“It happens a lot... elder abuse that is. He’ll get a slap on the wrist and probably only pay something like 10 cents on the dollar in restitution.”
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It’s an increasing problem. Lost count of the times I came in my father’s house, to find him on the phone, divulging personal details to some stranger that called him, unsolicited.
We did have a bit of it with Mr. Mercat’s mother. I don’t think that either she or my mother had credit cards or debit cards. In my mother’s case, she turned the check book over to me and I paid her bills. Mr. M’s mother let him and his sister write out the check but she insisted on it only being in her name and signing the checks. No internet or debit cards. That’s where it gets scary.
I had a case where one of the parties was supposedly taking care of an Alzheimer’s patient. She and he would drive around town and pawn and sell his valuables. She would then spend the money on drugs. He was probably happy just to drive around with an attractive woman.
adult children too....I’ve seen one sibling basically get their elderly disoriented and easily influenced parent to exclude other siblings from access, let alone their wills....