Carol Kinnear, a retired Belleair Elementary teacher in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, signed an update to her trust in June 2008.
Her wish was clear: For the rest of her life, regardless of her health, she wanted to stay home.
The trust provision, her daughters thought, would assure she could do that.
On Monday, Kinnear, 78, was taken from home and moved to an unnamed facility, the act of a court-appointed guardian. She would be treated there for "high anxiety and confusion," the guardian wrote in an e-mail. Her children, blocked from contact, were told it was in their mother's best interest.
Earlier this year, to safeguard their mother's estate after money had come up missing, they had filed for guardianship in a Pinellas court.
Now they find themselves the victims of unintended consequences, guarded against by the person they had sought for help.
Kinnear's first guardian, Sandra Scott, caused her to fall after giving too high a dose of medication, said Kellee Watt, 45, of Indian Rocks Beach.
Teri St. Hilaire, who replaced Scott on July 1, didn't return phone calls and e-mails from the daughters.
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Legal guardian denies Alzheimer's patient her home and family contact
Sandra Scott certified with the Center for Guardianship Certification, an allied foundation of the National Guardianship Association (NGA).
Teri St. Hilaire is certified with the Center for Guardianship Certification, an allied foundation of the National Guardianship Association (NGA).
Her wish was clear: For the rest of her life, regardless of her health, she wanted to stay home.
The trust provision, her daughters thought, would assure she could do that.
On Monday, Kinnear, 78, was taken from home and moved to an unnamed facility, the act of a court-appointed guardian. She would be treated there for "high anxiety and confusion," the guardian wrote in an e-mail. Her children, blocked from contact, were told it was in their mother's best interest.
Earlier this year, to safeguard their mother's estate after money had come up missing, they had filed for guardianship in a Pinellas court.
Now they find themselves the victims of unintended consequences, guarded against by the person they had sought for help.
Kinnear's first guardian, Sandra Scott, caused her to fall after giving too high a dose of medication, said Kellee Watt, 45, of Indian Rocks Beach.
Teri St. Hilaire, who replaced Scott on July 1, didn't return phone calls and e-mails from the daughters.
Full Article and Source:
Legal guardian denies Alzheimer's patient her home and family contact
Sandra Scott certified with the Center for Guardianship Certification, an allied foundation of the National Guardianship Association (NGA).
Teri St. Hilaire is certified with the Center for Guardianship Certification, an allied foundation of the National Guardianship Association (NGA).
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I could literally scream. EVERYBODY KNOWS MOVING SOMEONE WITH DEMENTIA SYMPTOMS FROM FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS CONFUSES HIM/HER AND FEEDS THE ILLNESS!
This guardian should be immediately removed and then prohibited from acting in a guardian capacity again.
Isolation is the cruelest weapon of an abusive guardian.
I am sorry for what you are suffering, Kinnear family.
More members of the NGA.
What a disgrace to that organization.
Yes, this is the second or third article posted this week of guardians abusing the elderly or disabled -- and those guardians belong to the NGA.
What's the NGA doing about this? Are they even keeping track?
How can the guardian get away with this?
This is outrageous.
The laws are supposed to be "in the best interest of the ward". How can being denied family be in anyone's best interest?
Unbelievable!
Are you watching, Judge?
The guardian would not allow anyone to visit my friend for over six weeks. She said he needed to get settled in and adjusted to his new place (a grungy "retirement" home.) He was alone and afriad and "stole" the phone on two occasions to call me to pick him up. Of course, I could not do this. I was so worried about him. This is isolation that works for the abusive guardian and the owner of this horrible home.
The guardian do not care about the ward. All they care about is the money they are making through the ward's assets. Secondly, they isolate the ward so their friends and loved ones will not have information for complaints.
What kind of monster would do this to anybody?
Why was Kinnear appointed a stranger as a guardian rather than her daughters?
Well we don't know, but if there was a lot of money in the trust, that's a pretty good guess.
Kinnear's guardian should be removed now and family should be given the opportunity to care for her person and her property.
Darlene, you've hit on the main reasons why isolation from family and friends should NEVER be allowed: the ward feels alone and afraid.
When guardians isolate their wards, judges should immediately remove them, and then order them to repay the estate whatever fees they have collected.
Kinnear's wish that regardless of her health, she wanted to stay home should be adhered to by anyone in charge of her health care and by the courts.
What's happening is that the money which could and should be used for Kinnear's care is being eaten up by her guardian, the attorneys, and the court.
And what does the judge do about it?
Nothing.
I hope the Kinnear family files a complaint on this judge.
This is a typical guardian abuse story. Hell for everyone except the guardian who prospers.
Biggest Mafia Family
D C F - looking for victims
Guardians - Abuse and Brainwashing
Attorney - stealing from family
Judges - forcing people losing their civil rihts
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