(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) We don't yet know what happened to cause the serious injuries suffered in late August by Paul Stanizzi, a resident of a group home for the intellectually disabled in Bedford. The incident is … [Read more...]
Massachusetts lags in criminal background checks for caregivers to disabled
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) While the Patrick administration appears to support national criminal background checks for people hired to care for the intellectually disabled, the administration has failed to apply for federal grant … [Read more...]
Trial in DDS abuse case caps two years of frustration
(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) Sheila Paquette's two-year quest to obtain justice in the alleged assault of her intellectually disabled brother came to a crushing end on July 30 as a jury in Falmouth District Court took less than … [Read more...]
Update: Assistant D.A. blames trial delays on administrative mistakes
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Three of the four postponements in the scheduled trial of a former West Springfield group home care worker charged with assaulting an intellectually disabled man were due to separate scheduling mistakes … [Read more...]
Justice delayed is justice denied
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Sheila Paquette has now traveled from her home in western Massachusetts to Falmouth District Court on Cape Cod three times to testify in an assault trial involving her brother that never seems to … [Read more...]
DPPC faults care plan in group home resident’s death
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A state investigative agency has concluded that a Tyngsborough group home resident died last year as a result of having ingested an inedible object, and that there was sufficient evidence to conclude … [Read more...]
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