Tyranny. As gestapo. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. As we get older we want most pinsd, the right to make decisions for ourselves. When we lose the ability to be our own care givers, what then . Most often a Family Member is a guardian. When no one is available, an elderly person or a young one can become a ward of the state. As america tonights Sheila Mcvicker found in her investigation of texass guardianship system, it can be the first step to a terrifying isolation and end of control of our own lives. Dorothys life changed forever with a knock on her door. They said this would only take about three minutes. They were a couple of attorneys. It was the beginning of the end of Dorothy Lucks freedom to make her own decisions. First came a deposition, and then a doctors report saying luck, 82 at the time, was partially incapacitated, incapable of making complex Financial Decisions. Next, a judge appointed a lawyer to represent luck in court, a guardian to speak for her and another
Protecting the war of the state. You were under guardianship. Yeah. How would you describe it . I would describe it as tyranny. As gestapo. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. As we get older we want most pinsd, the right to make decisions for ourselves. When we lose the ability to be our own care givers what then . Most often a Family Member is a guardian. When no one is available, an elderly person or a young one can become a ward of the state. As america tonights Sheila Mcvicker found in her investigation of texass guardianship system it can be the first step to a terrifying isolation and end of control of our own lives. Dorothys life changed forever with a knock on her door. They said this would only take about three minutes. They were a couple of attorneys. It was the beginning of the end of Dorothy Lucks freedom to make her own decisions. First came a deposition and then a doctors report saying luck 82 at the time was partially incapacitated, incapable of making complex Financia
How would you describe it . I would describe it as tyranny. As gestapo. Thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. As we get older we want most pinsd, the right to make decisions for ourselves. When we lose the ability to be our own care givers, what then . Most often a Family Member is a guardian. When no one is available, an elderly person or a young one can become a ward of the state. As america tonights Sheila Mcvicker found in her investigation of texass guardianship system, it can be the first step to a terrifying isolation and end of control of our own lives. Dorothys life changed forever with a knock on her door. They said this would only take about three minutes. They were a couple of attorneys. It was the beginning of the end of Dorothy Lucks freedom to make her own decisions. First came a deposition, and then a doctors report saying luck, 82 at the time, was partially incapacitated, incapable of making complex Financial Decisions. Next, a judge appointed a lawyer to represent luck