Okay, stuff like this makes me furiously angry

[dafischer]

Somebody's got to wear this. My dad's 97, and has a home health aide that he luckily has the ability to pay for.

[Jeff Hail]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I have this old guy I have been taking care of for about 3 years. He is an old handyman, disabled now, but is the sort of guy who maintained apartment complexes, schools. If something breaks and he can't get the part, he makes it, that kind of guy. 50 years of doing that stuff, you collect a lot of tools.

He had home health nurses coming out, and one day they got a temp. The temp called the county and had them come out and condemn the trailer where these people lived. Being social workers, they want to help these poor, unfortunate elderly people. The way they did this was packed up everything they owned, except for a few clothes, and put their stuff in storage, you know, until they could find them a new home. Never did find them a new home. They never could find out where their stuff was, but have been trying to get it back the entire time.

A few weeks ago, all their stuff got sold at auction, because the folks "helping" them stopped paying the rental on the storage, without any notice to the people who had been trying to get their stuff back the last 2 years.

I just wrote a letter to their state assembly guy. Might get more action out of the investigative TV reporter though.

Any suggestions on who I can light a fire under?

Should have contacted the local News and see if they could come out first to meet with you and the victim of country AP Services.....to provide a story of what has happened.....then contact the politicians. The damage is done and no sense in giving local politics time to do damage control. This is a terrible situation for this man. Politicians act swiftly when you pull the rug out from them when old people have been harmed or wronged. They took his home away, his tools, what livelyhood he had left, personal things. People dont want to see that on the news. Old guys matter and need people to stand up for them!

Light a fire? Hit it from three sides. Side one is the News. Side two is state Govenor. They say if you go high enough its always one guy. Side three is Joe Biden. Its a Government issue. Put it in Joe's lap and dont give up until something happens. Personally I think Joe will pluck this up but it just might get enough attention to make a difference for this older man. Joe might even throw some dollars at since he is giving away the store lately. Go on a letter writing campaign until the needle moves.

No joking here.

"All I know is first you've got to get mad, you've got to say I'm a human being God damn it. My life has value. Keep yelling."

[speedster911]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

Call ALL the local news programs and tell them your side of the story . You only need one to see the " value " of the story . They will be all over it . I can see why you are angry , horrible story . Good luck and keep us updated .

^^ I think you can get some traction with local news and social media^^, Consider starting a Go fund me account for them, and get aggressive advertising this. you may be surprised, they may come out ahead. Good luck... the ineptitude never ceases to amaze me of our city and county support systems.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by speedster911

^^ I think you can get some traction with local news and social media^^, Consider starting a Go fund me account for them, and get aggressive advertising this. you may be surprised, they may come out ahead. Good luck... the ineptitude never ceases to amaze me of our city and county support systems.

Cali would probably find a way to take 95% of the gofund me money.

"you owe us for the paperwork, admin fees, storage fees, etc...."

[SCadaddle]

You can make phone calls that go unanswered, compose letters that go unreplied to, call in the local TV for their special "invesitgative reporter", as for me, I'd put my shoes on and show up in person at the County Courthouse. Maybe start with the Board of Supervisors of the County. Maintaining composure is optional. They'll get the message. You might get results.

My County has their own "Meals on Wheels" program where they deliver food to the elderly in the program. At first glance, you'd think well that's nice, they could probably use a good meal, however, it's much more than that. It's an opportunity for a "wellness check" and that's when the opportunity for the dominos to fall can get set in motion. Sometimes for the better.

In this instance, I might even take into consideration the value of the property without the trailer on it, and who in the community would like to have the property.

[john70t]

That movie was based on reality.
-There was a case of one small town social worker exposed for dumping elderly into gov homes, and not notifying relatives, racking up 'service fees', and getting the house and possessions sold for pennies on some unannounced local auction to friends.
-In another scenario, a judge got busted for sending delinquent kids to privately-run group homes to rack up huge state fees.
-In both cases the determining factors was the direct kickbacks.

There is a need for some type of these government services. People without physical or mental abilities living independently can use some help eventually. But the slippery slope for abuse of the system is there waiting unless protocols in law and review are in place. There are huge grey areas in many cases. Some people want to be left alone and die at home. Relatives might not know or might not care. etc.