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Title: Picketting in Redlands
START DATE: 1/18/2007
START TIME: 9:30 AM
Duration: 2 Hours
Location: east sgv, pomona, inland empire
Location Details:
25 E. State Street
Redlands, CA
Event Topic: Elder Abuse
Event Type: demonstration
Contact Name: Janet
Contact Email: janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com
Contact Phone: (310) 755-4469
DESCRIPTION:
MELODIE Z. SCOTT

IN THE BUSINESS OF DEATH?





The use of conservatorship to rob an elderly person of his or her assets has been a matter of some concern of late. Of equal concern is the practice of “Advance Directives for Health Care” to withhold medical care from an elderly person. Conservatorship laws allow the removal of the dominion and decision making power from an individual and places this power in the hands of an organization or individual who may be indifferent to the well-being of the person conserved, or even hostile to their interests. Court oversight on this process is minimal.



The opportunity for abuse here is obvious: a corrupt conservator may end up quite wealthy, while her clients end up stripped of their money and, through the power of “Advance Directives,” may face a premature death.



Melodie Z. Scott, President of CARE, located at 25 E. State Street has received some very bad press of late. One article has even called for her arrest, on felony charges. While Scott has become fabulously wealthy through her business of paying herself for “taking care” of elderly persons and their money, there are serious questions as to the legality of her actions, as well as her true intent.



Consider the case of Elizabeth Fairbanks, conserved by Melodie Z. Scott. Fairbanks came down with pneumonia. Conservator Melodie Z. Scott had previously obtained an “Advance Directive for Health Care, WITHOUT THE CONSENT of Fairbanks, and utilized her power to order that Fairbanks NOT receive life-saving antibiotics. As a result of this decision, Elizabeth Fairbanks died.



It appears that Fairbanks’ money went to pay Melodie Scott’s expenses as Conservator.



We all have parents. We may not all have wealthy parents, but we all wish the best for our parents in their sunset years. None of us wish for our parents the fate of Elizabeth Fairbanks, who is only one of many so “cared for” by Melodie Z. Scott.



We are gathering together, as family members of Melodie Scott’s victims and other concerned parties, to protest her heinous behavior, which is being rubber-stamped by Probate Court.



If you are concerned about this, we are asking that you contact the State Attorney General’s office:



Statewide Registry of Private Conservators, Guardians and Trustees

California Attorney General’s Office

1300 I Street

Sacramento, CA 94203-4470 Phone: (916) 322-9288

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