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State audit confirms salary overpayments to DDS provider

May 21, 2013 By dave-from-hvad 4 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) The state improperly reimbursed the May Institute, a corporate provider to the Department of Developmental Services, for hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to company executives in excess of a … [Read more...]

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

Rep. Haddad endorses independent study for Glavin Center

September 12, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 3 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad, who just spearheaded a successful effort  to block the immediate closure of Taunton State Hospital, supports undertaking an independent study prior to the … [Read more...]

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

Trial in DDS abuse case caps two years of frustration

August 23, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(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...]

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

What do the academic studies say about community-based care?

August 6, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 4 Comments

A review of the literature By David Kassel (Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Introduction In the past two decades, there has been a major shift around the country in care for the intellectually disabled, as tens of thousands of … [Read more...]

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

The Telegram & Gazette makes the case for Glavin and Taunton State

July 11, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) We often feel that we are alone in the battle to preserve the existing fabric of care in Massachusetts for the developmentally disabled; but every so often, we hear words of encouragement from people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, glavin-regional-center, intellectual-disabilities, Taunton State Hospital

The fight for Glavin is winnable, Senator Brewer

July 2, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 30 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Despite the Patrick administration's determination to close the Glavin Regional Center by next June, families of residents in the facility are prepared to wage a legal battle to save it, The Worcester … [Read more...]

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

Trial in alleged assault of intellectually disabled man is put off again

March 27, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 4 Comments

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Today (Tuesday) marked the fifth time Sheila Paquette has traveled from her home in western Massachusetts to Cape Cod to seek justice in the alleged assault of her brother, John Burns, an intellectually … [Read more...]

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

Dying, intellectually disabled man sent home twice from hospital

February 27, 2012 By dave-from-hvad 2 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR Blog) The disabled are often treated as second-class citizens, even in hospitals, says Dorothy O'Rourke. O'Rourke is concerned that may have been the case with a resident of a state-operated group home in … [Read more...]

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

Alleged assaulter of disabled man is no-show on trial date

January 10, 2012 By dave-from-hvad Leave a Comment

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Sheila Paquette's  long-running quest to bring the man who allegedly assaulted her intellectually disabled brother to justice took yet another turn this week. After months of delay, Monday, January … [Read more...]

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

The Globe tells half the story about Fernald

November 27, 2011 By dave-from-hvad 5 Comments

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) A front-page article that ran Thanksgiving Day in The Boston Globe depicts with great sensitivity the lives of four men who were moved out of what was then the Fernald School 40 years ago and have lived … [Read more...]

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

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Public summary execution for dangling air fresheners.

Police racism is stochastic terror.

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Massachusetts now has a commitment to 5600MW of wind power, equal to nearly 187 Block Island projects.

Better write those contracts pretty pretty tight.

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The money National Grid earns from a transmission line for the nation's first offshore wind farm is “appalling,” “unconscionable,” and amounts to “ripping off ratepayers,” RI regulators say.

A cautionary tale as we ramp up offshore wind power. #mapoli

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Dear @BostonPatrolmen - What are we supposed to think?

What conclusion shall we come to about your integrity? Your transparency? About your views on police accountability? Your dedication to “protect and serve”?

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