(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In the wake of findings by the state of negligence by the staff of a human services provider that almost resulted in the death of a developmentally disabled man, a legislative committee plans to … [Read more...]
The media and the Dems are fixated on condemning Al Franken, but are ignoring the Roger Stone connection and allowing the Republicans to keep diverting the issue from their tax reform debacle
I'm not defending Al Franken's alleged sexual harassment of Leeann Tweeden in 2006, but why have so many Democrats and most of the media avoided discussion of the possible role of a sleazy Trump operative in disseminating the … [Read more...]
It’s time for the Legislature to investigate the privatized DDS system
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Although seven employees of a corporate provider have been found to be at fault in a case in which a developmentally disabled client nearly died in a group home after aspirating on a piece of cake, we … [Read more...]
New Yorker article on guardianship abuses has familiar ring
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) An article last month in The New Yorker magazine on abuses in the guardianship system in Nevada is beyond disturbing, and its findings echo many of the concerns we have raised about the dysfunction … [Read more...]
DDS report faults provider and charges cover-up in near-fatal, group home food aspiration case
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) (Update: The Essex County District Attorney’s Office confirmed this morning (October 26) that they have opened a criminal investigation into this matter.) As The Salem News reported this morning … [Read more...]
State auditor has proposed regs that could weaken the Pacheco Law
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) The Pacheco Law has over the years been one of the more effective available checks on the runaway privatization of state services. But the law, which has been the target of continual attacks from … [Read more...]
The Sledgehammer President
Like probably most of you, I've been trying for weeks now to figure out what President Trump is trying to accomplish in continually upping his war of personal insults with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Up to now, it has been at least … [Read more...]
Things ‘sliding backwards’ for two men after closure of their sheltered workshops (an update)
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Makeshift solutions that were adopted in recent months to help two men cope with the closures last year of their sheltered workshops have not been successful, members of their families say. “It’s … [Read more...]
Developmentally disabled man nearly dies after group home fails to respond to severe food aspiration symptoms
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Yianni Baglaneas, who has Down syndrome, had a great time at a Special Olympics bowling tournament in Peabody on April 9, the day after his 29th birthday. But later that night in his group home, … [Read more...]
Living wage in Massachusetts suffers a setback
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) In an apparently little-noticed setback to the effort to raise the minimum wage in Massachusetts, the legislative conference committee on the state budget rejected a living wage for direct-care … [Read more...]
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