All six transferred residents, including the elderly woman, are represented legally by the same corporate guardian, the Arc of Greater Boston (GBARC), which approved the moves in cooperation with the Department of Mental Retardation. … [Read more...]
Elderly woman loses long-time home at Fernald
The woman, who has moderate mental retardation and several medical problems, lived at Fernald for over 50 years and had many friends and long-time caregivers there. Last month, she told Meagher herself that while she thought the house … [Read more...]
DMR moving elderly Fernald resident against her wish
Meagher maintained that despite U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro's ruling last year that Fernald must remain open to its current residents, the Patrick administration "is trying to subvert that order by reducing the … [Read more...]
Fernald and the folly of unchecked privatization
By way of disclosure, I have been working as a consultant to The Fernald League for the Mentally Retarded, Inc., a nonprofit, family-run organization seeking to keep Fernald open. However, I’ve written this and a previous … [Read more...]
DMR’s disconnect
The costs for serving particular (Fernald) residents in community settings would be based upon a careful assessment of what supports would be needed in order to provide them with equal or better care in the community. Such costs … [Read more...]
DMR’s review of our Fernald ‘postage-stamp’ plan falls a bit short
George Mavridis, the former Fernald League president and chief architect of the postage-stamp proposal, maintains that his proposed scaled-back version of Fernald would occupy 30 percent of the present campus or less. And, that … [Read more...]
The evidence is in: DMR did little or no Fernald cost analysis
A written statement issued by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services that day claimed that it costs $239,000 per resident per year to operate Fernald, and that comparable care in the community system currently costs … [Read more...]
The incomprehensibility of the state’s plan for care of the mentally retarded
Meanwhile, the state has built or rehabilitated at least three houses in three different towns, which could be used as group homes for at least some of those waiting people.But those houses are standing empty. Why? Because the state … [Read more...]
Patrick has just added a new insult to the injury over Fernald
Howe told family members at the Fernald League's annual meeting that it hasn't yet been decided whether to keep the Warren building open permanently for homeless families. She said that decision won't be made by … [Read more...]
The Globe gets it right on Fernald
The key point of the editorial is made in the second sentence, and it bears repeating: Instead of wasting money and good will on litigation, the administration officials should meet with families of Fernald residents to discuss ways of … [Read more...]
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