Theory as to the relationship between Elder Abuse, Financial Exploitation of the Elderly and the Nursing Home Industry.

Theory as to the relationship between Elder Abuse, Financial Exploitation of the Elderly and the Nursing Home Industry.

The nursing homes (Now called rehabilitative care) are set up as profit generating machines; the nursing home ‘cabal’ has a strict regime of operation. A particular unit operates for about ten years, and then it changes its structure and continues on the very same business as a new operation. Even the limited partners change.

To augment the profits and regulate the cash flow, each nursing home is serviced by a series of cabal owned companies – It is suggested that ReHab Assist is one of those companies. The cabal owned companies; (satellite companies) are under contract to provide all the essential services to the Cabal owned nursing homes, i.e. - nursing , transportation, pharmacy, rehab, social service, cleaning, utilities, etc. Each satellite company appears to be independent, but its real ownership is the Cabal. The officers of these companies are paid large salaries to look the other way as fine tuning of cash flow occurs. These officers are essentially hired to take the heat if anything goes wrong.

The cabal to avoid detection (and avoid taxes) has its own currency. The most obvious currency is nursing home beds. The beds have a fixed value. I was told that for outsiders it is $2500.00, however for cabal members $1000.00. Because patterns emerge and the United States of America has a tendency to prosecute Medicare and Medicaid frauds to make any informant or 'turncoat' appear to be a 'nut' and unreliable a 2nd personal currency is used. My informant was not aware of what the 2nd currency was currently but he knew it existed and was in wide usage.

By accident, I discovered the 2nd currency. The best way to describe it is to say that it is opportunity. For instance, a share of the 'loot' in the Sykes case is an opportunity. Someone on the inside, makes a Guardianship in the Sykes case available to a person who is anxious to be a Court appointed *****. (The Court appoints guardian ad litem, plenary guardians, attorneys etc). For their valuable services the appointees are offered a fee by the cabal. This fee may or may not have a relationship to a Court awarded fee.

It is understood that the appointees will pay a referral fee of x dollars to the person or entity responsible for the appointment. This referral fee will be paid to a particular entity. If one of the cabal as an example wishes to contribute to a political campaign the contractor makes the campaign contribution. Similarly, other purchases can be arranged, and the cabal member directing the transfer totally undisclosed.

The 2nd currency traffics in 'supervised visitation,' 'nursing home placement,' 'appointments by the Court', etc. This current may or may not be related to a particular nursing home investment.

I am not privy to the operation by the cabal, I just happened to stumble upon it. The Evidence for this theory is found in the Sykes case, and a series of lawsuits in which I represent limited partners against certain general partners. It should be noted that all nursing homes are not owner or operated by the cabal, however, enough are to be of great concern.

Ken Ditkowsky

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