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State’s decision to lease Glavin land for $1 raises questions

September 30, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) For years we've heard from the administration that it's necessary to close the Glavin Regional Center and three other developmental centers in Massachusetts because the centers have become too expensive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fernald-developmental-center, glavin-regional-center, intellectual-disabilities

DPPC faults care plan in group home resident’s death

May 4, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abuse and neglect, dppc, fernald-developmental-center, intellectual-disabilities, templeton-developmental-center

It’s budget time — time to blame the Fernald families

February 17, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the Cofar blog) The Massachusetts human service vendors are at it again -- blaming the families of Fernald Developmental Center residents for the state's budget problems. In an online email to members this week, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Association of Devel, fernald-developmental-center, intellectual-disabilities

The Globe tells half the story about Fernald

November 27, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(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

Second sudden death reported after a transfer to a DDS group home

August 10, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) We've received a report of a second intellectually disabled man who died in the past two months after being transferred to a community-based group home from a state developmental center. In this … [Read more...]

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

Judge rules against Fernald transfer

June 17, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) A state administrative judge has thrown a new hurdle in the path of the closure of the Fernald Developmental Center, ruling that moving one of the remaining 14 residents out would not be in that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fernald-developmental-center, intellectual-disabilities, patrick-administration

A pattern of denigrating Fernald

June 10, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the Cofar blog) Opponents of Intermediate-Facility-Level care in Massachusetts have repeatedly denigrated the Fernald Developmental Center during the past two years as part of a campaign to encourage the shutdowns … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ADDP, developmental disabilities providers, fernald-developmental-center, glavin, intellectual-disabilities, monson, patrick-administration, templeton

It’s about the care model

June 5, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) A disturbing incident involving an attempted rape of a woman by an intellectually disabled resident of a community-based group home last month can teach us all a valuable lesson. We've been in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-based-care, fernald-developmental-center, glavin, ICF care, intellectual-disabilities, monson, patrick-administration, templeton

What are they afraid of?

June 1, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) It's now clear that there will be no independent study of the cost of closing versus maintaining the Templeton, Monson, and Glavin developmental centers for people with profound intellectual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fernald-developmental-center, glavin, intellectual-disabilities, monson, patrick-administration, templeton

The Herald headline and story are wrong

May 26, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) On Tuesday of this week, The Boston Herald's readership was treated to a bombshell headline and story, purportedly about government waste due to delays in the closure of the Fernald Developmental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: association of developental disabilities, fernald-developmental-center, glavin, intellectual-disabilities, monson, patrick-administration, templeton

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