Wendy Williams diagnosis

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Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, Today reports. pic.twitter.com/RhXBVoiLXS
- Pop Base (@PopBase) February 22, 2024

This is so sad.

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[hellojeds]

I just read this article about her situation: https://people.com/inside-wendy-williams-fight-to-be-freed-guardianship-exclusive-8598257

They quote an investigative journalist called Diane Dimond who talks about the concerns of having professional, for-profit appointees as conservators. The documentary also apparently shows that Wendy Williams is not getting the proper care she needs, despite being under a conservatorship.

[umilicious]

Thank you for the link. I agree that there needs to be a general overhaul on guardianship and conservatorship. There are many situations where family members and friends are not the right people to be in that role, though. Like, I wouldn’t be comfortable knowing that Wendy’s son ended up as a guardian or conservator since she already financially supports him.

[astrofisica]

I don't know much about Wendy Williams' family but yeah I am not comfortable with the above praise for third party "independent" guardianships either - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/how-the-elderly-lose-their-rights

[hellojeds]

This particularly blew my mind:

Since guardianship proceedings happen in a court of equity and not in criminal or civil court, Dimond says "there's no due process."

"There's no trial, there's no right to present opposing witnesses," she says. "Usually, the judge will just take the petition, rubber stamp it, appoint the guardian or conservator and wash his or her hands of the case."

[astrofisica]

It's disgusting industry, really.