I Suspect Elder Abuse

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ann is worried that the young lady who recently befriended her mother is taking financial advantage of her. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Grace, and you're the daughter at 57. Grace, you're the mom at 81 and still rocking it.
0:18.1	How can I help you both?
0:19.8	Hi, I'm the daughter, and thank you very much.
0:23.0	You've helped me a lot in my time. My mom has never called the program, and she's, I don't
0:29.6	think you've ever listened, right, mom? Long time ago. So we had an argument recently.
0:41.9	We're very close, my mom and I, and she has three daughters.
0:49.2	And my two sisters and I felt that my mom was sort of being taken advantage of by a friend.
0:54.8	I'm sorry, what kind of a friend do you mean?
0:56.4	What do you mean friend?
1:02.9	It's a woman that is in her 30s, or maybe she might be 40s.
1:11.9	And she has a family, and she calls my mom often when she is, like, sick or not feeling well or needs a ride for the kids, things like that.
1:15.2	So we just felt we kind of were at a breaking point, and I sent this woman, this friend,
1:21.7	of my mom's, a text.
1:24.0	And my mom was very upset that I went ahead and sent a text without her knowledge to this woman.
1:28.6	Well, that was totally inappropriate of you.
1:34.3	I had talked to my mom about it before, though, and she had been very closed off to, like, listening.
1:40.5	Okay. Anne, it was totally inappropriate and disrespectful to your mother for you to do that.
1:49.2	Okay. That's what we thought you would say. Yeah. She's not 12 years old and stupid. She's 81.
1:57.6	If you believe your mother is incompetent, ma'am,
2:01.0	if you believe your mom is incompetent to think through things and make decisions,
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