Inky,

You did a wonderful thing.....I am sure looking back at your own life, it would have been great to have had someone recognize what you were going through & get help to stop the abuse you went through.

It was probably your experience that allowed you to recognize what was going on. I have had the feeling that sometimes the things we have gone through are put there in order for us to help others in the similar situations.

I know how difficult it is to deal with the police. When the police came to my mothers home accusing me of abusing her, questioning me rudely for over 2 hours, I have had a problem dealing with them since then. I had talked to the social workers in the hospital & we both filed a report with the elderly abuse people. They suggested that I make a report with the police so the next day I pushed myself to go to the police department ito report the RN's stealing my Mothers ID let alone all the other things she did. I was afraid to even drive my car there....wondering in my mind what she might do to stop me. Then when I was about at the police station I recognized her in the car behind me. Unfortunately, I have since found out that the police didn't have enough evidence to get her with even though the name on one of the checks that was written was to her alias. In my mind I feel the necessity for getting her & others like her....hoping that my experience will be passed on so that others may be aware that things like this don't just happen to the rich or famous, but also to lower middle class people who have what looks like nothing much to their name.....except for the jewelry she also stole from the house.....which couldn't be found.

I know how rough it is to talk to the police, but it is a wonderful thing for you to go to them & help them stop these kind of things from happening to this person....hopefully they can put your information together with other things & not let this guy continue what he has been doing.

You did & are doing a very wonderful thing to help stop this kind of treatment,
Debbie