I don’t want to go into details here, but we have a big problem with my mother in law, who was... the only word I can think of is groomed? with her husband when he was, 90, and very sick. She’s 80, not worldly wise, and relied on her husband to make decisions (he wasn’t worldly wise either, and incredibly easily flattered, so very easily manipulated). My husband (only child), was kind of pushed out by these people who said they wanted the best for her, and they made all kinds of promises for her future life, knowing exactly what she wanted to hear, which didn’t happen.
She’s gone from living in a very expensive area in Surrey to a park home in The north west. The people no longer talk to her, and she’s incredibly unhappy. They’ve benefitted from this by approx £600,000 while she just has her pension.
We’d like to do something but have no clue where to start. The ideal outcome would be for her to have somewhere to live back down south where her friends and family are, and this is what she wants. I’d also like some justice, but I doubt that will happen. The ‘groomers’ are family, but not her children and are in very responsible jobs (use social work and police, although not quite those things). They knew what they were doing and exactly what to say. It’s very upsetting and also scary.
I’ve tried to be quite vague. Can anyone help us know where to start?