Archive for February 2016
The Nationwide Problem of Court-Sponsored Elder Abuse
I had no idea the enormity of the nation’s elder guardianship problem…This is the second of three columns on this topic. I recently wrote about the plight of 94-year-old Betty Winstanley, who resides at the Masonic Village retirement home in Elizabethtown, PA. She doesn’t want to live there anymore. Now that her husband of 72…
Read MoreElder Guardianships – A Shameful American “Racket”
Note: This is the first of three columns on this topic which were originally published in Feb-April 2016 She is a well-spoken, elegant and wealthy 94-year-old widow. And as Betty Winstanley told me from her room at the Masonic Village Retirement facility in Elizabethtown, PA, “I feel like I am in prison. My life is a…
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