Home      Login


Ongoing Scandals: More Institutional Abuse Uncovered  


Author:  Dana  Shilling, J. D..


Source: Volume 14, Number 06, March/April 2012 , pp.85-86(2)




Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled

< previous article |next article > |return to table of contents

Abstract: 

In addition to the conditions in institutions for the developmentally disabled discussed in earlier articles in VED (Dana Shilling, “Abuse of Institutionalized Persons With Developmental Disabilities,” Parts I and II, 14(4) VED (Nov./Dec. 2011); 14(5) VED (Jan./Feb. 2012)), additional reports of abuse and neglect, sometimes fatal, continued to emerge from institutions for the developmentally disabled or mentally ill in various parts of the United States. This article deals with the ongoing story in New York State and the death of the named plaintiff in a landmark case.

Keywords: Ricky Wyatt; Wyatt Standards; Bryce State Hospital (Alabama); Danny Hakim and Russ Buettner; James Michael Taylor; drowning; choking; deaths by fire; Courtney Burke

Affiliations:  .

Subscribers click here to open full text in PDF.
Non-subscribers click here to purchase this article. $15

< previous article |next article > |return to table of contents