Imagine they relied upon (common decency) and a fulfilled care contract, (much to their detriment) that their tremendous sacrifice
of years of an extreme level of care 24-7, 365 would be recognized, honored, appreciated ,they face impoverishment if the care contract is not fulfilled.
Imagine you and your sibling alone are the beneficiaries of a $2.3 million cash trust that was carefully assembled over your Grandfathers lifetime, the result of decades of sacrifice & discipline
living below his means to build a family legacy,a blessing to his family.
Imagine your Grandfather did everything possible to insure his heirs could not be disinherited after his death via the AB trust he specifically used which makes his 50% irrevocable at his death.
Imagine your Grandmother/ trustee breaches her duty and disregards the trusts language and duties as trustee such as informing the B trust beneficiaries of the B trusts existence and finds a shady attorney to secretly amend the trust 7 times in the year after your grandmother (90) was poisoned / overdosed on Pradaxa and lived for 2 years of ICU stays, anemia,transfusions, chronic bleed events before it ultimately killed her, this destroying your Grandmothers life and your siblings as the care became extreme 24-7 care rather than 8 hrs per day.
Imagine you intentionally failed to invite your Grandparents to your wedding and never stepped foot in each others homes again, only seeing each other when we were visiting your Fathers home
and as a result of Pradaxa induced strokes & bleed events that changed her personality, she had secretly led your sibling off a fiscal cliff only to be revealed to your sibling after Grandmothers death, compounding the loss of a Grandparent with the loss of sudden fiscal security, theft of an expected and earned inheritance.
Imagine compounding your siblings suffering and sense of betrayal by deciding you want as much money as a court allows, forget about your siblings future and being used as a means to unjustly enrich yourself at their expense, forget about the fulfilled contract,
forget about the lawyers fees, you decide to fight the caregiver sibling to deny them as much as possible, imagine offering $100,000 out of $2.3 million to your sibling.
Imagine being willing to pay 33% of your inheritance to deprive your sibling of 50% of theirs, knowing they face impoverishment and knowing there was plenty of cash to fullfill your siblings contract and still have well over $1 million cash, if no lawyers were required.
Imagine your Grandfathers reaction to seeing what became of his life's legacy, how his discipline and sacrifice and work was not the blessing it was meant to be but rather was the tool used to utterly destroy the family left behind and impoverish the grandchild that preserved the trust not only by avoiding a care home for years but recovering $500,000 from B of A that sold Thelma $500,000 of Freddie Mac as bonds shortly before it became $50,000 in days!
They also recovered $179,000 from a family member that co erced $250,000 from Thelma and $12,500 that a contractor ripped off her deposit for a deck, $500k + $179k + $12.5k = $691,500 cash recouped to the trust, not to mention the Pradaxa suit initiated by your sibling which netted the estate $125,000 for a total of $816,500! This is not to mention the years (6) of care provided that avoided a care homes $80,000 per year cost minimum.
6 x $80,000 = $480,000.
$816,500 + $480,000 = $1,296,500 !
IMAGINE !
The trusts $2,300,000 would have been only $1,000,000 without your siblings efforts,consideration & sacrifice.
Only after Pradaxa and strokes,at shady tax man and rip off lawyer hijacked the trust in her last year.
Imagine they tried to allege the trust was over $1,000,000 less than it really was and only due to your siblings ability to provide statements were they forced to cough up the actual amount of cash in the trust!
You accepted on face value you were inheriting $400,000 and you signed the waiver the trustee and lawyer sent you, only your siblings diligence was your true inheritance, $1,150,000 and not $400,000! IMAGINE THAT !
Imagine being that person, how alone and used you would feel at that time, knowing your family would keep your wallet with your life savings in it if you dropped it.
Imagine knowing your sibling paid hundreds of thousands to deprive you of as much as possible, knowing it impoverishes you
and not even a terminal illness diagnosis softens their hearts.
Labor Commissioner Awards $138,386 to Caretaker Who Worked Round-the-Clock for Less Than Minimum Wage
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su awarded $138,386 for
one year in back pay & penalties to a caregiver who...
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This was an egregious case of worker abuse,
where someone providing care was treated with an utter lack of care for rights and for her humanity,"
California labor commissioner, Julie Su said,
FUNNY HOW FAMILY CAREGIVERS ARE ABUSED AND IMPOVERISHED DAILY!
GUESS IT PAYS TO BE UNDOCUMENTED IN CALIFORNIA!
Consider these points about Caregivers.
Caregivers are some of the most giving,caring people on earth,yet they are often exploited
The caregiver alone experiences the sacrifice damaging stress of caregiving.
Caregiving is not only a heroic act of selflessness, it is very valuable.
Comparable commercial care for 8 hours per day is $100,000 per year.
Julie Sue,the California Labor Commissioner awarded $138,386 to an abused caregiver for 1 year of 16 hour days, add the $6,000 she was paid by the employer makes it $144,386 per year for 16 hour per day care,the Labor Commissioner's calculation.
This was an egregious case of worker abuse,
where someone providing care was treated with an utter lack of care for rights and for her humanity,"
California labor commissioner, Julie Su said,
A state worker recognizes this about an undocumented worker, however family motivated by greed can not or chooses not to recognize even more egregious abuses committed by a Pradaxa poisoned elder who was enduring strokes as a result of the Pradaxa overdose.
California Labor Commissioner Julie Su Awards $138,386 to an undocumented caregiver who worked around-the-lock,16 hr days, 7 days per week for 1 year for less than the legal minimum wage .
SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2015
California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su awarded $138,386 in back pay to a caregiver who worked 16-hour days in San Francisco for less than minimum wage, usually without a day off.
The amount includes minimum wage and severance pay violations, 100% liquidated damages and waiting time penalties.
Francisca Vasquez, a Salvadoran war refugee, was hired by siblings Magdalena Lindvall and Reynaldo Peña Jr. to work as a companion for their elderly parents for $400 a month.
Eventually Vasquez became a housekeeper and then round-the-clock caregiver to their mother for $500 a month. Upon the mother's death, Vasquez was discharged.
"Workers are not always aware of their rights,"
said Christine Baker, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).
"California labor law protects domestic workers as well as others who work in industries susceptible to wage theft."
The Labor Commissioner's Office, also known as the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), is a division within DIR.
Because Vasquez filed her claim two years into the three year statute of limitation for minimum wage claims, she could only collect wages on the last year she worked.
"This was an egregious case of worker abuse, where someone providing care was treated with an utter lack of care for her rights and for her humanity," said Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su.
"I am pleased that through the wage claim process, my office was able to help her get some of the hard earned wages she deserved.
This evidences that when workers come forward to file wage claims, they can win some measure of justice."
The Labor Commissioner awarded her $50,008 for wages, $48,209 in liquidated damages, $35,707 in interest, and $4,464 in penalties.
SOURCE California Labor Commissioner
The last decade the number of Californians aged 50 to 64 who care for family in their homes or live in their parents’ homes swelled 67.6% to about 194,000, according to UCLA.
It’s not uncommon for adult children to live with aging parents or Grandparents.
This arrangement most often happens because of health and fiscal issues and the desire for the elder loved one parent to have the highest quality of life and not to end up in a nursing home .
Parent and child or Grandchild come together again in a single home and the child serves as caregiver in their loved ones later years.
Life can change in a heartbeat.
One job loss or a parents illness could reverse our fortunes.
