[nfbmi-talk] who is protecting us from abuse?

joe harcz Comcast joeharcz at comcast.net
Thu Jun 19 13:01:24 UTC 2014


    Now, this goes to why there needs to be independent scrutiny of public officials acting in official capacity and why they can’t be trusted to “police” themselves. Mr. Pemble became the new Deputy Director of Bureau for Services for Blind Persons beginning in October 1, 2012 or thereabouts.

Over the time period to present he along with cohort Ed Rodgers has openly diverted VR and other funds with no accountability. Then they say, “We aren’t violating the Rehabilitation Act or anything else.”

 

There is no transparency. No due process and no independent oversight of these programs.

 

And just like Mr. Pemble’s pithy comments about nursing home abuse in the attached article there is no data to support his contentions.

 

In other words folks and in brief LARA is the problem here and the officials have a proven track record of not safe guarding let alone rehabilitating people with disabilities, including people who are blind.

 

 

Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.

 

 

Joe Harcz

 

Attachment for background….

 

 

 

 

State: "Disgusting" neglect cases not typical in MI nursing homes

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An advocacy group says many nursing homes patients in the state have experienced 

 

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http://michiganradio.org/post/state-disgusting-neglect-cases-not-typical-mi-nursing-homessevere neglect and abuse.

 

The Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service says one of the worst cases involves a resident who had to have maggots suctioned out of her throat, after

she was taken to an emergency room because she was having trouble breathing.

 

Another resident had maggots infesting her body near her catheter.

 

But state officials said these are isolated cases, and most nursing homes do a good job caring for residents.

 

Mike Pemble is with the Department of  Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

 

"Certainly these are two disgusting cases, and these kind of thing should not happen -- and I would not make excuses why they happened," said Pemble.  "But

I don't think it's fair to hold it up and say this is happening in all nursing homes."

 

Pemble said he does not think the state’s oversight of nursing homes needs major changes.

 

The advocacy group says the state needs to increase penalties against nursing homes where abuses occur.

 

The group said in one of the infestation cases, the nursing home was fined $97,000 - but it should have faced the threat of losing its license.

 

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