(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) More than three years after the sudden death of a former resident of the Templeton Developmental Center, we have received a report on the matter from the state Disabled Persons Protection Commission, … [Read more...]
New DDS background check law has delayed requirements
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A new national criminal background check law in Massachusetts may well have a major, positive impact on services and care for people with developmental disabilities in the state. But under the law, … [Read more...]
The endless shuffle continues for the DDS national background check bill
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Does anyone in the state Legislature or the Patrick administration really want to set up a national background screening process for people hired to work with the intellectually disabled in … [Read more...]
Abuse and neglect found to have caused serious injury to group home resident
[Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog] The state Disabled Persons Protection Commission has substantiated charges of abuse and neglect against a staff worker in a Bedford group home in which Paul Stanizzi, an intellectually disabled man, was … [Read more...]
Questions surround care of Sara Duzan in group home
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Sara Duzan has been placed in physical restraints in a group home 37 times since she was moved there on July 24, and the restraints continued through the month of November, according to staff records … [Read more...]
Duzan family forced to pay in case that led to cutoff in contact with daughter
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The Duzan family has found their four-year battle to regain custody of their intellectually disabled daughter, Sara, and bring her back home, to be extremely expensive. In arrangements that raise … [Read more...]
The system continues to fail the most vulnerable in the Templeton case
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) It seems that as events unfold in the wake of the alleged fatal assault of an intellectually disabled man at the Templeton Developmental Center in September, the system continues to fail everyone it was … [Read more...]
Update: new claims cast doubt on a cover-up of alleged assault at Templeton
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Many concerns have been raised about the state's oversight of care of the developmentally disabled in the wake of the alleged fatal assault of Dennis Perry on September 16 at the Templeton Developmental … [Read more...]
Did the administration cover up an alleged fatal assault at the Templeton Center?
(Cross-posed from The COFAR Blog) Did the Patrick administration cover up a serious crime last month at a Department of Developmental Services facility? That question is certainly raised by a story on Sunday in The Worcester Telegram … [Read more...]
Fatal assault at Templeton raises questions about admissions and staffing
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The death last month of an intellectually disabled man, who was allegedly assaulted at the Templeton Developmental Center by a resident there, appears to raise questions about the dangerousness of the … [Read more...]