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DDS challenge to mother’s guardianship of her son dismissed

November 25, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) The mother of an intellectually disabled man, who has been locked in a dispute with the Department of Developmental Services for several years over her son's medical needs, will be able to remain as his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, guardianship, intellectual-disabilities

The system continues to fail the most vulnerable in the Templeton case

November 19, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, community-based-care, intellectual-disabilities, templeton-developmental-center

A disappointing update on sheltered workshops in Massachusetts

October 4, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) In a post the other day, I suggested that state Department of Developmental Services Commissioner Elin Howe talk to family members of sheltered workshop participants, who maintain the programs have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, intellectual-disabilities, sheltered workshops

Sheltered workshops under fire in Massachusetts

September 30, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) Paul Buonomo enjoys his job stuffing envelopes, collating papers and carrying out other tasks in a program in Danvers known as a sheltered workshop. His parents, Doris and Joe Buonomo, maintain that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, intellectual-disabilities, sheltered workshops

Bedford group home resident’s injuries raise disturbing questions

September 16, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, community-based-care, intellectual-disabilities

Seven Hills families win reprieve from eviction

August 14, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) This post is about one of the few cases in Massachusetts in which families and guardians of the residents of a congregate care facility for the disabled appear to have won out over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, developmental-disabilities, Rolland v. Patrick

Massachusetts lags in criminal background checks for caregivers to disabled

August 6, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, community-based-care, developmental-disabilities

Making care for the disabled a zero-sum game

July 21, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) There is no question that Massachusetts is facing budget problems that are making it increasingly difficult to fund services for our most vulnerable citizens, particularly those with intellectual and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, developmental disabilities providers

We can do better than the final DDS budget for current fiscal year

July 8, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) As we start the 2014 fiscal year, there was some good news, but mostly bad news for people with intellectual disabilities and their families in the final budget produced by the Legislature last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, intellectual-disabilities

State-run facilities being asked to do more with less

June 27, 2013 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) State-operated care appears to be in increasing fiscal trouble in Massachusetts even though that type of care remains the choice of many families, including those whose loved ones have been transferred … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, intellectual-disabilities

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