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Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America

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Reports of guardians stealing from their wards' bank accounts and other wise abusing guardianship powers are surfacing with disturbing regularity. 'This problem is going to get bigger and bigger,' says E. Bentley Lipscomb, AARP's Florida state director and a former state secretary of elder affairs. - GUARDIANS DRAWING INCREASED SCRUTINY, AARP Bulletin. Read also "The Retirement Nightmare" by Diane Armstrong. Get the real truth about the fraud and abuse of the elderly and not so elderly by a corrupt probate system and guardians. To avoid a guardianship in the State of Florida, and other states, should be of paramount importance. Find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones with alternatives: health care surrogate, durable power of attorney, mediation and more. Consider that if you leave your parents to fend for themselves, and ignore the deterioration associated with aging, a guardian can gain a guardianship over them and their assets, without informing you. That guardianship will nullify the most meticulous of plans.

The victimization of the elderly in our society is not a new phenomenon; however I believe with the influx of baby boomers coming into geriatric age, elder abuse will become more publicized (as it should) and more prevalent. Often the elderly are forgotten and taken advantage of; I think anyone who has an elderly person they care for and love should read this book. I work with elderly people and time after time my heart breaks at how neglected and exploited they often are. This book brings such mistreatment to light and aims to educate people on a population that is often ignored and crises that are discounted. I think they did an excellent job at analyzing and documenting this growing problem and its severity, and appreciate their efforts in doing so.