From: jesus475073@webtv.net   
      
   The Hospital Gestapo: You May Never See Home Again September 9, 2011   
   by ppjg   
   Angela V. Woodhull, Ph.D./licensed private investigator   
      
     Predatory Guardians   
   American hospitals have devised a scheme to guarantee they never get   
   stuck with an unpaid bill. It's called guardianship   
     Thinking of checking into a hospital? Think again.  You may   
   never see home again.   
      
    Ginger Franklin, Hendersonville,   
   Tennessee, fell down the stairs in her condo and suffered a bump on her   
   head.  She was declared "temporarily mentally incapacitated" and a   
   guardian was appointed through the courts.   
      
     Within six weeks, the guardian had sold Franklin's home, car,   
   furniture, and drained her bank account.   
    Today,Franklin has her freedom back, but she is having to start all   
   over.   
       
   Michael Kidd, 72, of Richardson, Texas, fell in his yard and broke a   
   hip.  Now, he is living in Countryside Nursing Home with his   
   wife.  Both were removed from their home when the state of Texas   
   petitioned the courts claiming that the Kidds were mentally incompetent.   
      
     Their house sits vacant and neglected, with rotting food still   
   remaining in the refrigerator.  The Kidds have been confined to a   
   single room in the nursing home, while the state appointed guardian   
   burns through their money an gives them a mere $60 a month spending   
   allowance which they have been using to buy "real" food.   
      
         Predatory Guardian   
   Robert Milton (not his real name) was taken to the hospital because he   
   fell "one time too many" at his home, and although his stepson had been   
   given power of attorney to make all of his health care decisions, a   
   court-appointed corporate guardian placed Milton against his will in a   
   nursing home where he is now isolated from his family and friends.    
   Meanwhile, his money is being spent as quickly as possible by the   
   Orlando-based guardian and her attorneys.   
       
   How It Commences   
   Joseph Niedesky (not his real name) was air lifted to a hospital in   
   Orlando from Ocalaby helicopter after he was the victim of a motorcycle   
   crash.   
      
     But something went terribly wrong during Niedesky's surgery and he   
   aspirated on his own vomit, causing some brain injury.   
      
     That's when a corporate guardian was contacted by the hospital and   
   appointed by the court as Niedesky's full plenary, permanent guardian.   
      
   What Happens Next   
   The corporate guardian who petitioned the court stated in the court   
   papers that Niedesky had no family.  In reality, Niedesky had been   
   married for more than 20 years and had four teenage children.   
      
     It took more than two months for Niedesky's wife to discover what   
   had happened to her husband and where he was located.     
   The Family is Always Portrayed as the "Devil Incarnat" �   
      
    What happened to Niedesky is becoming a commonplace occurrence in   
   America.  family member is rushed to the hospital.  Surgery occurs   
   and something sometimes goes terribly wrong.  However, by quickly   
   petitioning the courts for guardianship, the hospital avoids any kind of   
   lawsuit for negligence or wrongful death.   
      
     Niedesky's wife wanted to bring him home and get him out of the   
   guardianship.  The guardian, however, kept moving Niedesky from   
   location to location, city to city, until the statute of limitations for   
   suing the hospital had expired.  Shortly after the statute of   
   limitations ended, Niedsky just happened to die.     
      
    The hospital saved itself millions in a lawsuit.  It is typical that   
   shortly after the statute of limitations runs out, the ward just happens   
   to suddenly die,� stated David Newman, Gainesville, Florida, a civil   
   rights guardianship reform advocate.   
       
   Niedesky's wife was portrayed in the court record as uncaring,   
   incompetent, over-meddling, and negligent, and although these   
   descriptors seem to be a contraction of terms, you will typically find   
   the most cynical descriptions of family members in most court files   
   where an involuntary guardianship has been granted by the courts to a   
   total stranger.   
      
    For example, in Milton's case, Milton's stepson had been named long ago   
   as his power of attorney and health care surrogate.  That designation,   
   however, was destroyed by the court and the corporate guardian even   
   accused the stepson of stealing several thousands over the years from   
   his stepfather.   
      
     Today, Milton's stepson, a 65 year old retired veteran, finds   
   himself in a legal nightmare gathering bank records and hiring attorneys   
   and forensic accountants to prove his innocence.  Meanwhile, the   
   corporate guardian is spending Milton's money like water.   
      
    The Other Scenario   
   Tom Griffith (not his real name) wonders why an Orlando-based corporate   
   guardian would be interested in his father at all.   
   He has no money.  All he gets is a small monthly cheque from Social   
   Security of about $800.00.   
      
    I explained to Griffith that his father has been marked for destruction   
   and will mostly likely not be among the living in a very short period of   
   time.  We live in a country that is ruled by corporations, not the   
   U.S. Constitution.  If there is not enough money for the nursing home   
   to cover its expenses, there is ˜no reason" to keep your father alive.   
      
     I explained to Milton how Thomas Chad's father was sent to him as a   
   box of ashes and how other wards seem to always turn up "expired"   
   shortly after a corporate guardian and her attorneys have burned through   
   all of an elderly person's money.   
   But in this case, Griffith said there was no reason to destroy his   
   father. There is no money to gain.   
      
    Yes, but that is the point.  The corporate guardians have a symbiotic   
   relationship with the nursing homes.  Sometimes, the nursing home   
   gives them a wealthy resident that they can bilk.  At other times, the   
   corporate guardian does them a favor by making premature end-of-life   
   decisions when there is not enough finances to cover the elderly   
   person's day-to-day expenses.   
      
    In the case of Griffith's father, who just received quadruple open   
   heart bypass surgery, it was determined that the ward, age 74, now   
   needed dialysis, a very costly ongoing treatment.   
   The doctors said my father does not want dialysis, �Milton stated.    
   But I know my father wishes to live; he is only 74.     
   They probably got your father to sign such a statement without him even   
   knowing what he was signing,� I explained.   
      
    Milton wanted to know what he could do to rescue his father out of this   
   dangerous and life-threatening situation.   
   You can hire an attorney, but you might end up spending more than   
   $500,000.00 of your own money to become your father's guardian. �   
   I don't have that kind of money, �Griffithdeclared, shocked.   
      
    It was obvious that the scenario I was describing was greatly upsetting   
   Griffith.  Those of us who have already lived this scenario remember   
   going through the predictable stage of 'mental shock'� followed by the   
   overwhelming urge to seek justice at any cost.   
      
     I explained to Griffith that he may find himself bankrupt as a   
      
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