My elderly retired GP, in his 80s, being diabetic, living alone in a big house in London, collapsed from low blood sugar, then realised before he went into coma, he took some food, and drank energy drink, and soon recovered from his hypoglycemic attack.
A few days later he was speaking to his daugher who often phoned him regularly, to check how he was getting on, she is a psychologist , lives 180 odd miles away in Bristol, when he told her about his experience, she became concerned for his health, and rang social services and arranged for them to attend to his needs, so the next day two social workers knocked on his door, and wanted to make an assessment, but the retired GP told them that he was a Diabetic patient, on insulin and on the day concerned he injected himself with insulin but did not eat much, hence his sugar went low, so he is more than capable of looking after himself, his daughter probably just panicked.
But this had kick started a process, as he refused any help from the social workers, they sent in more visitors to his house the next day, some 6 turned up to assess his mental ability, they gave him a test and asked him various questions, he answered them all right, but was never the less still told that he was not fit enough to live in a big house all by himself, as his wife had died 3 years earlier. And his Children live in other cities.
So the next day a Court Warrant was obtained by the social workers and took him by force to a local mental health institute, where he was sectioned in, locked in , prevented from escaping and they took his mobile phone away, his diaries, and stopped him from making any contact with the outside world, even his daughter did not come to visit him there. Despite his strong protest and his knowledge of medicine, they did not care, kept him in.
In the mean time, his daughter visited his home, as she managed to get his keys from social workers, she saw that he was in a bad debt, he had been probably a victim of one of these lottery scam where you send in some money and they would release a Million pound you had won! (but that is what I think, he denies it, he claims that he bought lots of shares in foreign countries and has millions stuck in foreign banks, and for him to get his money here, he will need some money upfront to release his cash)
So he became a victim, and his daughter decided to terminate his email account, switched bills on her name, closed his bank account, went to Court to seek control of all his assets, and deleted his emails, contacts, took away his dairies, practically took all legal papers he had for properties, investments, and much more!
After being sanctioned under the mental health for 3 months, he had a fall when he came out of a bathroom in the hospital, broke his hips, so he was then taken to another hospital for treatment and from there he was allowed to go back to a smaller flat he owned nearby but was not allowed to go back to his big house. Which is ow deserted and up for a sale, and no doubt she will be able to rent it out or sell it up and get his money.
That is the story of a retired Doctor, my ex GP, right now I am helping him gain back his freedom, he has no credit cards or debit cards, as all his financial affairs have been taken over by her daughter, through a Court order, being a psychologist she managed to persuade the court in his absence, she gives him £30.00 per week allowance for his milk and bread, sold his car, told DVLA that he is no longer fit to drive, so one old man devastated by his own daughter!
I have been trying to restore his email account on Hot mail, but did not succeed as he has forgotten his various passwords, and security questions, even his mobile phone number that was registered where they can send you a new password is not possible now, so he has lost folders and contacts of all he knew!
as I had not heard from him for nearly 6 months, I had thought he must have died, as I did not have any contact for his family but his number at home would ring and I could not leave any message as it was full!
So he managed to find my number and rang me and told me about his ordeal, so now he wants to get his diaries and mobile phone back from his daughter, and control of his bank account, but she is refusing to hand him back his freedom. She is psychologist so essence of the story is beware of your own educated daughter, she knows what is best for you! (lol)
but as our financial affairs are starting get a bit messy we thought it about time we made them rather than leave it to our children to sort out after we've snuffed it. 
