I am a caregiver to my loved one who is 74. I pay a private caregiver while Im at work. His family who never visited him or called him before his stroke and has not offered to help called Adult Protection Services falsely accusing me of neglect, leaving him home alone, and financial abuse. Only one son has come to visit him on 2 occasions. I am finding that caregivers are guilty until proven innocent. Are there any groups who protect caregivers.
What is no doubt really behind this is money. The "financial abuse" claim is a clue. Again, APS will have to investigate but you are not considered guilty upfront.
We seriously need an agency to protect our vulnerable population. If some poor stroke victim who can't protect his own rights is being taken advantage of, we need some way to trigger an investigation. But that opens the door to lots of false accusations.
Is your loved one able to speak for himself? Can he tell the APS person what is really going on?
My only advice would be to be forthcoming and honest with the investigator.