Thursday, March 20, 2014
Elderly Exploitation- Caretakers taking advantage
HOUSTON (FOX 26) - She was 91 years old and full of life. A grandmother to 23 grand kids and 53 great grand kids. Willy May Brooks was known to many as the happiest grandmother alive, but, her joy was taken from her just months before her death.
"She died of a broken heart because she was sabotage and she was dooped," says her granddaughter Aquanetter Clurksy.
"My mother would ask me linda when can I come back into my home," crys [sic] Linda Drumgo, daughter of the victim.
But Willy May was never able to return to her home, not because of the Alzheimer's or the dementia that she suffered from, but because her caregiver took advantage of her, getting this elderly woman to sign over her house and property.
She became a part of the growing number of elderly folks who are financially exploited every day by someone that's gained their trust.
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Elderly Exploitation- Caretakers taking advantage
Background checks will help. We tend to be too trusting.
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