by External Article | May 9, 2022 | Finances, For Friends & Family, Long Term Caregiving |
Adult Protective Services agencies in every state receive reports of possible neglect, self-neglect, abuse or exploitation of older people and other vulnerable adults. But agency workers consistently face a bedeviling question: Does the adult in question have the... 
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 | 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... 
by Guest Author | Nov 17, 2018 | Art, Caring for a Grandparent, Caring for a Parent, Death & Dying, Finding Meaning, Long Term Caregiving |
01 Do I Know You? R.L. Gibson 16” x 20” Xerography (mixed media) 2014 02 But Now I See R.L. Gibson 16” x 20” Xerography (mixed media) 2014 “In one year, my father died in a crash due to complications of diabetes; I had two surgeries reserved for women 20 years... 
by Phil Chwalinski | Aug 5, 2015 | Caregiver Stories |
From POA to Guardianship As of yesterday at 2:55pm I have been appointed Guardian of my mother by a Judge in a court of law, and it wasn’t even my petition for Guardianship. It was my sister who petitioned the court. So pay attention and remember it could happen to... 
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