New York’s system for caring for the #sick and #elderly is in shambles, experts say.
But while lawmakers in other states are overhauling their approaches to guardianship, New York only budgeted $1 million to address its deep-seated problems.
New York’s #Guardianship System Is Broken. Will Lawmakers Pay for a Modest Fix?
As legislators negotiate a budget worth hundreds of billions of dollars, advocates wonder whether Albany will approve $5 million for reforms to the state’s troubled guardianship system.
"We were standing in a sacred grove, or devrai, once a commonplace phenomenon across the rural Indian landscape (CPR Environmental Education Centre, n.d). These patches of forests are considered holy by nearby communities and associated with a locally revered deity. Rules and norms crafted by the elders prohibit anyone from using any produce from the forest, thus naturally allowing for the spaces to become unofficial preserves for flora and fauna. Sacred groves are like nature’s library."
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"Newer ideas of sacred need to also emerge from partnerships between scientists and native communities, along with economies that are mindful of the ideas of limits and reciprocity. For the writer and biologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, To love a place is not enough, we must find ways to heal it. In many ways, the healing entails repairing broken relationships, listening to the people, attending to the land, and recognizing the patterns that bind us all, like the entangled roots of the Myristica swamps."
So, I had to talk about #Sparta! A warrior society focused on war, women had more rights than their #Athenian counterparts -- and were encouraged to be physically fit and prepared to fight to defend their homeland.
Sparta
Unlike their Greek counterparts, the women of Sparta had a lot more freedom and status. They were educated, since they would be in charge of keeping the homeland running smoothly while the men were at war – but they were also strong and able to defend themselves and their homeland.
Spartan men and women lived in separate quarters – even while married. Married couples would leave their respective quarters to procreate, and Spartan wives were required to have short hair and sometimes wore men’s clothing.
Amongst married couples, the Spartans were relatively #polyamorous, and women were not punished for infidelity.
Next was #Rome. TBH, the HBO series was pretty close to how life was in Rome. In many ways, women had more rights than their #AncientGreek predecessors. Though #Guardianship laws were still in place. And women could not hold political office or vote.
During the early days of Rome, daughters “had equal rights with sons to a share of the family property” (Rawson, 18) when the father died. Despite #GuardianshipLaws passed in #169BC, Roman women managed to acquire property and wealth.
While women were not allowed to hold political offices (only religious positions), some women, like the #VestalVirgins, were exempt from #guardianship laws.
The retired pilot went to the hospital. Then his life went into a tailspin.
A hospital can be liable if a patient is discharged into an unsafe environment.
Because Hulse lived alone and the hospital officials saw no sign that he had family, that put them in a bind when his health didn’t improve.
So they argued in court that he was no longer capable of making his own decisions and needed a guardian — a caretaker with enormous legal power.
When a judge agreed, Hulse lost basic freedoms: 🔸He couldn’t spend his own money or decide where to live. 🔸
The lifelong Republican who had just cast his ballot in the 2020 presidential primary 👉even lost his right to vote. He was quickly moved to a nursing home.
His new guardian, 🔥a woman he had never met, began selling his house and his belongings🔥.