I was a caregiver for a client for over a month ago. I worked for her for almost 6 months. She had a key safe in her television case in her apartment. Her apartment is very small and is on the bottom level. She leaves her doors unlock when she leaves her apartment several mornings a week to go to the "coffee hour" in the complex. She now has a new caregiver. Money is missing out of her key safe now. She is accusing me of stealing it. She says I was the only one that knew where it was. She had me go into it before to look for important papers out of it for her while I was working for her. Many of the people that live in the complex have stated to me before that money has been taken out of their apartments as well as medicine. I do not see how I can be charged for stealing her money? She said that the police were there to take finger prints. Since I have opened it for her in the past about 2 months ago will I be charged stealing her money? Thank for any help!
But really, just tell the truth, and if there is dementia involved, be sure to let authorities know this. You should be fine. Try not to take the accusations personally, even though it's hard. Heck, maybe it's the new person and he/she suggested you as a way to deflect suspicion from herself?
Just yesterday I discovered that even though I haven't been to MIL's house in months, she has been saying I'm stealing her cat food. Claims I started sneaking some out when my DD was staying there as the nighttime caregiver, and she thinks I still am.
Hubby laughed and said that explains why I rarely eat what I fix for dinner, I'm full up on cat food! I laughed right back and said, maybe he needs to look closer at that tater tot casserole, maybe he's full of c LOL!
It would be unusual for police to even do prints these days in a home. The sad truth is police will try to figure things out if it is a business, but not a home. Even if they do lift prints and find yours, you've been in the key safe before, so it would explain any prints. Just tell the truth and you should be okay.
I wonder if the woman may have hidden the money from herself. My mother has a habit of blaming my SIL for certain things -- not theft, but drains stopping up and messes made. The truth is that my mother does it herself, but can't admit that. So SIL gets blamed, even if she hasn't been around in a year! Go figure.
I am just worried that since I am sure they will find my fingerprints then they will accuse me of stealing her money from her key safe! Since I did not do this,I do hope they find fingerprints on the person that did steal it! A relative of her's actually called me up and accused me of this! She was so nasty. I had done above and beyond what I was suppose to do for this client and to get paid back for this is just unbelievable! I just hope I cannot be charged for stealing. Plus, I have no idea on how much money she is stating there was!
I remember a few years ago that someone had a dog with heartworms. The dog had no energy and could barely breathe. She died one day. For some reason the owner decided I must have poisoned it and told this to my other neighbors. What hat he pulled this conclusion from is beyond me -- probably the one he sat on. All I could do is scratch my head, because I am one of the biggest animal lovers in the world. You can't control what people think or say. The only thing you can do is say "I would never do something like that" when anyone says something.
Some people are just nasty like that.