Gobi claims the study, done by the Department of Developmental Services, did not even address the question whether community settings are less expensive than institutional ones. Funny, we thought cost was a major reason for … [Read more...]
The House Ways & Means Committee’s priorities
We had expressed the hope that the Legislature would reduce the $11.4 million cut in the facilities line item in order to ensure that staffing and conditions at Fernald are at least minimally adequate for residents whose guardians are … [Read more...]
Fernald Families Continue to Miss the Boat and the Bus
Wake Up People! Fernald is closing. Staff are being laid off, consolidations are happening, and buildings are closing. Instead of driving the bus, families are being left at the bus stop. And while we have all empathized with … [Read more...]
How the First Circuit Court killed high-level DDS care
Before discussing the Appeals Court decision, let me concede to the facility closure advocates that the comprehensive level of services provided in ICF facilities is indeed "outmoded," at least in this state. It is … [Read more...]
DDS provider tries to silence guardian
In her letter, filed with the court in February, Walsh McDonald stated that she was objecting to a plan by DDS to transfer her brother from Fernald to the same group home that Tross had been taken to two years earlier. The Arc of … [Read more...]
Guardian objects to choice of Anna Tross’s group home
Walsh stated that DDS scheduled an open house at the Bedford group home for February 14, 2010--almost exactly two years to the date after Tross was taken there. "The timing and setting of the open house are … [Read more...]
Selling off our land
Both state Sen. Michael Moore, D-Millbury, and Rep. Karyn Polito, R-Shrewsbury, said they were blindsided by the administration's move to sell the Glavin land. "This is completely inconsistent with what I expected to happen, … [Read more...]
Okay, where’s all the money for the DDS community system?
Where is the rest of the promised $85 million, or at least $45 million, for the community system? All the community system gets next year, after Fernald is shut, is a measly $2.7 million increase???If I were a member of … [Read more...]
The cost of closing Fernald ‘on time’
...the feasibility study also projected that bidding for the project would occur in August or September of 2009, with a contract award no later than October and an occupancy date of May. The process has fallen at least four … [Read more...]
Commissioner Howe still won’t admit to problems at Fernald
That's a far cry from Howe's previous assertion in a letter on November 6 that staffing ratios at Fernald "are sufficient to ensure that all supports identified in individual Support Plans are provided." But Howe's … [Read more...]
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