Posts filed under: long-term care

June 14, 2010
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
State inspectors' reports find shoddy conditions at Mental Health Complex
Milwaukee County comes under fire by state inspectors for shoddy conditions at the Mental Health Complex, including a series of fire and other patient safety violations, in three reports released Monday.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy, restraints

June 11, 2010
KOMU-TV (Columbia, Mo.)
Missourians With Disabilities Want State's Help
The Arc of Missouri's campaign "Missouri Can't Wait" seeks to get the word out about the lack of state services for people with developmental disabilities.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, long-term care, media, television

June 7, 2010
The New York Times
Name Change at Agency to Remove ‘Retardation’
For the second time in a year, New York legislators are considering changing the name of one of the only state agencies in the country with “retardation” still in its title.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, intellectual disability, language, long-term care, public policy

June 7, 2010
Chicago Tribune
An anniversary for Access Living
On the credenza in Marca Bristo's sunny downtown Access Living office are a Barbie doll in a wheelchair, a photograph of one of Bristo's two grown children and awards for her equal rights work on behalf of people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability awareness, long-term care, profile, public policy, sexuality

June 6, 2010
Houston Chronicle
Kids choked, stripped, beaten at facilities
Workers at a center for distressed children provoked seven developmentally disabled girls into a fight of biting and bruising as staffers laughed, cheered and promised the winners a precious prize: after-school snacks.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, long-term care, public policy, restraints

June 6, 2010
The Boston Globe
Lynn man takes awareness on road
For most people, the prospects of undertaking a cross-country trip is daunting. Not for Matt Eddy of Lynn, who set out yesterday morning on his second coast-to-coast trek to raise money and awareness for the disease he lives with, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to set a Guinness World Record for fastest cross-country trip by wheelchair.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, housing, long-term care, Olmsted decision, physical disability

May 29, 2010
Houston Chronicle
State says it can staff mental facilities
State officials expressed confidence Thursday they will be able to address “extremely serious staffing concerns” and a 60 percent turnover rate among workers who provide direct care to Texans with mental disabilities in the Lubbock State Supported Living Center.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, intellectual disability, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy

May 26, 2010
San Antonio Express-News
Poet with disability finds voice through prose
When the words came, they revealed the voice of a poet.
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Filed Under: arts, long-term care, physical disability

May 21, 2010
MarylandReporter.com
Disability care workers getting long-awaited raises
Daniel Zaragoza wants to help people in need so badly that he's worked as a pizza delivery man on the side to make ends meet.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, public policy

May 20, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
Disabled Face Hard Choices as States Slash Medicaid
Tandem forces of shrinking state budgets and rising health-care costs have collided and struck a small brick ranch house in this rural town, home to Barbara Hickey.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, housing, long-term care, Olmsted decision, public policy

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