Daughter accused of causing elderly mother’s death must undergo “mental health treatment”

A 59-year-old woman accused of neglecting her mother, leading to her death, will undergo mental health treatment to see if she is able to stand before a jury of her peers.

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Daughter accused of causing elderly mother’s death must undergo “mental health treatment”

Man seeks justice for elderly mother in alleged abuse scam, pursues legal action

A man is seeking justice for his 87-year old mother from Grimsby, who he says was a victim of an elder abuse scam. He now hopes to get help from the premier’s office and the attorney general. 

CHCH News interviewed Commercial Pilot Mike Bremner Thursday afternoon after a private, in-person hearing in St. Catharines. 

Bremner says his attempt at a private prosecution to lay criminal charges of fraud were struck down by the Crown attorney. 

Bremner is the flight lead of the Elder Abuse Air Force, a group within the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly in Toronto. He says his mother, Virginia Bremner suffers from dementia and claims a family member, who was a lawyer, used power of attorney to take $500,000. 

CHCH News obtained a 2020 email exchange Between Bremner and Niagara police — and the assigned detective said, in part, she was prepared to “lay criminal charges” against the person in question and “I will be speaking with our Crown attorney.” 

Although, Bremner says a civil suit has been settled, in the end, criminal charges were not laid, which brought him to the St. Catharines courthouse Thursday, seeking another chance to prosecute. 

Bremner says through his advocacy group, he’s had three other people come to him, alleging that they’ve been a victim of fraud by the same person. 

CHCH News reached out to Niagara police for comment regarding the investigation three years ago and have not heard back yet.

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Siblings come up with a unique way to visit their mother in nursing home

By Emerson Lehmann

WESTON, Wis. (WSAW) - Siblings Sara Helmer and Mark Michlig understand why they can’t visit their mother, Carol like they normally would while she is living at the Rennes Health and Rehab Center in Weston. Like most nursing homes and assisted living facilities, Rennes isn’t allowing in-person visits during the COVID-19 outbreak to help protect both the people living there and the staff.

Mark Michlig and Sara Helmer hold up the signs made for their mother at Rennes Health and Rehab Center in Weston. (WSAW photo 3/19/20)

“We are really focused on following the guidelines of the CDC and DHS,” explained Vikki Baumler, the public information officer at Rennes. “The data shows that this virus is extremely dangerous for the elderly and people with extreme health conditions. The best thing we can do is try to keep visitors out of the building and prevent the virus from ever entering our facility.”

Instead of choosing to just call or Facetime their mother, Helmer and Michlig got creative.

“The idea of saying ‘Hello’ in a different way and making light of putting a little humor in this,” said Michlig. “My mom is restricted to her bed, so going to her window with a sign that says ‘Good morning’ or ‘I love you’ or ‘Hi Mom’ was a surprise for her.”

Helmer agrees, crediting her brother with coming up with the idea.

“She loves it,” Helmer said. “The first time we went there, she cried because we didn’t tell her. We went up there and knocked on the window and she loved the signs, and she was crying, and she just loved it, talking on the phone so we talked on the phone for a few minutes and sat out there.”

It has become a daily tradition for the brother and sister duo to visit their mother from outside her window, with other residents and staff members taking notice.

“It’s definitely meant a lot to our residents and our staff,” said Katie McMahon, activities director at Rennes. “Anything positive right now is just really nice to see.

While Michlig and Helmer aren’t sure when they’ll be able to go inside and sit with their mother again, they’re happy that they can still see her, and show her how much they love her, through the window.

“We’re just adults being children,” Michlig beamed. “This is a way of expressing our love for my mother and all the residents that are here. Hopefully, they get some attention, too.”

“A big thank you to the nurses and the staff here,” Helmer added. “We totally appreciate everything they do for all the residents here.”

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