Juan Oria always wanted to take care of his parents when they reached old age and couldn’t care for themselves.
“They were exceptional parents and what they did for me I said I would do for them,” he said about his parents.
But after his widowed 88-year-old
father developed Alzheimer’s and dementia, he and his sister disagreed
over who should care for him.
“We
ended up in court where the guardianship program was assigned to be the
ward for my dad,” said Oria, who works for a local cruise company.
Last October, the Guardianship
Program of Dade County (GPDC), a non-profit agency that acts as the
public guardian for indigent adults in Miami-Dade County, was appointed
guardian of Oria’s father.
His
case is among the thousands of guardianship cases filed in probate
courts throughout the Sunshine State every year. As people age, many
become incapable of managing their personal and financial affairs. (Continue Reading)
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Family feuds lead to this nightmare.
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