The Caregiver's Game

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>His mother's death should have brought peace. Instead it brought to light years of betrayal at the hands of his mother's caregiver: missing family jewelry fraudulent credit card charges and legal documents rewritten to favor the caregiver and no one else. The woman trusted with her daily care hadn't merely stolen from his mother; she'd methodically dismantled their family legacy. </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Joell Fleming had a propensity for collecting husbands was sharp-tongued and constantly criticized her adult children. Nothing they ever did was ever good enough. Although Chip loved his mother he never regretted the nearly seven hundred miles that separated them most of his adult life. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That is until dementia came for his mother and the distance between them allowed for a deceitful caregiver to swoop in and rob Joell of everything that mattered to her. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Although suspicious of her caregiver's intentions during the last years of his mother's life it wasn't until after her death that Chip discovered the caregiver had been slowly robbing his mother of everything she'd built. Over a span of four years she isolated Joell from friends family and familiar surroundings; convinced her to sign a new will; set herself up to inherit a six-figure annuity; and systematically stole precious family heirlooms and cash totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>All of this was done under the supposedly watchful eyes of Joell's trusted professionals-her accountant her long-time stockbroker and her attorney. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Following Joell's death from dementia in 2022 Chip discovered the true depths of the caregiver's deceit. What came next was an exhausting three-year legal fight to prove financial fraud secure his mother's estate and find closure. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This true story chronicles the emotional and financial cost of fighting elder abuse when the system is stacked against you. More than a memoir this book serves as a crucial warning: You can never turn your back on dementia or risk elder abuse by cunning caregivers.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If you have a loved one battling dementia or at risk of elder abuse this book is for you. Learn how to protect your loved ones today. </span></p>