The "He-Coon" is former U. S. Congressman Bob Sikes, once the most powerful figure in Florida's Panhandle. When he died with a diagnosis of malnutrition and a new secret will surfaced, his daughter retraced his final years and the hijacking of his estate by his new, much younger third wife. She found that during the darkened, helpless final years of his long bout with Alzheimer's disease, Bob Sikes was deprived of medical care, isolated from friends and family, and threatened with being sent to a nursing home if he didn't behave - which made him cry; meanwhile, his wife secretly transferred his assets into her name - with the help of his doctor (a state senator), his secretary, the town mayor, and her friends and her sister. During a decade of court battles, the children and grandchildren of the He-Coon learned that despite copious documentation of evidence, records, and perjury, despite legal precedents and statutes, justice follows political connections and deep pockets.
Medical Adventures in our health care system offers case histories, research, and studies highlighting the impact of our fee-for-service health care system on patients, costs, and medical care. It addresses questions such as What does your hospital actually pay for supplies and medications? Is your prescription drug record for sale? Should your doctor recommend surgery that will cure you, when it means that you will no longer need his services? Who determines what doctors and hospitals charge? Who pays? and Where does the money go? Do we have the best health care in the world?
The author, daughter of late Congressman Bob Sikes, uses the diary of her deceased father's widow to show how Joan Sikes and her sister, Rita Chimiak, manipulated her father during his long illness due to Alzheimer's.
A humorous, poignant, and sometimes dark collection of fictitious, true stories about parents and children, love and sex, death and hunters, horses and thieves, told by the politically incorrect daughter of a former powerful Southern Congressman.
Wicke offers a vignette of life in long term care facilities--the good days, the hellish days, and the often insurmountable problems faced by the only group that represents the residents, the federally-mandated Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Council.
The "He-Coon" is former U. S. Congressman Bob Sikes, once the most powerful figure in Florida's Panhandle. When he died with a diagnosis of malnutrition and a new secret will surfaced, his daughter retraced his final years and the hijacking of his estate by his new, much younger third wife. She found that during the darkened, helpless final years of his long bout with Alzheimer's disease, Bob Sikes was deprived of medical care, isolated from friends and family, and threatened with being sent to a nursing home if he didn't behave - which made him cry; meanwhile, his wife secretly transferred his assets into her name - with the help of his doctor (a state senator), his secretary, the town mayor, and her friends and her sister. During a decade of court battles, the children and grandchildren of the He-Coon learned that despite copious documentation of evidence, records, and perjury, despite legal precedents and statutes, justice follows political connections and deep pockets.
A humorous, poignant, and sometimes dark collection of fictitious, true stories about parents and children, love and sex, death and hunters, horses and thieves, told by the politically incorrect daughter of a former powerful Southern Congressman.
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