The marvelous Betty Winstanley died recently, just shy of her 98th birthday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died in the captivity of a court sanctioned guardianship that haunted her final years. Her life never should have ended this way. Mrs. Winstanley was an elegant, eloquent, remarkable woman. In an era when women were undereducated Betty became a trained chemist. She was married for 72 years to her loving and supportive husband and … [Read more...]
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Elder 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 living hell.” Welcome to America’s twisted world of court appointed guardianships for the elderly. … [Read more...]
Plundering Grandma’s Estate Via Court Ordered Guardianships
Note: This is the last of three columns on this topic... Would you hire someone to manage your personal affairs and finances who charged $50,599.18 in just three months? What if they charged $1560.00 to make two phone calls to your son to discuss, “Dates for (a) Christmas” visit with you. Or if you got a bill for more than $1,000 from this person explaining, it was because their, “Computer emails appear(ed) to be breached …(and) extensive … [Read more...]
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 years is gone she longs to move to a care home closer to her two children in Maryland. The state of Pennsylvania … [Read more...]
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Diane Dimond is one of the few journalists to have mastered the art of her craft across all platforms - radio, television, books and as a syndicated columnist. As such she defies a single category. Dimond’s greatest talent may be her ability to communicate complicated stories in an understandable, common-sense way. Her reputation as a fearless investigative reporter has won admiration from her peers but she never lost the ethical and moral … [Read more...]
