The Tribulations of Caring For Our Elders: The Savages & Nichelle Nichols

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In this episode, we are talking about a very sensitive topic which is: how do we care for our elders when they are no longer able to do it themselves? For anyone who has had to go through this family situation, I’m sure you know that there is a deeply emotional and compassionate aspect to it, but there is also a legal point of view which, if implemented through that compassionate lens and prioritizing a good communication between all parties involved, it can be a great addition to how we care for our elders. However, those legal tools can sadly also be used to deter our elders’ wishes and wellbeing. And it’s incredibly sad when you read about those cases, like in our first episode when we talked about the movie I CARE A LOT in which a “professional” guardian takes advantage of elderly people with a decent amount of assets which she snatches to declare them incompetent. So on that same note of the recently controversial figure of guardianship or conservatorship how it’s known in California, today we will talk about Nichelle Nichols who found fame in the cult show Star Trek and is now going through a complicated Conservatorship situation in which her son, her former agent and a friend are involved. But first, we will talk about the 2007 movie The Savages, starring Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco playing a dysfunctional family who has to face elder care when Bosco’s character starts to develop dementia and his two grown children are in the position of taking care of him without a clear blueprint of what their father’s desires are.

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