they were going to kill me like they did my dad, they killed my family!! And will kill me, when they catch me
| | | | Yes | Yes | Yes | They shot and killed my 17 yr old son and covered it up as suicide in Livingston parish Louisiana, with all along with all my possessions being stolen and the sheriff said,that the evidence that I have was probably contaminated. They all got away with murder, crime, human trafficking, stealing peoples properties, bank account, Inheritances
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| August 22, 2023 | Alphonse | 70802 | Alphonse.Noel@La.Gov | As a retiree of an agency that investigated abuse and neglect of person's with disabilities, the multitude of stories regarding elders and the disabled populations are endless. It is amazing how many people know about abuses, but not how to report or proceed with assisting. Since retiring a year ago and returning part-time to the agency, I work in a role that involves program monitoring. Doing listening sessions throughout the state revealed that an unusually high number of people don't know that an agency exist to help elders and disabled going through such situations. Allegations consist of physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, extortion, and neglect.
| Although people like to be shielded from hearing the reality of the hurt and pain that our revered, who deserves our deepest respect, are enduring - it might benefit society to be more open in that there might be more assistance provided to protect, prevent, and help in the recovery of abuses. So many victims suffer in silence as the heartbreaking fact of the matter is that the abuses are, many times, committed by close family members. Societal and cultural beliefs can often determine a person's position on letting another family member - let alone law enforcement and the like - know about what is occurring. As in the issue of Child Protective Services programs, the victim may be further abuse by threats from the perpetrator should the victim report. Children feel further abused by being removed from their home; leaving their school; leaving the family pet(s); being ostracized by family; feeling sneered at by others who might know the situation; etc. The same applies to the adult population. Also, sad as it might be, it is not guaranteed that those who receive certain reports will handle the matter correctly and not make the situation worse. The hard truth of the matter is that there needs to be an offer of resources to the victim that will create positive permanency that just might not exist. Whereas, the victim may be left in the physical care of the accused. Advocacy of the highest level is a must.
| I wish that people understood that it does not take a scholar to determine that someone's needs are not being met and that this include medical, nutrition, shelter, emotional, financial, etc. Knowing when and whom to report is key. Turning a blind eye does not make the situation better. Some - including me - may find empathizing and placing themselves in the same situation. To effectuate a change can often be as simple as determining how would you want yourself or a loved-one to be treated? Would you appreciate someone walking away if it was your mother? Would you be happy to hear that the alleged victim died due to something that you could have reported? You do not have to have a "Holier than though" attitude to submit to decency and love for your fellow brethren.
| Ultimately, it is not being realistic that we will live in a utopia of euphoria. However, I'm hopeful that we will put more effort into taking care of our less fortunate devoid race, religion, aesthetics, financial status, etc. This would involved city, county, state, federal participation. If we could revisit yesteryear when it took a village to make this thing called life work, I believe that it would make our existence so much better.
| Yes | Yes | No | As I work in an agency whose policies involve designated employees to speak to media, I cannot talk to such groups. With agency permission, I can advocate for the agency by being a part of a panel, presentation, and the like.
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| August 22, 2023 | Liza | 60616 | 7734258487 | The abuse became concerning to my grandmother when Margie husband died, her daughter started asking for large sums of money but wasn't being attentive to her. It became noticeable to me when her daughter told her to visit with her in Seattle for a while but then she never returned and lost control of all her assets and freedom of life.
| To whom it may concern;
My dear elderly friend Margie L. Smith who lives in Seattle, WA, who's been a friend of my family for 80 years isn't being treated with respect, dignity and honor at the golden age of 99. She's been deliberately deprived of her cell phone so I have no way of knowing her current status. To say the least, I'm heart broken and want to shine a light on this elderly injustice. The perpetrators is her narcissist daughter a retired performing Arts teacher in Seattle and son-in-law who is medical doctor, active license with conditions. I filed a complaint on June 23, 2022 with dshs and from my knowledge the investigator didn't go to the house until September 27, 2022, which give them enough time to cover up the abuse. I'm baffled at how this doctor uses multiple names and pictures to deceive the public and get away with it. I've reached out to her daughter and son-in-law asking if I can talk to her or come to see her and they sent me a text message describing criminal trespassing. I feel powerless, when challenging a physician and feel justice will not be served because of his title. My daughter and I have traveled to Seattle three times last year 2022 and the last visit they refused to let us visit, despite the police going to the house and Margie telling the officers she would like to see me. The daughter and son-in-law made false claims about me to the officers. This has been traumatizing and heartbreaking for us. We were very close, like family.
DSHS/APS hasn't given me an explanation for their delayed response in visiting Margie and there findings. I would like an investigation of DSHS/APS files pertaining to this case and how it was conducted.
I have photos, video, text messages and audio recordings.
| What is important for people to know about elder abuse, neglect and fraud is that it can happen to anybody, no matter there professional background and assets. The perpetrators are not only unrelated but most case are from family members.
| That all elders will live their best life with dignity, respect, love and support. I hope that one day all elders will have access to assist living care if needed.
I will like a law in all 50 states that enforce for any individual 90 years old or more bi-annual in home visits from a hospital gerontology social worker and a in hospital annual visit with a geriatrics doctor.
gerontology annual visit
Adult Protective services policies and procedures need updating and more accountability for their case decisions.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | I have pictures depicting the abuse my dear friend had to endure. How can I get them to you via email?
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| May 26, 2023 | Steve | 92223 | smehl1506@aol.com | Hacked computer. Nearly cost us thousands of dollars.
| Received a pop-up notice allegedly from Apple (Apple does NOT send these) stating that my computer was hacked. The notice told me to call a rep. The rep gave his full name and false Apple ID number. (Real Apple reps don't do that). He suggested my bank account may have also been hacked. He asked me to give the toll-free bank member service number, which I did. (Golden 1 Credit Union). He said he would transfer me to a customer service rep at the bank. The person who answered was NOT a customer service rep. He told me my checking account had been hacked for more than $15,000. He said the only way to stop it was to withdraw $15,000 from my account and await further instructions. Fortunately, by that time, I got suspicious. So I visited my branch and talked to the manager. He agreed that this was a scam. I gave the names of the fraudulent agents and their phone numbers to the FTC.
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| January 22, 2024 | Robert | 19335 | snod307@hotmail.com | My precious beloved mom walked into Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, West Chester PA, very strong, in good health, with just a UTI, nothing at all anywhere near anything like life-threatening, before being killed by gross extreme severe neglect, malpractice, abuse, dying from things having nothing to do with anything she walked in there with, solely from things done to her by the surgeon/hospital.
| After Initially walkinginto the hospital for UTI, in otherwise very strong healthy condition, and also getting a vien graft in her inner left thigh when a non life threatening blockage was discovered there, my mom went home feeling well, doing good. After a week when the small incision on her left leg began to hurt the home nurse said it is infected and tried very adamantly to get the surgeon to address it immediately but Dr Hayes absolutely refused to see her even against my also calling and pleading with him to please see my mom, her incision is infected. He said she already has a previously scheduled appointment in one week, and refused to see her before that. My mom did not make it a week before collapsing on the ground from the infection traveling to her bloodstream and throughout her body having to be rushed back by ambulance. At that time the doctor performed a very sloppy botched operation to try to fix it and quickly discharged her against my strong objection to a rehab, who recognized as I had tried to tell the hospital, that she was not well and sent her by ambulance back to the hospital. Disgusted with the surgeon we had my mom transferred to Penn Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia where a surgeon was very upset to see the horrible improper work done to her by Dr Hayes and rushed her into surgery to try to correct it, although she was already very severely injured by the inexcusable egregious neglect and malpractice of Dr Hayes of Chester County Hospital. To add further complications to my mom struggle to survive the neglect and malpractice of Dr Hayes Chester County, they did not use a proper mattress, do any turning, using wedges, or any type of bedsore prevention at all in Hospital of University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, causing my mom to developed a massive hideous excruciatingly painful stage-4 bedsore, and when I reported this to Philadelphia Adult Protective Services the hospital lied to Inspectors that my mom was not in thier hospital, and even falsified records that her name would not show in the hospital registry to successfully stop investigators from seeeing her. A few days later my most beautiful, wonderful, precious, beloved mom, my world, my everything, and the very light of the lives of her family, extended family, and so many who she meant more than the world to, was dead, and despite a profesional nurses testimony, and a detailed outline from a hospital quality research center explaining the succession of preventable things done to her by the surgeon/hospital that killed my mom, Livanta, HHS, CMS, and every dept, official, and agency entrusted to hold accountable, protect people from unsafe hospitals, doctors, conditions, not only refused to take action, but what my unyielding efforts to have something done clearly exposed, was conversely to thier enlisted purpose, a deeply disturbing system of concerted denial, disguise, and cover-up, only promoting, encouraging, and ensuring even further escalation of vulnerable elderly dying in Pennsylvania hospitals at rates seven to ten times what they were just a few years ago, with no accountability.
| Our most precious vulnerable beloved elderly are being wrongfully killed at alarmingly hyper-escalating rates, and all of our government systems are doing nothing to stop it, and everything they can to deny, disguise, cover-up, and effective promote, encourage , and ensure it will never be fixed, and continue to escalate.
| Starting with justice for my mom, that the surgeon who killed her by what was the text book definition of negligent manslaughter homicide, 1) having had a duty of care, 2)having breached that duty of care, 3) that breach of duty of care causing very severe injury, 4) the extent of that injury being death, goes to jail for a very long time and never hurts of kills someone again. And total reform of our corrupt hospital oversight, regulation system that is killing our most precious beloved elderly at astronomically alarming rates.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | PLEASE CONTACT ME! There is much more I would like you to know about the extensive work I have done, and what I have discovered. I have been treated very badly by represenatives I have contacted, I have some very shocking things to share with you that are not in here, and I'm continuing ongoing relentless efforts to try to initiate change, at least to spread awareness. Thank you Sincerely. Robert Snodgrass 484-252-9596
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| January 22, 2024 | Robert | 19335 | 484-252-9596 | I was watching a program the other day about Harvey Wienstien, listening to the women talk about the pain, hurt, humiliatiin they lived with in silence until they got justice. I will never really know thier pain, but i do certainly know what it is like trying to go on living with the unbearable pain of extreme injustice tearing you apart inside, having walked into a hospital with my most beautiful precious beloved mom with nothing anywhere near life-threatening wrong with her at all, only to see her be gruesomely killed by a doctors most blatant gross severe neglect, malpractice that there ever could be. And as if that isn't bad enough, the soul-wrenching betrayal of Livanta/CMS/HHS/AARP twisting a thousand hot irons in your heart, using thier full power and influence to deny, disguise, do anything they can to cover-up for and protect my moms killer from accountability, aa if they have no conscience, no heart at all, and either don't recognize, or just don't care, that even if they have the power and connections to get away with it on paper, nothing in this world, nothing that they do, goes unseen by The One who nothing is hidden from, who knows all truth about everything. It truly baffles and confounds my mind to think how/where they find personel capable to even do these jobs which require a total compromise of all human decency and basic principles that I thought was reserved for the rare psycopath serial killer types, somehow lacking the critical inherent component of civil human beings, a nature that renders us incapable of comitting atrocities against others, be it our soul, conscience, heart, compassion. Scary to think these highly dangerous types may be much more common than i thought, including working, holding powerful positions within the systems we rely on to keep us, and our loved ones safe from being killed by bad doctors/hospitals The staff at Livanta/CMS/HHS would have to be full of them, as no person of quality with any measure of integrity, principles at all, could accept a paycheck for helping to cover for someone who blatantly killed my mom. The pain of losing a loved one is hard enough. When that loved one is killed by another person, it's a lot harder. There are no words to begin to convey how many times over much harder still it is watching the greatest love of your life, my precious beloved mom, being torturously killed, screaming HELP MEEE, AAAAA, HEEELLLP MEEE, in excruciating agony, all because of the gross extreme neglect, malpractice of a doctor who refused to see her against the adamant urgings of me and a profesional home nurse asking, begging that she needs and requires immeadiate attention. I assure you it is an unimaginable heartwrenching soul crushing indescribable hell that is hard to even go on living with, ONLY MULTIPLIED EVEN MORE MANY TIMES OVER BY THE EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA PROTECTING MY MOMS KILLER RATHER THAN HOLDING THAT DOCTOR ACCOUNTABLE, WHO I WATCHED, AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NURSES WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND A NEW RECENTLY RECIEVED DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE FROM A NATIONALY RENOWNED HOSPITAL SAFETY & RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DETAILING HOW THE HORRIBLE NEGLECT AND MALPRACTICE OF A DOCTOR KILLED MY MOM, AFTER WALKING INTO THAT HOSPITAL WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING ANYWHERE NEAR LIFE-THREATENING WRONG WITH HER AT ALL. ENTRUSTING HER HEALTH INTO THE HANDS OF AN INCOMPETENT DOCTOR, WHO GRUESOMELY KILLED HER, DYING 100% FROM THINGS DONE TO HER. I FIND IT DISTURBING TO THINK THAT YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO FIND PERSONEL TO ACCEPT PAYCHECKS FOR BEING ACCOMPLICES TO PROVEN, KNOWN, BLATANT, NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER HOMICIDE, EFFECTIVELY ASSURING AND ENCOURAGING EVEN WORSENING HOSPITAL CONDITIONS AND FURTHER HYPER-ESCALATION OF WRONFUL DEATHS ESPECIALLY OF THE PRECIOUS BELOVED VULNERABLE ELDERLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE HEARTLESS, SOULESS, SICK EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA, CMS, HHS, AARP FUNCTIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO. Truly and Sincerely, Robert Snodgrass 484-252-9596
| I was watching a program the other day about Harvey Wienstien, listening to the women talk about the pain, hurt, humiliatiin they lived with in silence until they got justice. I will never really know thier pain, but i do certainly know what it is like trying to go on living with the unbearable pain of extreme injustice tearing you apart inside, having walked into a hospital with my most beautiful precious beloved mom with nothing anywhere near life-threatening wrong with her at all, only to see her be gruesomely killed by a doctors most blatant gross severe neglect, malpractice that there ever could be. And as if that isn't bad enough, the soul-wrenching betrayal of Livanta/CMS/HHS/AARP twisting a thousand hot irons in your heart, using thier full power and influence to deny, disguise, do anything they can to cover-up for and protect my moms killer from accountability, aa if they have no conscience, no heart at all, and either don't recognize, or just don't care, that even if they have the power and connections to get away with it on paper, nothing in this world, nothing that they do, goes unseen by The One who nothing is hidden from, who knows all truth about everything. It truly baffles and confounds my mind to think how/where they find personel capable to even do these jobs which require a total compromise of all human decency and basic principles that I thought was reserved for the rare psycopath serial killer types, somehow lacking the critical inherent component of civil human beings, a nature that renders us incapable of comitting atrocities against others, be it our soul, conscience, heart, compassion. Scary to think these highly dangerous types may be much more common than i thought, including working, holding powerful positions within the systems we rely on to keep us, and our loved ones safe from being killed by bad doctors/hospitals The staff at Livanta/CMS/HHS would have to be full of them, as no person of quality with any measure of integrity, principles at all, could accept a paycheck for helping to cover for someone who blatantly killed my mom. The pain of losing a loved one is hard enough. When that loved one is killed by another person, it's a lot harder. There are no words to begin to convey how many times over much harder still it is watching the greatest love of your life, my precious beloved mom, being torturously killed, screaming HELP MEEE, AAAAA, HEEELLLP MEEE, in excruciating agony, all because of the gross extreme neglect, malpractice of a doctor who refused to see her against the adamant urgings of me and a profesional home nurse asking, begging that she needs and requires immeadiate attention. I assure you it is an unimaginable heartwrenching soul crushing indescribable hell that is hard to even go on living with, ONLY MULTIPLIED EVEN MORE MANY TIMES OVER BY THE EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA PROTECTING MY MOMS KILLER RATHER THAN HOLDING THAT DOCTOR ACCOUNTABLE, WHO I WATCHED, AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NURSES WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND A NEW RECENTLY RECIEVED DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE FROM A NATIONALY RENOWNED HOSPITAL SAFETY & RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DETAILING HOW THE HORRIBLE NEGLECT AND MALPRACTICE OF A DOCTOR KILLED MY MOM, AFTER WALKING INTO THAT HOSPITAL WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING ANYWHERE NEAR LIFE-THREATENING WRONG WITH HER AT ALL. ENTRUSTING HER HEALTH INTO THE HANDS OF AN INCOMPETENT DOCTOR, WHO GRUESOMELY KILLED HER, DYING 100% FROM THINGS DONE TO HER. I FIND IT DISTURBING TO THINK THAT YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO FIND PERSONEL TO ACCEPT PAYCHECKS FOR BEING ACCOMPLICES TO PROVEN, KNOWN, BLATANT, NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER HOMICIDE, EFFECTIVELY ASSURING AND ENCOURAGING EVEN WORSENING HOSPITAL CONDITIONS AND FURTHER HYPER-ESCALATION OF WRONFUL DEATHS ESPECIALLY OF THE PRECIOUS BELOVED VULNERABLE ELDERLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE HEARTLESS, SOULESS, SICK EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA, CMS, HHS, AARP FUNCTIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO. Truly and Sincerely, Robert Snodgrass 484-252-9596
| I was watching a program the other day about Harvey Wienstien, listening to the women talk about the pain, hurt, humiliatiin they lived with in silence until they got justice. I will never really know thier pain, but i do certainly know what it is like trying to go on living with the unbearable pain of extreme injustice tearing you apart inside, having walked into a hospital with my most beautiful precious beloved mom with nothing anywhere near life-threatening wrong with her at all, only to see her be gruesomely killed by a doctors most blatant gross severe neglect, malpractice that there ever could be. And as if that isn't bad enough, the soul-wrenching betrayal of Livanta/CMS/HHS/AARP twisting a thousand hot irons in your heart, using thier full power and influence to deny, disguise, do anything they can to cover-up for and protect my moms killer from accountability, aa if they have no conscience, no heart at all, and either don't recognize, or just don't care, that even if they have the power and connections to get away with it on paper, nothing in this world, nothing that they do, goes unseen by The One who nothing is hidden from, who knows all truth about everything. It truly baffles and confounds my mind to think how/where they find personel capable to even do these jobs which require a total compromise of all human decency and basic principles that I thought was reserved for the rare psycopath serial killer types, somehow lacking the critical inherent component of civil human beings, a nature that renders us incapable of comitting atrocities against others, be it our soul, conscience, heart, compassion. Scary to think these highly dangerous types may be much more common than i thought, including working, holding powerful positions within the systems we rely on to keep us, and our loved ones safe from being killed by bad doctors/hospitals The staff at Livanta/CMS/HHS would have to be full of them, as no person of quality with any measure of integrity, principles at all, could accept a paycheck for helping to cover for someone who blatantly killed my mom. The pain of losing a loved one is hard enough. When that loved one is killed by another person, it's a lot harder. There are no words to begin to convey how many times over much harder still it is watching the greatest love of your life, my precious beloved mom, being torturously killed, screaming HELP MEEE, AAAAA, HEEELLLP MEEE, in excruciating agony, all because of the gross extreme neglect, malpractice of a doctor who refused to see her against the adamant urgings of me and a profesional home nurse asking, begging that she needs and requires immeadiate attention. I assure you it is an unimaginable heartwrenching soul crushing indescribable hell that is hard to even go on living with, ONLY MULTIPLIED EVEN MORE MANY TIMES OVER BY THE EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA PROTECTING MY MOMS KILLER RATHER THAN HOLDING THAT DOCTOR ACCOUNTABLE, WHO I WATCHED, AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NURSES WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND A NEW RECENTLY RECIEVED DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE FROM A NATIONALY RENOWNED HOSPITAL SAFETY & RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DETAILING HOW THE HORRIBLE NEGLECT AND MALPRACTICE OF A DOCTOR KILLED MY MOM, AFTER WALKING INTO THAT HOSPITAL WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING ANYWHERE NEAR LIFE-THREATENING WRONG WITH HER AT ALL. ENTRUSTING HER HEALTH INTO THE HANDS OF AN INCOMPETENT DOCTOR, WHO GRUESOMELY KILLED HER, DYING 100% FROM THINGS DONE TO HER. I FIND IT DISTURBING TO THINK THAT YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO FIND PERSONEL TO ACCEPT PAYCHECKS FOR BEING ACCOMPLICES TO PROVEN, KNOWN, BLATANT, NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER HOMICIDE, EFFECTIVELY ASSURING AND ENCOURAGING EVEN WORSENING HOSPITAL CONDITIONS AND FURTHER HYPER-ESCALATION OF WRONFUL DEATHS ESPECIALLY OF THE PRECIOUS BELOVED VULNERABLE ELDERLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE HEARTLESS, SOULESS, SICK EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA, CMS, HHS, AARP FUNCTIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO. Truly and Sincerely, Robert Snodgrass 484-252-9596
| I was watching a program the other day about Harvey Wienstien, listening to the women talk about the pain, hurt, humiliatiin they lived with in silence until they got justice. I will never really know thier pain, but i do certainly know what it is like trying to go on living with the unbearable pain of extreme injustice tearing you apart inside, having walked into a hospital with my most beautiful precious beloved mom with nothing anywhere near life-threatening wrong with her at all, only to see her be gruesomely killed by a doctors most blatant gross severe neglect, malpractice that there ever could be. And as if that isn't bad enough, the soul-wrenching betrayal of Livanta/CMS/HHS/AARP twisting a thousand hot irons in your heart, using thier full power and influence to deny, disguise, do anything they can to cover-up for and protect my moms killer from accountability, aa if they have no conscience, no heart at all, and either don't recognize, or just don't care, that even if they have the power and connections to get away with it on paper, nothing in this world, nothing that they do, goes unseen by The One who nothing is hidden from, who knows all truth about everything. It truly baffles and confounds my mind to think how/where they find personel capable to even do these jobs which require a total compromise of all human decency and basic principles that I thought was reserved for the rare psycopath serial killer types, somehow lacking the critical inherent component of civil human beings, a nature that renders us incapable of comitting atrocities against others, be it our soul, conscience, heart, compassion. Scary to think these highly dangerous types may be much more common than i thought, including working, holding powerful positions within the systems we rely on to keep us, and our loved ones safe from being killed by bad doctors/hospitals The staff at Livanta/CMS/HHS would have to be full of them, as no person of quality with any measure of integrity, principles at all, could accept a paycheck for helping to cover for someone who blatantly killed my mom. The pain of losing a loved one is hard enough. When that loved one is killed by another person, it's a lot harder. There are no words to begin to convey how many times over much harder still it is watching the greatest love of your life, my precious beloved mom, being torturously killed, screaming HELP MEEE, AAAAA, HEEELLLP MEEE, in excruciating agony, all because of the gross extreme neglect, malpractice of a doctor who refused to see her against the adamant urgings of me and a profesional home nurse asking, begging that she needs and requires immeadiate attention. I assure you it is an unimaginable heartwrenching soul crushing indescribable hell that is hard to even go on living with, ONLY MULTIPLIED EVEN MORE MANY TIMES OVER BY THE EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA PROTECTING MY MOMS KILLER RATHER THAN HOLDING THAT DOCTOR ACCOUNTABLE, WHO I WATCHED, AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NURSES WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND A NEW RECENTLY RECIEVED DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE FROM A NATIONALY RENOWNED HOSPITAL SAFETY & RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DETAILING HOW THE HORRIBLE NEGLECT AND MALPRACTICE OF A DOCTOR KILLED MY MOM, AFTER WALKING INTO THAT HOSPITAL WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING ANYWHERE NEAR LIFE-THREATENING WRONG WITH HER AT ALL. ENTRUSTING HER HEALTH INTO THE HANDS OF AN INCOMPETENT DOCTOR, WHO GRUESOMELY KILLED HER, DYING 100% FROM THINGS DONE TO HER. I FIND IT DISTURBING TO THINK THAT YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO FIND PERSONEL TO ACCEPT PAYCHECKS FOR BEING ACCOMPLICES TO PROVEN, KNOWN, BLATANT, NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER HOMICIDE, EFFECTIVELY ASSURING AND ENCOURAGING EVEN WORSENING HOSPITAL CONDITIONS AND FURTHER HYPER-ESCALATION OF WRONFUL DEATHS ESPECIALLY OF THE PRECIOUS BELOVED VULNERABLE ELDERLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE HEARTLESS, SOULESS, SICK EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA, CMS, HHS, AARP FUNCTIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO. Truly and Sincerely, Robert Snodgrass 484-252-9596
| Yes | Yes | Yes | I was watching a program the other day about Harvey Wienstien, listening to the women talk about the pain, hurt, humiliatiin they lived with in silence until they got justice. I will never really know thier pain, but i do certainly know what it is like trying to go on living with the unbearable pain of extreme injustice tearing you apart inside, having walked into a hospital with my most beautiful precious beloved mom with nothing anywhere near life-threatening wrong with her at all, only to see her be gruesomely killed by a doctors most blatant gross severe neglect, malpractice that there ever could be. And as if that isn't bad enough, the soul-wrenching betrayal of Livanta/CMS/HHS/AARP twisting a thousand hot irons in your heart, using thier full power and influence to deny, disguise, do anything they can to cover-up for and protect my moms killer from accountability, aa if they have no conscience, no heart at all, and either don't recognize, or just don't care, that even if they have the power and connections to get away with it on paper, nothing in this world, nothing that they do, goes unseen by The One who nothing is hidden from, who knows all truth about everything. It truly baffles and confounds my mind to think how/where they find personel capable to even do these jobs which require a total compromise of all human decency and basic principles that I thought was reserved for the rare psycopath serial killer types, somehow lacking the critical inherent component of civil human beings, a nature that renders us incapable of comitting atrocities against others, be it our soul, conscience, heart, compassion. Scary to think these highly dangerous types may be much more common than i thought, including working, holding powerful positions within the systems we rely on to keep us, and our loved ones safe from being killed by bad doctors/hospitals The staff at Livanta/CMS/HHS would have to be full of them, as no person of quality with any measure of integrity, principles at all, could accept a paycheck for helping to cover for someone who blatantly killed my mom. The pain of losing a loved one is hard enough. When that loved one is killed by another person, it's a lot harder. There are no words to begin to convey how many times over much harder still it is watching the greatest love of your life, my precious beloved mom, being torturously killed, screaming HELP MEEE, AAAAA, HEEELLLP MEEE, in excruciating agony, all because of the gross extreme neglect, malpractice of a doctor who refused to see her against the adamant urgings of me and a profesional home nurse asking, begging that she needs and requires immeadiate attention. I assure you it is an unimaginable heartwrenching soul crushing indescribable hell that is hard to even go on living with, ONLY MULTIPLIED EVEN MORE MANY TIMES OVER BY THE EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA PROTECTING MY MOMS KILLER RATHER THAN HOLDING THAT DOCTOR ACCOUNTABLE, WHO I WATCHED, AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NURSES WRITTEN STATEMENT, AND A NEW RECENTLY RECIEVED DESCRIPTIVE OUTLINE FROM A NATIONALY RENOWNED HOSPITAL SAFETY & RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DETAILING HOW THE HORRIBLE NEGLECT AND MALPRACTICE OF A DOCTOR KILLED MY MOM, AFTER WALKING INTO THAT HOSPITAL WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ANYTHING ANYWHERE NEAR LIFE-THREATENING WRONG WITH HER AT ALL. ENTRUSTING HER HEALTH INTO THE HANDS OF AN INCOMPETENT DOCTOR, WHO GRUESOMELY KILLED HER, DYING 100% FROM THINGS DONE TO HER. I FIND IT DISTURBING TO THINK THAT YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO FIND PERSONEL TO ACCEPT PAYCHECKS FOR BEING ACCOMPLICES TO PROVEN, KNOWN, BLATANT, NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER HOMICIDE, EFFECTIVELY ASSURING AND ENCOURAGING EVEN WORSENING HOSPITAL CONDITIONS AND FURTHER HYPER-ESCALATION OF WRONFUL DEATHS ESPECIALLY OF THE PRECIOUS BELOVED VULNERABLE ELDERLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE HEARTLESS, SOULESS, SICK EVIL DEPRAVED PEOPLE AT LIVANTA, CMS, HHS, AARP FUNCTIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO. Truly and Sincerely, Robert Snodgrass 484-252-9596
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| August 24, 2023 | Brian | 30337 | bjones7331@gmail.com | Hello my name is Brian Jones and I first started getting neglected and abused back in 2021 at this nursing home called Pruitthealth Of Lilburn in Lilburn Georgia.
| I was verbally abused, I was left sitting in feces and urine for long periods of time, I was denied being put in my wheelchair three times a week as it was stated in my care plan I was denied physical therapy because they said I was not a good candidate the head physical therapist lied and said she did a full body assessment on me and she did not because if she would have she would’ve found out that I can move my legs and arms and that’s the reason why I was denied physical therapy so I had to find outside physical therapist to work with me.
| I wish more people would speak up about it to their love so they know what’s happening to them because it’s going on all over the world and the owners need to be held responsible for what’s going on inside of their facilities
| My hope for the future is that Congress and all lawmakers would step in and hold these owners accountable for what’s happening inside of their facilities stop letting them choose people over profit and make them put some of the money that they made back into their facility because 80% of these facilities are so worn down and downright disgusting.
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| October 20, 2022 | Joy | 72601 | jmangold1978@gmail.com | My mother was admitted to an LTAC (Long Term Acute Care Hospital) in early June 2015 from complications that occurred after her bypass surgery on May 18th, 2015. She was on a ventilator and had wounds on both of her legs, her stomach, and her chest. She was also on dialysis for acute renal failure which can happen after bypass surgery. The wounds on her legs were from the leg compression devices used during surgery which left water blisters on her legs. She had a wound vac on her stomach after having to have part of her colon removed after it perforated after her bypass surgery. It left her with a colostomy.
Mom had health issues before the bypass surgery including diabetes, COPD, and peripheral artery disease. All of these played a role in the post-surgical complications that mom endured. None of these are what caused her death.
| During mom's stay at the LTAC, she was denied food, fluids, therapies, and proper care. All my brother and I heard from the nurses, doctors and even administrators was to put mom in hospice. That isn't what mom wanted. When we made complaints, they tried to tell us that we were crazy or that we couldn't accept what was happening with our mother. Mom was transferred to the LTAC from the post-surgical unit of the hospital where she had her surgery. She was doing well while in the post-surgical unit despite her complications. They had given her a trach so she could eat and drink after passing her swallow test. They had her sitting up in the patient chair and she was even doing her crosswords, word finds, and signing her own paperwork. I have pictures of her two days before her transfer to the LTAC. After her transfer, we had to sign her transfer papers. For some reason, they wouldn't let her sign them. She had been there for two days before we could visit and they had continued the care she received before her transfer. My brother signed them and then went to her room to see her. He wasn't in there but maybe five minutes before a nurse came in and took mom's tray (while she was eating) and put NPO on the door. That was June 12, 2015. Mom wouldn't get her tray of food back until July 4th, 2015. That's how long it took my brother and me to figure out what to do. Neither one of us had ever dealt with anything like this before. I had already called every attorney I could find with no help. I even called the state attorney's office, the hospital abuse hotline, the health department, etc., and could not get any assistance from anyone. Calling to report elder abuse to social services never even occurred to me and no one that I called even mentioned it to me.
Here is a list of things they did to mom during her stay there:
They restrained her wrists to the bed using straps. They would leave her like that for an unknown amount of time. Every time we went to visit we would remove the restraints. There was no one in the room with her while she was restrained and there was no reason for her to be restrained. They would always tell us it was for her own good.
They clipped mom's fingernails down to the quick. She always had beautiful normal length nails. Again no explanation for them cutting her nails that short.
The RN's lied to us when we called to check in on her. We lived hours away from where she was hospitalized. One RN told us that mom had opened her stomach wound (which was on wound vac). Mom didn't and wouldn't do that.
They told us that mom was incoherent but she had numerous conversations with us either writing things to us or whispering to us. Mom had a trach so her voice was gone. She always complained she was hungry and thirsty. We begged the hospital (even the CEO) to give her food tray back. She was on a liquid diet and there was no reason to take it away. They tried to tell us she had stomach issues when she didn't.
They had her as DNR when she wasn't.
Eventually, I fired the doctor that was on her case originally. He didn't even know that she was female and kept referring to her as him. He had lied to us numerous times and during the time I was staying there with mom, he never once came into her room to assess her or anything.
July 3, 2015 a new doctor came on. He assessed mom and the first words out of his mouth were that she was very malnourished and dehydrated. Her wounds, all of them were infected. She had a pressure sore on her back that was also infected.
There is so much that happened that I can't tell everything here. After the new doctor came on, mom was off the ventilator within a week. He had to put a feeding tube down her nose for a few days until she passed another swallow test and eventually made it to eating mechanical food. Within a month she was off dialysis and her kidneys were functioning again. She eventually was transferred to the regular hospital. Her wounds were slowly getting better except for her legs and feet. Her feet were black from blood flow loss and her legs eventually turned gangrene and had to be amputated. If she had received proper care during her entire stay at the LTAC her story might have turned out differently. They had weakened her body with starvation/dehydration. Three days after her double amputation surgery she went into respiratory distress and had to be put back on the ventilator. She was in the ICU again. When she finally became stable she gave up. She was tired of fighting.
She had fought sepsis three times and had numerous other infections during her stay at LTAC. With the malnourishment, she had another small heart attack after having triple bypass surgery weeks before. She almost died several times during their care and they weakened her to the point that she gave up.
| I wish I had known more about it then. I always heard about elder abuse/neglect in nursing homes but never expected it from a hospital setting. When my brother first told me he suspected they were starving our mother I didn't believe him. I told him that they couldn't or wouldn't do that. I didn't even know who to call to get help and those I did call never told me who to call to get help. This LTAC has done what it did to my mother and too many other patients. I couldn't even get an attorney to talk to my mother while she was alive. I now have PTSD from the whole experience. I stayed a month in the hospital with my mom 24/7. I now distrust hospitals, doctors, and nurses which have interfered with my own health.
| I want people to realize that abuse/neglect can happen to their loved ones even in the hospital. Stay vigilant in your loved ones' care. It shouldn't be allowed to happen and most of those who have done it, are protected.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | I've tried reaching out to the media in regard to what happened to my mother. She isn't the only victim of an LTAC. No one listens to her story. I have written blogs about it, even when it occurred. It's sad that so many in the medical field get away with abusing and neglecting those they're supposed to care for. Things need to change. This LTAC also deletes negative reviews (there have been quite a few) from their FB page and other sites. I want others to know my mom's story. She was important and her story is important. It could help save others.
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| October 21, 2022 | Virginia | 24523 | mexicoginny@yahoo.com | My husband (now deceased) and I bought a house at a local retirement community that advertised care and various conditions that never existed.
Their fraudulent advertising continues to this day and to add insult to injury they are using pictures of us on line to promote continued sales of said properties! We had no knowledge they were being used! We moved but they continue using our ‘likeness’ to sell properties to other unsuspecting seniors- a violation of federal law - and they are getting away with it! I reported them to BBB but their false advertising continues! Thanks for helping seniors who are being victimized! I will gladly testify to the above facts.
| | | My hope is to see the government help seniors who are being victimized.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | I am more than happy to testify to the above facts. I have documents that will show what happened and is continuing to happen. Please contact me 🙏
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| October 21, 2022 | wendy | 32444 | 8506910592 | My aunt recently passed after suffering from Alzheimer's in a long-term care facility. Fortunately, she had family to visit and advocate on her behalf to ensure that she was treated well and her needs were met so that she could enjoy her final years in peace.
| I work for the Florida Department of Children and Families in Adult Services. We have been struggling for a few years to maintain staff due to the low salary of our Adult Protective Investigators (API). The salary for an API with a bachelor's degree is $33,783.62 and $47,500.18/annually for a supervisor. That breaks down to 1407.65 per paycheck so if an API has to pay month rent, groceries, electric, car payment, car insurance, fuel that doesn't leave much room for saving money. The average wage for an API across the US is 45,576 so we are more than $20,000.00 below the average with the largest growing elderly population is the US. There is no way for a single person to come work for us without having to go get another job to supplement their lack of income from being an API.
The rising cost of fuel, food and housing is at an all-time high while are wages are at an all-time low. We only get fuel reimbursement of .44 cents while the Federal fuel reimbursement is 58.6 cents and the only way to claim the difference is to file long form which is not likely for these API's.
Please help the Adult Services Program get an increase in wages so that we can hire more staff to ensure the safety of our most vulnerable adults.
Thank you for your time.
| That they are most likely abused, neglected and exploited by their own relatives.
| To have enough community providers for the services need to keep our senior in the least restrictive setting, which is their homes.. To get more funding for in home services to assist caregivers, respite programs, housekeeping, personal care, transportation, financial management, home repairs, building ramps, installing handrails and energy assistance to keep their costs low.
To have a program started where babies are taken into nursing homes for the elders to nurture and in turn the children will get a bonus grandparent.
That everyone knows they are responsible for reporting any suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or self-neglect.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | We need to take of the one's that raised us!
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| September 3, 2023 | Yolanda | 32825 | advocatebcba@gmail.com | My father (89 years old) was living in his own home with my mother, his wife of 62 years in Viera, FL. He & my mother have argued all their married life. Daily. Mostly nit-picking from my mom, but they had plenty of good times as well. My father has undiagnosed ADHD with diagnosed Depression & Alcohol Use Disorder. He was always a good driver, albeit a bit on the risk-taking side. My sister (16 months older than me) hated his driving. Her husband & she live in Texas. I live in Orlando, FL. Post retirement my father had little structure in his life other than playing golf a few times a week & taking walks. Arguments & disagreements became more frequent as he was home more. He was "diagnosed" with Alzheimer's dementia in 2015 based on no objective evidence by a geriatric practitioner without a mental health background.
My sister began "telling" him to stop driving 3-4 years ago. No accidents, no tickets. Just because she didn’t like his driving. In March 2022 my parents found my father's car in the garage with 2 flat tires & fluid leaks. He did not know what had happened. My sister came to visit a few days later & demanded to know what happened. My father did not know.
My sister decided it was a drinking/driving accident with no evidence. She went to his doctor (APRN) with my parents & told them he was drinking & driving. The APRN told him she was sending a license revocation to the DMV. My father was very upset. My sister took his car keys & hid them, then flew back to TX. When he became understandably upset, she returned & convinced my mother to place him in a secured memory care tricking him into going to have his arthritic foot evaluated. No talking to him about it. Nothing. This was March 2022. No guardianship.
Did he have an accident? Turned out to be a damaged strut. Whether the strut gave way due to age (they had never been replaced) or hitting a curve is unknown. But he had driven the car home from his location 1 mile away, opened the garage door, and parked in the garage. The damage was not noted until the next day, making it highly likely that he did NOT know what had happened.
I was out of state at the time & was completely left out of the situation until I returned. When I visited him in this secure facility, he was crying, very upset at being locked up, stating he was losing his mind. I began making waves & my sister filed for guardianship.
| Elder Abuse - Long story short, her predatory guardianship attorney, the facility administrator, and my sister decided to trespass me from the facility throughout the 6-month pre-trial phase. My father was at the mercy of my sister who lied to him about the guardianship proceedings. He was locked up 8 months before his adjudicatory hearing, with the facility ensuring he could not leave, despite his signing a Revocation of POA in June 2022. He was denied a 2nd opinion in October 2022.
At trial in December 2022, the guardianship attorney, the facility administrator, my sister, the APRN, and the contracted psychiatrist all committed perjury influencing the judge. This was positively verified through my diligent review of medical records & emails post-trial. I did not have an attorney & am having difficulty knowing how to present the perjury to the Judge as she is clearly biased. Medical records I received post-trial reflect normal aging. MoCA assessments performed (14 over 7 years) reflect variable performance, standard for seniors in their 80’s & 90’s per the research. He has been treated for depression for well over a decade. He’s on tons of medications.
| My sister was appointed guardian & refuses to listen to my father’s wishes. He BEGS to be permitted to go home & CRIES about how lonely he is. There is next to nothing to do in this place. It’s clean, pretty & boring. My sister only permits me to visit with a biased case manager (friend of the attorney) whom I have to pay $142.00 for each visit.
My Dad is dying from loneliness & depression & there is nothing I can do. It is very sad.
This town of Viera Florida has 1 GA court with 1 GA Judge, well-connected with the local GA lawyers. While this particular attorney is now being investigated by the Florida Bar, it doesn’t help my father at this point. He has been locked up for over 18 months & is not permitted to even see or visit his OWN home. Does the Judge care? No.
| Florida Guardianship rules need to be changed. GA Judges should have a solid background in GA law. Private family guardians must be held accountable for their actions towards the Ward. GA Judges should automatically appoint Eldercaring Coordination for high-conflict cases. (The new GA Judge, post-trial, denied Eldercaring, silencing my father's voice). GA courts should demand hard evidence & NOT permit oral testimony as the only form of evidence provided. Family members without the benefit of an attorney should be provided a source of legal counsel. Memory care facilities should NOT be permitted the ability to Trespass a family member without evidence of disruption or criminal activity.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | This was a horrifying eye-opening experience. Florida Statutes ensure a Ward retains several rights such as visitation & access to the courts. This should not be an area a Guardian or a predatory Guardianship attorney can violate or distort. My father is literally dying from the intense depression & loneliness his own daughter & wife have caused him & just wants to spend the rest of his life in his own home, which he is not even permitted to visit.
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| June 9, 2023 | Virginia | 24523 | mexicoginnyk@yahoo.com | My late husband and I moved to a 'senior' community in Virginia (Runk & Pratt, Hardy VA) at age 83. We relied on the information we were provided, both in print and 'on line' and purchased an 'independent cottage' only to learn that their advertising was false and misleading. We learned that our 'likeness' was (and still is) being used in their advertisements, without our knowledge or permission, which I understand is a violation of both federal and Commonwealth of Virginia laws. We subsequently moved back to Florida, where my husband died in April 2021. Plrior to selling our cottage in Virginia, I spent many months researching their fraud and after informing the other cottage owners, they were for the most part reluctant to address the issue, mostly out of fear of 'causing trouble' and/or the fact that they were not physically, or in some cases, mentally able to deal with it and/or move elsewhere.
| I would like to share the fact that 'seniors' need to be very diligent when researching senior living communities and if and when they detect fraud they need to be brave enough to address the issue and not just become silent victims.
| I wish more people knew about elder abuse, neglect and fraud, but most of all I wish more people actually cared and were willing to speak up. Until they do, it will continue.
| I moved back to Virginia after my husband's death, in order to live near one of my sons. I am currently living in a senior community and own my own condo. Once again, I am experiencing the lack of courage on the part of the residents to address issues with our current HOA. Until seniors are willing to speak up they will continue to be victims - it's just tht simple.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | I would like to add the fact that I spent most of my life serving others, including serving as a Peace Corops volunteer (S. Pacific 1984-1986), serving as a court advocate for battered women, guardian ad litem for abused and abandoned children, and in various other capacities. I'm ready, willing and able, to speak on behalf of seniors to help bring awareness to this ongoing abuse. The challenge appears to be finding people who care.
I'm a retired Federal Public Affairs Specialist (Peace Corps, U.S. Air Force & E.P.A). I am experienced in dealing with media and more than willing to take the message where it will do the most good.
Thanks for all you are doing!
Virginia (Ginny) Kenyon
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| November 2, 2023 | Penelope | 12095 | penelopeagramonte@yahoo.com | I was a victim of elder abuse 4 years ago. My son and his girlfriend were homeless and pregnant. He came to me in my Hud housing and told me this. I felt sorry and guilty for having a place like I did. They could not stay with me there, so they found a house to rent. Everything was peachy until we were in the house and I was paying. Then they told me to stay away from their refrigerator and their food. See, I paid the rent and they were supposed to provide food to share expenses. I had to call APS to help me. I moved out and the police were called by my son's borderline gf because I had some things on the curb I was not taking I was throwing away. Long story short, the movers took the stuff I couldn't and the officer was kind and advised me to never go back to live there. I should never have believed my son and his gf. They have since had the child, and custody is temporarily to her sister. Again, they came to me and asked me for help. Seeing my grandson and son suffering is a powerful way to override my common sense. They asked me at first and I was caring for my grandson but my son was taking him during the day and not bringing him back until late at night. I told CPS that I could no longer do this. They placed him safely with her sister. Now, they rented an apartment next to me, are both on crack, act eradically and ignore me or make side remarks in the hallway. I am a 65 year old with PTSD living next to them, My abusers. The police advised me to put an order of protection in and they will be out. They know this and are quiet but I am on tenterhooks waiting for the next outburst of behavior. His gf has borderline personality disorder. I will put the order in it starts up again. So me, as a disabled RN have to know that my son is taking crack next door and I can't do a thing about it. A horrible way to spend my son called golden years. If they don't pay rent they will be evicted and peace will reign again. Until then life is depressing for me watching this. But I have faith and friends to keep me going. Elder abuse is real, drugs are an element in it. That's my story.
| Don't help children who are living a drug life no matter what is happening. Take care of your money and yourself because you will be used for your income and treated like trash. Let them sink or swim. That sounds harsh but it is today's reality. A person on SSD is a breathing ATM and not much else. This is the hidden collateral damage of drug users.
| Elders actually have very little protection and APS showing up changed things for me. If not I would have starved and paying their way too. I also had emotional abuse but I guess that is obvious.
| I want a peaceful quiet life free from guilt from my son for his mistakes and life choices. I hope I told my story well enough for you to understand it.
| Yes | Yes | No | Contact by email with PTSD I cannot do media and am afraid of stirring up trouble with them next door.
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| September 10, 2023 | Denise | 35611 | d.mccafferrey@yahoo.com | When I first moved to Hampton Lane my life was pain-free. I could walk my property on my own without any problem. Walk out to my chickens to feed and water them three (3) times a day. Walk out to my mailbox at the street without any problem whatsoever. I was a healthy 62-year-old disabled woman. I traveled to the state of Michigan to assist my mother with her legal battle against other family members that wanted to take control over her personal affairs and her life.
| On 08/03/2015, people living in the location of my home trespassed onto my land and slapped listening devices all over my windows. These people installed an electronic device on the roof of my home. This device generated a field of energy that bombarded a 3-5-mile radius of land surrounding my house. This electronic device appeared to have three (3) abusive settings. One setting felt like raw energy that consumed everything in its path. This created a very abusive environment that consumed my floors, furniture, etc. One setting felt like my whole body was being pelted with pins and needles. Some of the pins and needles hit my eyes. One setting seemed to be able to generate so much pressure that it caused disorientation. I could not move about my home without holding onto a solid fixture.
| Virtual Reality software and/or technology took masturbation to new levels of sexual gratification. What the public does not know is that the same Virtual Reality software can do serious bodily injury in the hands of someone with a criminal mind. An intelligent criminal mind intent on murder and destruction. People, intelligent people, dismantled the underbelly of my home in order to install a variety of torturous electronic devices. Electronic devices with the intent to cause the house to break apart into pieces. Electronic devices intent on physical abuse to the point of crippling a person's body. People with the intent to murder the homeowner to confiscate the property. People that were supposedly neighbors.
| I am currently 70-years old and do not have much hope for a future. My future looks very bleak due to the negligence and/or ignorance of law enforcement personnel. People in criminal justice classes have been taught to use Virtual Reality to recreate crime scenes for the purpose of analytic evaluation. However, in the real world, law enforcement personnel do not seem to connect Virtual Reality software enhancements that are utilized to commit crimes. My only hope is to expose the fact that the criminal justice training is being used as an excuse for blaming a victim and/or labeling them as an incompetent. I want Congress and the Administration to know that law enforcement personnel do not give the impression that they have any criminal justice education and/or training whatsoever. Law enforcement personnel are not effective with crimes that are being committed with computerized technology.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | This brutality from my so-called neighbors has been allowed to abuse every person that lives in a 20-30-mile radius surrounding my home. I cannot be the only person suffering with the loss of mobility. I cannot be the only victim of physical pain caused by my environment. I know that this abusive power source could end my life. I know that my fingers appear to be suffering with what looks like burn trauma, i.e., skin melting to the sides of my fingertips, etc. I know that my eyesight is being taken away without a legitimate medical reason. I know that my hands look like they have been cut to pieces with laser precision.
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| September 10, 2023 | Julia Hardee | 32034 | 3152965898 | My Elderly father, Billy B. of southern Virginia, was not diagnosed early for his dementia. My mother knew something wasn't right with dad's memory because she was keeping track of everything for him well before she died suddenly in 2010. She simply stated that he was forgetful and couldn't remember much of anything, like doctor's appts., his keys, passwords on his computer, and where he was supposed to go on any given day when plans were made, and important appointments made. After mother died in 2010, his memory losses were more apparent by my son who lived with him and tried to help him with whatever he needed, cooking, cleaning, laundry, passwords, appts.
He was diagnosed with advanced dementia in 2019, when the decline was so severe that persons known to him and myself had already taken a joint savings from his bank, then all household furnishings, guns, tools, and everything that he had from neighbors, old friends, even some distant relatives who targeted him for anything they could get out of him. By the time I was told what had happened, it was too late, in 2021.
A long known family friend, also an RN, alerted me to the situation six years (in 2021) after I was stationed in Virginia to assist my dad. My son and I were told to leave him alone in 2014. So as we both left, the only close NOK left, my son and I hoped he would be okay.
| I drove back to Virginia in March 2021 to get more information on who was involved and what had happened to my father's house and property. My father was unable to see me due to COVID, afraid of contact with anyone. As we spoke by phone he stated that as he went to his bank a few years ago to get some money for his car repairs, and the bank manager told him that his savings account was empty and closed! Bank Manager further stated that, "his daughter and her husband" had come in with a "note" stating, that "they were the only surviving relatives and since my mother had passed away," "they wanted to close the account." My father repeatedly asked his Elder Law Attorney for assistance in the matter, but was never given any hope of finding out how and why this happened. Note: my dad did continue to ask his attorney for years over and over again to help in this matter of his savings account closure and all the missing money. Police were never contacted! I don't know that this attorney ever did anything about this!
I was shocked to hear this, as I hadn't been back to Virginia since 2014. Immediately I went to the bank branch, two police departments, and called numerous state agencies, including APS, State Police, and many Federal Agencies. I called my father back to tell him I going to do my best to have this investigated.
| Elder Abuse, Financial Abuse, and/or neglect is criminally wrong. There needs to be an easier way to prosecute persons who think they have gotten away with criminal acts against vulnerable elderly citizens. When you see this happening again and again, it's not an accident, nor just a one time incident. These persons who target the elderly by befriending them, talking them into doing things the Elder Persons normally wouldn't do, is one of worst of criminal and deceitful minds in our society. They must be found, interviewed, vetted by every agency for any sales of property, and carefully looked at to see if their standard of living has changed. I know that some of these persons suddenly moved out of the neighborhood after I started asking for police and other agencies to investigate!
| Let the local, state, and federal agencies do their jobs, I found out so much information on my own just calling and asking questions about my father and the persons who were targeting him. I will keep going with my investigation, and questioning to everyone I can find that knew or saw what was happening. This was HIS property, not mine, but many family heirlooms, guns, tools, machinery that he had is now gone. All because too many persons saw how vulnerable he was and just stepped in and took whatever he had that was precious to him, and his family. The other side of this is that he may have needed some of the money, and resources that were taken to help him go into a nursing home, or assisted living facility, and it's all gone now! I am so eager to speak out about this situation, because so many people have been victimized and hurt by perpetrators who think they can do this to anyone who's vulnerable!
If his Elder Attorney would not step in to help him when he asked for assistance, than who does the Elderly victim trust now, if they cannot trust their own attorney???
| Yes | Yes | Yes | YES-I will talk to anyone, media, public, elder groups, law enforcement - whether live in-person interview, via video, any way I can help-you name i!. Not afraid to tell this story, it we can stop this and share the clues and warning signs on how it all starts and continues for the very vulnerable Elderly community in today's society!
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| February 2, 2024 | Samantha Demchak | 97383 | 503-851-4156 | My name is Samantha and I have been working in the senior living industry for several years. I recently came across a distressing situation involving an elderly lady in need of assistance, and I am reaching out to you in the hope that you or your organization may be able to help.
The woman in question, let's refer to her as Mrs. G. is currently facing a challenging situation. She is without family support, as her husband has passed away, and her son has been exploiting her financially for years. Mrs. G is in her 80s, and her struggles have been exacerbated by a lack of awareness and guidance.
In 2017, she entered into an agreement with a company called Unison, which is listed as a home investment group. They provided her with what they termed a "$40,000.00 loan" under the guise of an investment. The terms are troubling, as there are no interest or payment requirements until the sale of her home. However, upon selling, Unison intends to charge a staggering 61.75% of the growth of the home. The estimated repayment, based on the current home value of $425,000.00, would amount to $168,440.00.
Given Mrs. G's circumstances, this repayment scheme leaves her with inadequate funds to cover the costs of Assisted Living, which she desperately needs. What's more concerning is that she did not receive proper counsel before entering into this agreement, and her vulnerability was exploited.
I am reaching out to you in the hope that your expertise and influence may help bring attention to this situation. It is my sincere belief that the terms of this agreement are exploitative and unjust, especially considering Mrs. G's vulnerable state and lack of proper guidance during the signing process.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance, advice, or advocacy you can offer to help rectify this situation and prevent further exploitation of vulnerable seniors. If you require additional information or if there's a specific channel through which I should address this matter, please let me know.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to any support you may be able to provide in helping Mrs. G. navigate this challenging situation.
| That seniors are being taken advantage of - Senior living is SO expensive and when someone plans to sell their house to pay for it and you find this out - it is sentencing her to death in her house. She will certainly fall and not be able to get help.
| That is happens all the time. It is so easy to scam people and the interest rate of 61.75% should be illegal.
| That I can save this lady and help her get into an assisted living community.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Please help.
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| April 6, 2024 | Maria | 23451 | marialer57@gmail.com | This is the story of my mother being in Lake Taylor transitional care Hospital in Norfolk Virginia. Her name is Sofia Dimovich. She first was admitted to Lake Taylor transitional care hospital for rehabilitation. But due to the fact that she has stage four breast cancer congestive heart failure and stage 5/6 dementia.It was determined that she needs skilled nursing home care 24 seven.
My mother first was in the dogwood unit at Lake Taylor. This was the start of her demise. She had developed numerous bedsores because she was left in the bed for days. Their reasoning was that she did not want to get out of bed. This person has dementia. There is a special way of talking to an individual with dementia. The situation even got worse because she became dehydrated and had to go to the ER.
She had additional visits to the ER because of her decrease in health which was contributed by the lack of care (lack of basic care)and neglect from the staff at Lake Taylor nursing home. Her health had deteriorated oh rapidly that she is now on palliative care. But she is not being taken care of with palliative care. I have witnessed many occasions where her food was left on the tray with out helping her eat. She is supposed to be checked every 2 to 3 hours.II have to ask if they’re going to give her a shower. I have continuously asked to have her dressed daily and placed in a chair to avoid bedsores from getting worse. but with the worst is is that they don’t know what she ate when someone supposed to be sitting with her.
On One occasion I was told that if they” got her up that they could not put her back into bed until after the second shift “,which I knew it was a lie. There has been many times when she has been soiled and has rang her bell for a long period of time without being taken care of. She has even fallen out of her bed. The act of care during her meal time is cruelty. She is supposed to be watched or helped during meal time. She is supposed to have a Magic dessert that has high protein during two of her meals. But this is not always the case.
After returning from another stay in the ICU unit at the hospital her weight was 130 on the day of her arrival in January by March she had lost another 15 pounds she is currently down to 113. This is pure neglect. They don’t want to take the time to help her during feeding time. She is a very picky eater but if you just give her a magic dessert and Ensure that would at least help maintain her weight. They continuously make excuses that she does not wanna get out of bed. Of course she doesn’t because of fear.Plus she has dementia.
| The reason why I am sharing the story is because I have met other family members at Lake Taylor transitional Hospital that have had the same experience with the staff. I think that it would help if the facility provided appropriate staff training to implement proper care of patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s. This shouldn’t just be a reason to take money from elderly people without caring for them. I want people to remember that when you have a family member with dementia that it’s your responsibility to be their advocate. People should not be afraid to speak out in order to improve living conditions for the elderly in any type of facility.
| That it does happen. And that someday we all are going to get old and that we need family ,friends ,even strangers to be able to address abuse ,neglect or fraud. Please Remember that a facility does have an obligation to treat their patients with consideration ,respect and dignity no matter what their acute illnesses may be. It does matter.
| My hopes for the future is that there is more training for staff members. Higher pay for caretakers in nursing homes or assistant living. And elimination of shortage of staffing problems. Developing respect and appropriate care for aging population.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Learning to be kind and taking the time to speak out.
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| April 11, 2024 | Liza | 60616 | 773.425.8487 | My beloved friend/grandmother was isolated from friends, family and church members. She suffered from uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, and constant UTI's due to neglect. I was 2000 miles away and was blocked from calling and visiting.
| I witnessed my beloved friend, whom I considered a grandmother, suffer from elder abuse, neglect, and isolation by relatives. It's my hope that in the future, doctors and geriatric specialists will request to meet with elders alone, without relatives present, to ensure their safety and well-being. I also advocate for state laws requiring regular meetings with geriatric specialists, both at the doctor's office and in the elder's home, to thoroughly assess their condition and ensure they receive proper care.
My beloved Margie passed early Christmas morning. Christmas day will never be the same.
A Eulogy for my Queen Margie🌷
In the tapestry of my life, there was a woman who stood out like a vibrant thread, weaving joy and peace into every moment we shared. She wasn't just a grandmother figure; she was a dear friend, a mentor, and a guiding light—a person who meant more to me than words could ever express.
Our bond, however, faced a daunting challenge when her health declined. It was a dark and painful time, filled with sadness and confusion. The realization that our relationship was fragile, and we were coming to the end of the road, was a bitter pill to swallow.
Yet, through the darkness emerged a newfound strength and determination. I became passionately driven to raise awareness about the silent epidemic that the elderly endure. I understood, more than ever before, the profound importance of close friendships and the transformative power they hold, especially in times of adversity.
My grandmother figure was not just a relative; she was my rock, my confidante, and my unwavering support. Her love was a shelter from life's storms, her words of encouragement a beacon of hope. Her prayers, filled with wisdom and compassion, lifted me up when I was down. Her peaceful temperament was a constant reminder of the beauty of a calm and loving soul. To know her was to love her.
Despite the age gap between us, our relationship felt like that of sisters or relatives in another lifetime. Her impact on me was profound, shaping my character and influencing my dreams and goals.
The heartbreak I experienced has only served to strengthen my resolve. It has given me a clear sense of purpose and a deep understanding of the legacy my grandmother figure has left behind. Her love and wisdom continue to guide me, inspiring me to be the best version of myself and to never give up, no matter the challenges I may face.
In honoring her memory, I strive to embody the qualities she cherished most—love, compassion, and resilience. Her legacy lives on in me, a testament to the enduring power of love and the profound impact one life can have on another.
Dearest Margie, You were one of a kind. Thank you for being an excellent example of a human being, wife, mother, grandmother, friend, and beauty. We loved hard, so even in death, our bond is unbreakable. Continue to visit me in my dreams.
In conclusion, I only wish and pray that the pure and genuine love Margie possessed will someday be instilled in the hearts and actions of others to keep Margie's Legacy of Love Alive. We should all ask ourselves... What are you doing to better the condition of others? Thank you for listening. Humbly submitted by Liza Hicks, Loved as a daughter of Margie L. Smith 🩷🌷
| Elderly abuse is more common than you could imagine. Please take action now to help put an end to our vulnerable Elderly enduring abuse. They have made their contribution to society and deserve to be treated with the up most respect and dignity. Make changes now, if you look the other way it will happen to you if live long enough.
| It's important to treat all elders with respect, love, and dignity. I believe every state should implement Margie's law, requiring a gerontologist and geriatric doctor to monitor seniors' care quarterly.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Please do the right thing. Just do it!!!
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| November 13, 2022 | Liza | 60616 | Lhicks0707@gmail.com 773.425.8487 | My elderly friend, went to visit her daughter in Seattle, WA from Chicago in July of 2016 and never returned as she was promised. Her daughter manipulated her in to staying because the daughter was being sued at the time for her home with former deceased husband by his family members.
| | My dear elderly friend, who's been a friend of my family for 80 years isn't being treated with respect, dignity and honor at the golden age of 98. She's been deliberately deprived of her cell phone so I have no way of knowing her current status. To say the least, I'm heart broken and want to shine a light on this elderly injustice. The last time I saw here was June 24,2022 and she had poor hygiene, open untreated wounds on her lower extremities and her feet was riddled with fungus. I have pictures to prove it and have shared them with DSHS/APS.
The perpetrators is her daughter a performing Arts teacher at an elite private high school in Seattle and son-in-law who is medical doctor affiliated with a top hospital. I filed a complaint on June 23, 2022 with DSHS/APS and have been in touch with the investigator but given almost nothing regarding her status except the case is still active. The last time I spoke with my elderly friend, she begged her caretaker to call me and ask me to return to Seattle because after deep thought the only thing she could do is leave the house. I've reached out to her daughter and son-in-law asking if I can talk to her or come to see her and they sent me a text message describing criminal trespassing. I recently visited Seattle 11/01/2022 and was denied the right to talk or visit with her despite her telling SPD she wanted to see me. I feel powerless, when challenging a physician and feel justice will not be served because of his title. Death is the last thing we do in life and should be done gracefully. Thank you for reading my message.
#seniorsmatter
| That it could happen to anyone, no matter their financial situation, education level, living arrangements (nursing home or family home).
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, I have many pictures, audio recordings, text messages and written documents to share.
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| November 15, 2022 | | | kcarbyrnes@gmail.com | I'm 71, a retired NYCDOE English teacher. I'm divorced, the grandparent of six children ages 6 to 14. I've lived in my rent-stabilized 90 y/o building in Northern Manhattan for over twenty years. I'm very friendly with my neighbors, many of whom are also long-term tenants.
I'm active in my church, Fort Washington Collegiate Church, a welcoming and diverse congregation. I'm an usher; I volunteer for the church's food pantry, as well as on other projects.
Heretofore, I'd never reported a neighbor to management or to an outside agency. In September of 2021, a new tenant moved in above me, a professional woman working from home. Immediately, there was noise above me unlike the noises (of daily living) I'd become accustomed to for over two decades.
I've been in treatment of PTSD for decades (childhood and marital abuse). I've reported my neighbor's harassment to my building super, to the building's management company, to my adult children, to my primary caregiver, to my therapist, and finally, to my NYPD precinct (34th).
| I never expected, nor have experienced this kind of harassment. I don't own a TV. I have rugs on all my floors. I sometimes play classical music on my radio at a very low volume.
I've learned how hard it is to be taken seriously regarding psychological abuse and harassment. Elder abuse is complex and varied. The most vulnerable among us suffer the most. Nonetheless, having experienced development and and marital abuse, I'm determined to end this abuse. I'm about ready to hire a lawyer and to bring charges against this person.
| If it's easy to psychologically and physically harass (with loud, aggressive, unpredictable noise) an active independent senior, there is so much going on with more vulnerable. Only a very small percentage of elder abuse is reported. Most of it is perpetrated by family and caregivers.
Nonetheless, there are perpetrators of elder abuse who are strangers. That would be the case with me. I don't know anything about my neighbor. She works from home and has a new boyfriend. The boyfriend has assisted in/enabled her abuse. They've cooperated in stomping, and in dropping hard objects on their floor.
All of feels even more abusive because there is never a warning, the abuse is random, and seems designed to cause the greatest physical, emotional, and psychological damage.
| Since this is continuing, despite reports and narratives, I need to take steps beyond police reports. I need greater protection and more serious consequences for person's psychological and emotional abuse.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | As it's not resolved, I believe my story is about continuing the legal process, wherever that leads, to stop this abuse and harassment.
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| November 16, 2022 | Julia | 32034 | juleshard23@gmail.com | In 2013 my elderly father, living in his house was experiencing progressive worsening symptoms of Dementia. My younger son was living with him at the time and trying to help as best he could. Son alerted me that my father was on a decline, leaving stove on, doors unlocked, etc. There were neighbors/former co-workers, a girlfriend going out to eat, bank, etc. with him. My son questioned the relationship with these folks and warned me about this. I contacted his doctors' and they both wrote notes to me stating my father may need assistance, as his health was declining and my presence would be helpful if I could be stationed nearer to him. The military was kind enough to issue me orders, shortening my tour, and allowing me to transfer to a unit very close to his home.
| After several months in my father's home, cleaning, cooking, doing everything I could to help him while focusing on my full time military career, the situation became stressful. My father insisted he needed no one's help, and that he was fine. He also made the same statements after we visited his primary care doctor, and his attorney. He suddenly became resentful, hostile, and told me and spouse to move out, ASAP. I had some medical issues at the time, and had no place to go with my household goods in storage. My spouse and I ended up in an Extended Stay, in a nearby town. Then, a couple of months later my son was locked out of the house and had access a window upstairs to gather his belongings and leave as well.
| As we left his house on less than favorable terms, and I told my father I would only return if there was some emergency and would soon retire to another state. These friends, neighbors, former Federal Co-workers and his girlfriend kept coming to my father's home. They were all given keys to everything and my father seemed to trust all these people, and was always showing them into the house and showing them around. He was missing my mother, who died in 2010 and liked to show off her fine silver, china, and things she had inherited from back 3 generations in her family. She still had jewelry, antique mahogany furniture, and everything she had kept from her families treasured items. There was inherited money in the bank, and my father had a cache of weapons in the house and garage for safety reasons.
I sent a few cards, tried to call him over the years, and no answer. In early 2000, there was a call from a longtime friend of the family (a nurse) who said she had received disturbing late night calls from my father recently. She wanted to know if I was aware of his situation, and I did not being that I had not heard from him since we left. The family friend stated that when COVID hit, she found him alone, dirty, and that almost everything in his house, packed garage was gone! I wanted to talk to him and see him, but knew this was not the right time to travel as the virus was keeping everyone at home. After 4 months, I got another call from an older son who told me the rest of his garage was being emptied of all of his machinery, tools, tanks, massive saws, milling machine, drill presses, years of mechanical and technical books he saved. Weapons were also taken, and values stashed in the garage.
| Once I was able to travel to Virginia in early May of 2020, I was able to talk to my father, who told me, "You stole money from my banking/savings account". I asked him for details, he wasn't sure, except to say that the bank was presented with a note and other documents by someone who said they were me and my husband, and my mother's only next of kin, and withdrew all the money in the account. After hearing this I called the bank fraud line and reported my concerns, then visited the bank branch where this happened, and tried to report identity theft, and Elderly Financial Fraud. I also reported everything to local police, state police, Dept of State for my mother's missing passport, Social Services, and began making a list of all that was gone from his home as best as I could remember. Not one agency, seemed interested in helping me because I wasn't the victim! I was only his daughter, so this was hearsay, and not really considered a valid claim. After visiting his attorney's office, I found out that he knew what had happened, but also did not seem to care about the Elder Fraud and Abuse, not reporting any of this to the authorities! At one point in a follow up phone call to the attorney, he stated he was "working on it". I never received followup, nor any help from anyone in the system. This seems as if, at least in the State of Virginia, that if the victim doesn't report these crimes, then it never happened. Please understand that I do not wish revenge for the perpetrators, only justice be served on these folks who committed horrible acts of crime towards my vulnerable, elderly father. The things taken, nearly everything were family heirlooms, precious things that were to be passed down to our small, existing family, me and my sons!
| Yes | Yes | Yes | If persons like these so called, friends, neighbors, a girlfriend, even Federally retired co-workers, are not stopped, they will continue to target the elderly and I believe they will continue to profit and not be held accountable until they meet their judgement day when they die. Social Services was not even aware of an online course that can be taken in the event of elderly crimes, I took the training, then asked the agency if they had taken the Online Reporting Criteria course for Elderly Fraud & Abuse, and the Supervisor at this Social Services said no!
Laws must be strengthened to protect, report, and hold anyone accountable of known Elder Fraud, by family, especially next of kin!
Reporting: If everyone is held accountable, Attorneys (especially Elder Attorneys), Health Care workers, Bystanders who suspect a crime, business vendors, banks and their officials, we might get this type of criminal activity under control one day!
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| June 22, 2023 | Jane | 28258 | jhedwards804@gmail.com | I am a 75 year-old Army vetern, retired w/SCD. I am physically compromised by age, a mental weakness that allows me to trust those that are kind to me, and the loss of a couple of digits. Michael George and Traci Hynes are middle-aged, healthy people with children who, along with Traci's parents are living in two homes that are on his 14-acre hemp farm that adjoins my property.
| At the time of my problems with my neighbors, Michael G. and Traci Hynes, I was living alone on my 4.38 acre property, attempting to repair and restore two homes in order to sell. I was overwhelmed by the enormity of my tasks, and compromesed by my diminished physical ability for construction labor, nd hampered by my inability to hire local workers to help me due to the COCID-19 epidemic. Michael convinced me to lend him a $90,000.00 business/personal loan for the purpose of freeing him of his $96,000.00 credit debt. He promised me that, once he payed off his debt, he would no longer have to work odd jobs in order to pay the monthly interest of these debts. Then he could spend more of his time helping me repair and restore my property. After I gave him the money, Michael tricked me into signing a "loan agreement" that enabled him and his wife to keep the $90,000.00 business/personal loan, allowing them to repaying the loan over 15 years, and paying me back with no intrest.
| Dispite the state and federsl laws forbiding, or, at least, discouraging financial exploitation of the elderly, I have been unsucessful over the past two years in finding legal help, or a lawyer who is willing to help me. The Sheriff's Department (who has juristiction over Gloucester, NC) is that I signed a contract, and no crime has been committed that justifies their investigation. The Buncombe County magistrate's position is that she "wouldn't give money to my own children," and that I "am free to enter into a bad deal." The Carteret and Craven County District Attorny's position is that "everyone is free to embark on a bad deal," and that I need to get a lawyer. The Department of Social Services's position is that I "need a lawyer." The State Attorney's Elder Abuse division's position is that I need a lawyer.
I am reciving an army pension and SSI payments. I am not indigent, but, because I am $90,000.00 short, and have a sick spouse I support, and a home for which I pay and average of $3000.00 a month in utilities every month, I can not afford to hire a lawyer. I am not the only elderly person - suseptible to trusting perceived friends - who is juggling these sorts of expenses. How is anyone surprised that the increase in elder financial abuse is "on the rise?"
| I hope that , in the future, all the entities that are "committed to abolishing elder financial abuse and holding their abusers accountable" actually start doing things to reach their state goal.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | If anything positive comes from the time and effort I have spent filling out this form, I will probably keel over with a massive stroke.
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| November 15, 2023 | Marla Bordonaro Vernik | 44122 | mbordonarovernik@gmail.com | My 90 year old Mother started to experience elder neglect after my brother contracted with Homewatch Caregivers of Beachwood, OH in May 2023. I noticed the neglect when a caregiver rushed out of my Mother's home after answering her questions on her phone and after she clocked out on her phone. We had put my Mother in her wheelchair and brought her to the dining room table, but she wouldn't even help me put my Mother back into her bed after my Mother finished eating her meal. I had to have assistance from my brother and from my aunt even though my Mother was paying for the services from Homewatch Caregivers. I experienced more issues with the caregivers. The caregivers were immature and unprofessional. One caregiver talked about her problems with her boyfriend. Another caregiver talked on the phone too much. She talked to someone about the problems that he was giving her friend who had children. It was extremely unprofessional for them to talk on the phone when they were getting paid to take care of my Mother. A girl lit a candle in the living room because she didn't like the smell of the dirty wipes and the dirty diapers in the trash basket near my Mother's bed. All she had to do was get out of the chair and remove the trash in the basket. She and the other girls did not remove the trash, did not do laundry or perform other job duties until I asked them to perform their job duties. Another girl would eat dinner and do things on her phone instead of removing the trash, instead of doing laundry and instead of checking my Mother's diaper due to her incontinence issues. All of the caregivers fell asleep during their shifts except for one caregiver. I called the agency to complain that the caregivers were sleeping overnight during their overnight shifts. The woman who I spoke with at Homewatch Caregivers never rectified the problems. The caregivers still fell asleep overnight when they assured me that they would wake up to take care of my Mother. They even told me that they would wake me up when I told them that they should wake me up so that we could take care of my Mother together. My Mother had dementia, sleep apnea, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease and a pressure ulcer. There was a wound doctor's order to reposition my Mother every 2 hours and to check my Mother's diaper due to her incontinence issues. The caregivers neglected my Mother because they fell asleep instead of keeping a close watch over my Mother and instead of attending to her many health issues. On June 2, 2023 a caregiver who I did not like arrived for the 9:00 p.m. shift one hour early, but she could barely keep her eyes open. She was substituting for the original caregiver who was scheduled for the 9:00 p.m. shift. We changed my Mother's diaper and repositioned my Mother when she arrived. I was tired and I was resting in another room. She was supposed to keep an extremely close watch over my Mother as well as check her diaper continuously. The caregiver called me into the living room sometime before 11:30 p.m. I saw that my Mother was unconscious on the floor next to her bed. I said to the caregiver "I thought you were watching her." She said "I was but." I called 911. The caregiver would not tell me what happened. She was withholding extremely important information from me. She was keeping a secret from me. The EMS took my Mother to the hospital. My Mother died one hour later in the emergency room. When I called the owner of the home care agency he asked the caregiver what happened because I wanted answers and an explanation. She told him that my Mother had gathered the strength to get up on her own and by the time she got there she couldn't prevent her from falling. I was disgusted that the owner told me that he thought that my Mother had gathered the strength to get up and then she fell. That is elderly neglect. The woman was paid to keep my Mother clean, safe and comfortable. The woman was sitting in a chair next to my Mother's bed. My Mother had been laying in the bed. The woman should have prevented my Mother from falling off the bed. That was her job. I was disgusted by the woman's remark "That was her last bm." I think that there is a liklihood that the woman dropped my Mother carelessly. The woman was untrustworthy, selfish and inconsiderate. The owner of the agency sent an unqualified woman to take care of my Mother and to help me. I believe that she was not trained properly on how to take care of an elderly woman with dementia and with health issues. I called the owner to file a complaint, but he will not return my phone calls.
| I could not file a complaint about the elderly neglect with the Ohio Department of Health because the ODH holds the license over Homewatch Caregivers of Beachwood, OH but when the legislation when into place the state of Ohio did not give ODH the authority to investigate Homewatch Caregivers. The agency is not Medicare certified, and someone told me that my Mother did not have Medicaid. I could not file a complaint with Medicare because Medicare doesn't investigate private pay home care agencies. I could not complain that the caregivers were neglecting my 90 year old Mother who had died. I could not complain that the caregivers were not supervising my Mother appropriately. I could not complain that they were not attending to the needs of my Mother. I believe that the caregivers were not trained properly to take care of a 90 year old woman who had dementia, sleep apnea, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease and a pressure ulcer. I feel that the owner did not inform the caregivers of my Mother's serious health issues. I haven't found a lawyer who will take the case because I was not power of attorney and because the death certificate shows a natural cause of death, congestive heart failure. The caregiver told the EMS that my Mother fell off the bed, but I don't know if the ER physicians knew that my Mother fell off the bed. My Mother had a DNR order so there were no xrays or cat scans. I have to call Adult Protective Services Collaborative for an investigation to take place. This is what I have to do if I want to get the answers to my questions. This is what I have to do if I want to have my complaints heard. I have to report the elderly neglect after my Mother died if I want an investigation because of elderly neglect by the caregivers who worked for Homewatch Caregivers in Beachwood, OH. The owner should take responsibility for his role in the neglect. He did not fix the problems with the caregivers when I addressed the issues. The owner should take responsibilty for sending untrained and unqualified individuals to take care of my Mom. They neglected my Mother while they were being paid to supervise my Mother and to keep an extremely close watch over my Mother due to her health issues. I want to be able to file a complaint with the home care agency even though I was not power of attorney. I should be able to get my questions answered. I should be able to get my questions answered by the owner of the home care agency. I love my Mother. I should be taken seriously because I am a concerned daughter. I will always be my Mother's daughter. I will always love my Mother. It should be easier for a concerned daughter to get her questions answered because her Mother was neglected by paid caregivers. I know that I have
the right to find out the details regarding the elderly neglect incident that happened on June 2, 2023 before my Mother died.
| Elderly neglect is an extremely important issue that more people should be aware of. Elderly neglect is more common than people think. Adult children should be aware of elderly neglect. Adult children should be prepared to encounter elderly neglect if their parents are taken care of by caregivers that are paid to supervise them and to help them. Elder abuse and elderly neglect must be reported immediately. The lives of the elderly and the lives of the disabled must be protected. Elderly individuals and disabled individuals deserve love, support and respect. Their lives matter. People that abuse and neglect the elderly and disabled individuals must be held accountable for their actions. The owners of the home care agencies should be held accountable for providing individuals and families with untrained, unqualified and incompetent employees. The employees are paid to provide the necessary services to individuals and to families.
| I hope that it will be easier for adult children to file complaints with home care agencies if they are not power of attorney. I hope that the Ohio Department of Health will have the authority to investigate elderly neglect incidents that are perpetrated by employees of Homewatch Caregivers of Beachwood, OH. The caregivers that are provided by Homewatch Caregivers should be investigated immediately when there is a concerned family member. There should be an immediate investigation if the elderly parent has died when there are accusations of elderly abuse or neglect. All children of elderly parents should be heard and listened to when there are concerns of elderly abuse or neglect.
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Complaints should be heard and addressed even if adult children were not power of attorney for an elderly parent. I have more difficulty being heard because I was not power of attorney for my Mother. I can't receive the EMS records of the incident that happened when a caregiver called me into the living room when my sweet beautiful Mother was unconscious on the floor next to her bed. I was devastated. I will always be upset by the incident that happened in my Mother's home. I do not know all of the details regarding the incident. I hope that my Mother was peaceful. I hope that she did not experience pain that night. I know that my Mother will always be safe with the Lord.
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