Video: Kasem, Rooney support legislation to visit ailing parents

THEIR DAUGHTERS ARE SEEKING A
MORE LASTING TRIBUTE, NOT
NECESSARILY IN THEIR NAMES, THAT
WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR
FAMILIES HERE IN MD AND ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> WHEN YOU ARE TOLD YOU ARE
NEVER GOING TO SEE YOUR DAD
AGAIN AND YOU KNOW HE IS SICK
AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE
HAS IT IS THE MOST PAINFUL THING
, YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
DAVID KERRI KASEM IS THE
: DAUGHTER OF LEGENDARY RADIO
D.J. KASEY KASEM.
KASEM'S SECOND WIFE MOVED HER
HUSBAND FROM STATE TO STATE
, TAKING HIM AWAY FROM HIS
CHILDREN DURING THE FINAL DAYS
OF HIS LIFE.
KERIE NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE.
IN MANY STATES GUARDIANS ARE
LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CHOOSE WHO
CAN VISIT AND DON'T ALWAYS LOOK
, AFTER THE BEST INTEREST OF WHO
THEY OVERSEE.
>> THEY COLLECT PEOPLE.
SO WHETHER YOU HAVE MONEY OR NOT
YOU CAN HAVE A GUARDIAN THAT HAS
80 TO A 100 PEOPLE UNDER THEM.
THEY ARE NOT VISITING AND THEY
ARE ISOLATING PEOPLE.
THEY ARE USING PEOPLE AS HUMAN
ATM MACHINES.
DAVID KERRI STARTED KASEM CARES,
: A NONPROFIT TO LOBBY FOR
VISITATION RIGHTS BILLS IN ALL
50 STATES.
IN MARYLAND, THE LEGISLATION
EXPANDS THE DUTIES THAT A COURT
MAY GRANT TO A GUARDIAN.
>> PETITION THE COURT.
THE COURT WILL SEND WHETHER ITS
AN ATTORNEY OR A SOCIAL WORKER
TO GO VISIT WITH THE PERSON THAT
HAS BEEN ISOLATED AND WOULD ASK
THEM YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
SIN?
YOUR KIDS HAVEN'T ABANDONED YOU.
-- SEEN?
YOUR KIDS HAVEN'T ABANDONED YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SEEN AND IF
THEY SAY NO IT ENDS THERE.
DAVID: KELLY ROONEY, THE
DAUGHTER OF HOLLYWOOD LEGEND
MICKEY ROONEY, IS ALSO PART OF
THE LOBBYING EFFORT IN MARYLAND.
>> THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE
WAITING FOR THESE BILLS TO PASS
SO THEY CAN GO SEE THEIR LOVED
ONES AND THEIR LOVED ONES ARE
WAITING TO SEE THEM.
DAVID THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES
: GUARDIANS TO NOTIFY FAMILIES
WHEN A LOVED ONE HAS BEEN IN THE
HOSPITAL 3 OR MORE DAYS OR HAS
DIED.
11 STATES HAVE PASSED SIMILAR
LEGISLATION OR ARE CONSIDERING

Video: Kasem, Rooney support legislation to visit ailing parents

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