Elder Neglect And Financial Abuse

Location: Texas. This is about my father and some serious trouble he is in. My dad is 76 and has serious health issue. He had a heart transplant in 2021 and has developed kidney disease and dementia. We knew that his memory and cognition were failing but he’s really good at masking- my siblings and I didn’t realize it had gotten so bad. He has been married to a woman he’s known his whole life since divorcing my mom 25 years ago. A few months ago we started having a really hard time contacting my dad and his wife stopped taking our calls altogether. A few weeks ago my sister contacted me to tell me that dad had been arrested. His wife did not inform us- my sister only found out because she is listed as an emergency contact in his medical records. My father was arrested for exposing himself - something completely out of character for the good man who raised us. He was not given his medications while in jail and nearly died. By the time we knew what was going on he had been taken first to the hospital where he lives and then to the hospital where his transplant was done. He spent several weeks there and my sister was able to see him regularly. As he recovered my sister learned that my father had signed away his ownership of the house (which is paid off, I saw the documents on the county property website). He also had assigned his SSA benefits to go into his wife’s account which he can’t access. His ID, phone and everything else is gone. He is destitute. Because there were children around when my dad pulled his pants down the Abilene PD is throwing the book at him. His bond conditions say he can’t be around kids and he can’t leave TX so none of the siblings can take him in. My dad doesn’t understand what is happening and he doesn’t understand why he hasn’t seen his wife. Our first priority was to find a place for him to go after discharge and yesterday we finally moved him into a SNF that would accept him and he’s safe for now. We’ve reported all this to Adult Protective Services in TX and an investigation is underway. I also informed SSA and my sister is helping him apply for a public defender and arranging for her to be PoA. His wife won’t respond to any calls or texts. What more should we be doing to help our dad, and what should we prepare for? This whole ordeal has really taken a lot out of him. He’s frail, confused and scared. My sister who is a geriatric nurse thinks he doesn’t have a lot of time left- we just want him to be able to pass in peace and comfort and not have to suffer any more from what his wife has done. How can his wife get away with neglecting him like this, letting him out unsupervised, and take the house and everything he has?