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This retired pilot went to the hospital but was released subject to legal guardianship of a stranger. Family members were not identified until they found him many months later.

Posted by boxer_dogs_dance
Tags: family, usa.fl, guardianship, senior citizens, health, law, investigation, safeguards, author.mary jordan, source.the washington post, long read, paywall
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/04/florida-guardianship-investigation-safeguards/

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Title
The retired pilot went to the hospital. Then his life went into a tailspin.
Published
Nov 4 2023
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3955 words

5 comments

  2. drdoofenshmirtz
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    I had no idea that such a system even existed. You can take a 40hr course to make $65 per hour. This woman is a parasite, and the system is predatory.

    I had no idea that such a system even existed. You can take a 40hr course to make $65 per hour. This woman is a parasite, and the system is predatory.

    10 votes
  3. first-must-burn
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    There is a movie on Netflix called I Care A Lot that delves into this. I started to watch it because it has Rosamund Pike in it, but it was too depressing/angering.

    There is a movie on Netflix called I Care A Lot that delves into this. I started to watch it because it has Rosamund Pike in it, but it was too depressing/angering.

    8 votes
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    chocobean
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    Horrifying. Totally unconscionable. The laughable "punishment" she got at the end makes it clear that this isn't just her: this is part of a "cash for kids" type thing where there's so many levels...

    Horrifying.

    Totally unconscionable.

    The laughable "punishment" she got at the end makes it clear that this isn't just her: this is part of a "cash for kids" type thing where there's so many levels of scum profiting off of the elderly that this self fueling engine will keep going for a long long time and be very hard to halt.

    6 votes
    1. boxer_dogs_dance
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      If emergency workers can identify your closest loved ones from your house without losing much time it would probably help prevent this

      If emergency workers can identify your closest loved ones from your house without losing much time it would probably help prevent this

      4 votes
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