A non-verbal autistic man from Queens suffered years of beatings and abuse by the staff of the group home that was supposed to take care of him — even after a video of his treatment made the news in ...
Michael Lombardi was 39 when he died in a New Jersey group home for adults in June 2022. The Toms River facility where Michael lived was licensed and regulated by the state of New Jersey. In the hours ...
KATY, Texas (KTRK) -- Thirteen people in a Katy group home are being relocated after they were found living in what deputies described as "deplorable conditions." According to a statement published on ...
Prosecutors are investigating a Long Island group home where a Queens mom says staff routinely abused and beat her adult autistic son for years. The Suffolk County district attorney’s office confirmed ...
A former group home worker is suing the city, several police officers and two child-welfare agencies over allegations he ...
The reporting on incidents of abuse and neglect occurring in New Jersey group homes has, thankfully, spurred legislative action. The systemic problems revealed in articles from Susan Livio of NJ ...
RACINE — A second group home worker is facing abuse charges following a March incident in which caretakers were caught on video yelling at and roughly handling a resident as he struggled to get up a ...
Facing a growing call for serious consequences when people with developmental disabilities are harmed in group homes, a state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would give the state new power to ...
Her teeth were “not salvageable,” her body “emaciated,” when 18-year-old Leah — a non-verbal woman with autism — arrived at the hospital from her group home in 2021, medical records found. Her mother ...
New Jersey lawmakers have proposed several bills to overhaul the state's group home system for people with developmental disabilities. One bill aims to create a "Justice Center," modeled after New ...
RALEIGH — A bill designed to better protect group-home residents from abuse and report violence against clients has won unanimous approval in the state Senate. The chamber voted Monday night for the ...
Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Last month, employees of Maofu Home Health, a ...