In the Globe story, Larry Tummino, the deputy DMR commissioner, threw out the often repeated figure that the cost to care for a client in an institution is $235,000 per year, compared with $150,000 in a community-based group … [Read more...]
Surprise! DMR vendors want even less group home monitoring (an update)
The ADDP is also calling for group home survey "standards and goals that take resource limitations (i.e., available funding) into account." In other words, don't measure anything that costs money, such as maintaining … [Read more...]
DMR’s group home monitoring system
Gail Grossman, the DMR offical in charge of QUEST, was first asked by one of the callers on the line how often the group homes were visited and licensed.She answered the question very selectively. Each home that … [Read more...]
Our next legal step
Our lawsuit will note that due to the staffing cutbacks in recent months, there have been a rash of unexplained injuries at Fernald, many of which have required off-site hospital care. These include broken arms, hands, cuts, and … [Read more...]
Anna Tross dies a year after her apparently involuntary transfer from Fernald
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...]
DMR’s facility closure savings projection appears to plummet
Confused? So were we. Were the administration's savings projections when it announced the plan to close the four facilities really off by between 75 and 90 percent? And what was Dr. Bigby actually referring … [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...]
Taunton Rape Trail — Will Jury Believe a Victim-Witness with Developmental Disability?
Although judges and juries are instructed to ignore press and spectators, it is important for them to notice that there is interest in this case beyond the families involved, and that their verdict is important and will be reported. Our … [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...]
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