Here are a few other things we do know about Tross and her last 13 months of life:Tross, who was blind and had congestive heart failure in her final years, had many friends at Fernald. She was able to speak, and had continued to … [Read more...]
We’re still waiting for the administration’s cost analyses on closing four DMR facilities
Is this really such a hard thing to find?First of all, you may wonder why we asked for this information. The reason is that on December 12, when JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary of Health and Human Services, announced the decision to close … [Read more...]
Why we’re going to the U.S. Supreme Court
In their decision, the First Circuit court stated that they were not affording any deference to Judge Tauro's own interpretation of the landmark consent decree that he helped fashion and negotiate in this case.For 35 years, Judge … [Read more...]
The Governor’s (sham) Commisson on Mental Retardation
Patrick, moreover, has not provided the Commission with a staff or budget. As a result, Jean McGuire, assistant secretary of health and human services, has been put in charge of it. Patrick has also failed to appoint … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick, can we trust ANYTHING you say to us?
In arguing for Fernald's closure in a brief filed this past March with the appeals court, the administration said only that it wanted to close Fernald. It made no mention of the possibility of the closure of any of … [Read more...]
DMR going down the same old (expensive) road
That $2 million base rent estimate does not even include the cost of services in each group home, nor does it include such things as water and sewer, real estate taxes, insurance, and utilities, all of which will be passed … [Read more...]
DMR’s plan for the mentally retarded: it’s outdated, but they’re not following it anyway
Howe's letter stated:A number of years ago, the agency developed a comprehensive strategic plan, which we have used as our guide to develop and implement supports and services to individuals with mental retardation in the … [Read more...]
Denial of visits to elderly woman appears to violate DMR regulations
The group home's closed-door policy appears to be a direct violation of state regulations governing care of persons with mental retardation. Those regulations state that clients of the Department of Mental Retardation … [Read more...]
The Patrick administration’s community care plan doesn’t connect the dots
But let's get back to the overall skimpiness of the plan. It has broad goals, but in key respects, it doesn't say how those goals will be achieved. It's first two goals, for instance, are 1) Help … [Read more...]
The Fight For Fernald Will Go On
First, the Fernald families will continue to offer their postage-stamp compromise to scale back Fernald and continue its current services to its current residents on a reduced campus footprint. We have never … [Read more...]
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