Sunday, July 29, 2007

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Following the 2005 Los Angeles Times four part series "Guardians for Profit", we set out to document stories of families who have been affected by Professional Conservators/Guardians. While we continue to follow cases that have not yet been resolved, we feel that families might benefit from a preview of the interviews we captured.

Our goal is to create a short documentary exposing some of the unethical practices of professional conservators, which will alert elders and their families of the potential abuses that could easily consume their lives and deplete their estates.

Please view this sample of work at:
http://www.youtube.com/knowfilm
and post your comments.

We have also been involved with a program called Quarters for Kenya. Quarters for Kenya is a project of Redlands Rotary Club, Redlands Sunrise Rotary Club and San Bernardino Crossroads Rotary Club of the Inland Empire, in Southern California. It focuses on raising funds to build orphanages in Kenya through The Shepherd's Homes.

Please view the promotional video at:
http://www.youtube.com/knowfilm

Thank You,
Tony and Emily Papavero

10 comments:

  1. This is a great start, but the abuse is certainly not limited to California. The National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse, founded in May of 2006, now has over 125 members in 27 different states. We'd be happy to join you to create a full-length feature documentary on this national nightmare!

    Robin C. Westmiller, J.D.
    President, NASGA
    http://stopguardianabuse.org

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  2. This is a SERIOUS problem and something needs to be done NOW. They conserved my Mom and it cost her her life, the county ravaged her home and her bank accounts. Lots of things missing and money spent. Caregiver was paid one fourth of what was charged.These people, the Public Guardians, are horrible, vile creatures that prey upon the elderly. My Mother had money and the town had crooked cops. Every one with a badge took advantage of their positions.
    I have been left motherless and traumatized beyond words. I will never be the same. I am afraid to leave my real name here, I'm afraid all the time.

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  3. We now have a new organization: Advocates for National Guardianship Ethics and Reform; A.N.G.E.R. Our mission is to take all of these issues to every State and Federal representative and work to change the laws across the country. Please visit our web-site at angr.us.

    Robin C. Westmiller, J.D.

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  4. I agree that the lack of oversight of conservators is causing so many elders to lose rights and suffer abuses at escalating rate. A good article on this subject is "Guardianship Gone Bad" at http://www.silverplanet.com/scams/protecting-seniors/guardianship-gone-bad/32202.

    I was amazed by the stats on page 3 of the article that give us some idea of just how unregulated this problem is and to what magnitude it is happening. There could be as many as 4 million court appointed guardians in our country.

    Nearly 75% of America’s courts do not have a computerized data system to track guardianship cases and identify problems. Over 40% agree that funding for monitoring is not adequate or unavailable. Problem is that without oversight, all of the injustices done to these elderly wards have the appearance of being sanctioned by law. We need legal changes.

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  5. Great news for the Inland Empire, the state has denied Melodie Scott her license to practice as a "Professional Conservator." This was reported in the LA Times on 2-15-09 and can be viewed by following the first link in the side bar of this site.

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  6. Something must be done to Stop this !
    We have a petition online at www.stopelderabuse.net.
    Over 750 people have signed so far.
    Please keep up the good work.
    Thank you for addressing this terrible problem.

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  7. Only problem is she may be scape goat for officials behind the real story. My father was killed in Riverside County by a buddy of Brian Floyd and Rod Pacheco. We could not get APS to come out even after calling Sacamento. The killer was at a property that we passed away. We had been told that somehow someone besides the family got the assest. The property title shows a deed with alledged forged signature. That attorney claimed to be successor of the trust, and the privacy act like she does in court to not let you know what she is doing. It looks like she has taken over Melodys spot same attorneys. The guy was let out of jail, stalk us for months. Sheriff ignored our calls. Audio and video proof of homicide but blocked from court. No case number, no records. We filed a victims compensation which was first opening to do something. Now filed in Federal Court but they are fighting that big time. http://nyefrank.typepad.com killers dad says Brian Floyd the Legislative rep helped him on the audio on the blog. Please email me anything of Inland Empire official abuse you can prove. racingnyefrank@gmail.

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