In the first part of this series, we discussed how some professional adult guardians had used their powers to abuse the seniors placed under their care. Here, we’ll discuss how seniors can use estate planning to avoid the potential abuse and other negative consequences of court-ordered guardianship.

Elder abuse can take a wide variety of forms, but we think the worst of the worst is caused by unscrupulous adult guardians appointed by a court to care for seniors who are no longer able to care for themselves. And though you may not want to believe such a thing could happen, you need to know that without the right planning in place, even the seniors in your own family could be at risk.

Just this week my grandmother (we call her nanny : ) was almost the victim of a telephone scam. Luckily for her, she was on her game, knew that I am a responsible man and an attorney who would most likely not get himself in such a predicament and most of all KNEW WHAT TO DO. If this were your story, what would you do?