Sorry to hear about that, Rich. With the aging population here you can be sure there's plenty of things like that going on, too. However, they seem to go after the people pretty aggressively, but I suspect that's due to the large population of older people around here....
These folks are great in that they will even do light housework, pick up groceries, etc. If you allow them to spend money for you they have to receipt it out no matter how it's done. That is, if you give them your debit card to go pick up some groceries, they'll fill out a receipt and it gets recorded back at the HQ in your records. They're bonded and insured as well. They swapped out the first caregiver they sent. I got a voice mail from their supervisor after the first visit saying that they didn't think the first person they sent out was a "good fit" for some reason. I called and asked what was up, fearing that the FIL had gotten verbally abusive as he is prone to do so. They said that he had been just fine, but that they felt that another one of their employees would be a better fit for him and they would be sending her the next week. I'm not sure what the deal was, but the second one they sent has been working out just fine. I would add that they do a home visit up front before you sign on, and spend a fair amount of time talking to everyone, explaining their services, and inspecting the home to make sure the place is safe and appropriate. They even made some recommendations about furniture placement so my FIL can get around the house easier. Dan On Jun 7, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: > My parents were getting unable to take care of themselves and hired various > random people to come help out and care for them. Got a call from my cousin > who ran a bank branch for the bank they had money at, he was a retired cop > and had received a call from a cop in another little town who had arrested > some lowlife woman for trying to alter a check they had given her to go get > groceries. He recalled another incident where some other lowlife they had at > one point had come to his bank with a forged check for $5000 and just so > happened to present it to him, saying it was for a roofing job. That one got > busted. So my cousin (somewhat contrary to policy, but as family...) checked > their bank acct and it had like $117 left in it. These various (3 I could > document) people had been stealing money for about a year, writing checks in > the same amount as checks they were given, so if the bank called to ask if > they written a check for whatever, they said yes they had. Total was like > $42k, aft er a coupla years of going back and forth to KY to court hearings and such I finally ended up getting about half of it back and the miscreants had no ongoing felonious record. It was a long painful process and the prosecutor (small town, she knew various of my relatives) had minimal interest in the crimes as they were not violent or rapes of 5 year olds and such (which constituted a good part of her load). Great country, America. > > When I found out about it I flew up there the next day, and was sitting > outside doing something and the original woman comes driving up with some guy > and asks if she could go see my dad, she knew him and had worked for him. I > did not know who she was so OK... After a few minutes I go inside to check > up, she is asking him to borrow money, and I ask who she is, my dad tells me, > he has no idea she is the one who got this whole thing going. Turns out she > was basically a crack ho, my dad is a softie, she had been "borrowing" money > from him now and again for awhile in addition to forging checks. I told her > to GTF out of the house and she got real sh*tty with me, I went to the back > room and got a shotgun and told her I would ask one more time politely. That > got her attention and they took off. Of course my dad was all upset, "You > didn't have to do that, she's nice!" My mom was going on about it all too... > lots of fun. > > So, the point is, going through an agency is a very good idea, at least you > know who to go after if things go bad. Hope it works out well, seems like it > is. > > --R > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
