by External Article | Jan 28, 2022 | For Friends & Family, Long Term Caregiving |
Aside from Spears’ battles in court — and the one raging among fans — some #FreeBritney folks are looking at the bigger picture: conservatorship law. While the number of conservatees in Spears’ home state of California is unclear due to lack of self-reports from some...
by External Article | Sep 17, 2021 | Caring for a Child, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Friend, Caring for a Sibling, Finances, Long Term Caregiving |
BuzzFeed News has scoured hundreds of thousands of court documents, obtained confidential mental health filings and financial records, examined hundreds of guardianship cases, gathered exclusive data from extensive public records requests, conducted hundreds of...
by External Article | Jun 29, 2021 | Care Work Library, Long Term Caregiving |
It’s actually very difficult to end the conservatorship or guardianship under any circumstances. There’s a case of a young man named Ryan King. He’s not a young man anymore. It’s been years. So Ryan King finished high school and has an intellectual disability. And his...
by External Article | Jun 25, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child |
Under conservatorship, disabled adults face restrictions on a wide variety of rights: Where they live, when and where they work, money management, and healthcare decisions. Conservatorships are often thought of as something that only happens to elderly people who can...
by External Article | Apr 6, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Caring for a Grandchild, Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Relative, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Caring for a Sibling, Long Term Caregiving, Planning |
A conservatorship — often called a guardianship — puts a court-mandated guardian in charge of making decisions for people who have been found to be incapable of acting in their own best interests. Depending on the type of guardianship, that might be limited to just...
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