My mother lost the sight of on eye due to a condition called Giant Cell Arteritis. However, when she left Bascom Palmer Hosp. the best in eye care in the USA she had a prescription for glasses, and a prescription for prednisone to prevent the condition to affect the other eye. We placed her at a local ( Miami) Rehab./Nursing Center on a temporary basis. Soon, I noticed that she had bruses on her arms, she told me that she had fallen out of bed,( the adm. denied it) although she had bruises on her back, cuts on her elbows, and was heavily medicated with psychotropic drugs... after I found her on the floor, on a Sat. afternoo, with the shades drawn, lights out, door closed, on a mat on the floor crying, and the radio full blast to drown her cried, I told the rehab./nursing home adm. that I was going to report her to the elder abuse line... It went before the administrative judge maria Korvik who send a group (3) people only one a doctor, to determine if mother was competent. Although one of my complaints was that she was so medicated that she could not even lift her head up, or open her eyes, and would slured as she tried to speak; the team, who took a total of 15 min. at the center, deemed her incompetent. The Judge appointed a professional guardian to my mother, and my brother who used to be an atty. but has been in an active psychiatric disability for at least 9 years,guardian of the property-- her home, and social security ck. Although I had hired the best atty. in town ( he handled a probate case for one of Richard Nixon's daughters), changed me for the stamps and filing the application for guardian ( on 2002) now after mother has lost her sight, and is an indigent because they sold her home to pay her "outstanding debts", after much letter writing, etc. I has appointed guardian of the person,BUT the good judge also appointed a Court MOnitor to my Guardianship- everything is send to him to look over and make recommendations... the judge claimed that i had never filed an application for guardian. My adult daughter and I wrote and file for the public record, several letters refering to my application and asking why I was not appointed guardian of my mother... not to mention, that on the letters are detailed info. on the abuse and neglect mother was forced to endure, since the judge had Order mother to stay at the same abusive setting I had reported to the Elder Abuse Hot line. Lots to tell, so little space and time. I am looking for people with the same problem to network in hopes of bringing as many cases as possible to light. I am also looking for people to help us expose these abuses, my emailing their friends, writing letters to public officials requesting an investigation on our cases, and gathering signatures to change legislation so that we are indeed protected from further abuse. Judge Maria Korvick is up for re-election this year. Please help us, in making sure that changes are done.