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Thank you John Howell for posting this. My opinions are based upon facts to which we as family witnessed first hand. AARP continuously fights important legislation that would both PROTECT & PROVIDE quality of life issues for the elderly. They fought vehemently in both OK and RI to stop the installation of monitors (that patients would pay for themselves) how can they call themselves advocates for the elderly? Join, and sure you'll get discounts on travel, movie tickets & much more, BUT when it comes to protecting and advocating for the elderly your on your own!

The Ombudsman office and their hired (hired being the key word, in the pockets of????) gun that they send to advocate for patients & LEGISLATION; only on paper advocate that is, had the nerve while my sister was testifying for the bill to be passed in RI for monitoring of elderly to be 'LAUGHING' at her during her hardship & emotional testimony. A family continuously victimized over and over again!

Then our legislators to which the bill was brought forth to, which put it out for future study. I asked that legislator *Health & Education committee" personally what does that mean, "he was quoted as saying well those that submitted the bill would have much work to do on it" basically that means the bill is dead on arrival. However this legislator had no problem with sending his voters in his district quite the sob story letter "again quoting how he had to carry his own mother from PV" for lack of care. This letter leading those voters to believe he was behind the bill, and basically single handed with the gravel down ended all possibility for it to go forward, I urge you to think about that when you vote next time. Yet he also fought us all by never going forth with the changes he "claimed" he would like to see for it to happen.

The Department of Health & Attorney General's office another mess, let's just keep paying them for doing nothing, seems to be the way it is in RI.

Rhode Island is the place folks if you want your loved ones warehoused with NO protection from agencies hired to do so.....WELCOME TO THE OCEAN STATE...

RIP Dad your in a better place that we all could only hope to arrive at someday. We love you and we would do it all over again without thinking twice, it is NOT us that has the problem but the system in which "go along to get along" seems to work best.

I fear there will be no change or only small change for which many will suffer and become casualties. Being a victim is more than anyone can comprehend, but then to expect victims and their families to fight a bureaucracy, as well, is more than an unreasonable request..... and yet that is what they need to do to create change. The bureaucracy itself makes it impossible for any victim and or family to endure the further victimization that they are put through..... this Sir is why it will continue, the strength while enduring a family member in a nursing home is focused there, they bank on that, most would have given up.

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