Live-In Caregiver Surrenders State Nursing License After Convincing Now-Deceased 91-Year Old Oregon Man To Sign Over $900K Estate

In Portland, Oregon, Willamette Week reports:

• A licensed practical nurse accused of manipulating an elderly Portland man into giving up his estate has surrendered her Oregon nursing license. The state Board of Nursing uncovered disturbing new details of the case in the investigation that led to Patricia McIntosh surrendering her LPN license last month.

• Last year WW reported the story of Warren Cummins, who died at age 91 in his Southwest Portland home shortly after giving his property and savings to McIntosh. She had been his live-in caregiver for four months when he died.

• Cummins’ stepson and three adopted children challenged McIntosh in court. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Katherine Tennyson ruled in their favor last May, saying McIntosh used “undue influence” and “manipulation” to convince Cummins to sign over his estimated $900,000 estate.

• The case also went before the Oregon State Board of Nursing. On Feb. 10, McIntosh voluntarily surrendered her license because of “conduct derogatory to the standards of nursing.” She also promised never to practice nursing in Oregon again. The nursing board’s six-page report (PDF) contains details not yet made public about the case, [...].

For more, see ‘Manipulative’ Caregiver Surrenders her Nursing License.

See also:

• Estate Of Denial: Think prosecuting elder abuse will be easy under Newly passed Measure 57? Maybe not,
• Estate Of Denial: Caregiver Loses in Court Battle for Inheritance,
• Oregon State Board of Nursing: In re Patricia Ann McIntosh.