You may well have a point.
I was rereading the article and it could be the other way around, as you say.
It is really terrible that as people get older, their relatives only care about their money.
This is precisely why I gave away all my millions and now find happiness in my own humble, meager way, raiding dumpsters for subsistence and logging in to FR on weekends only, from businesses that are closed on Saturday and Sunday.