It’s October 2021, and 83-year-old Claude Pelletier is under lockdown in the psychiatric ward of a Vancouver Island hospital. One minute he was at home having an evening tea, the next, RCMP were barging through his door.
In 2018, doctors told Courtenay, B.C.-resident Claude Pelletier he had dementia. Now 88, and shown here visiting his sister in Scarborough, On., Pelletier spent three years fighting to prove the diagnosis was wrong, while family members took away his home, lifesavings and freedom.
Family Feud
A false dementia diagnosis stripped a B.C. man of control over his life and finances, allowing his granddaughter to take charge. But when he uncovered this perfect swindle, he set out to reclaim his autonomy, savings – and dignity
