Remembering With Dignity, the initiative to properly mark graves at Minnesota institutions, has received nationwide recognition this winter. The program has been featured twice on PBS programs this winter, most…
Day: January 10, 2014
Facility operated without license
The Minnesota Specialty Health Systems facility in Cambridge operated for 10 months without a required state license and then tried to conceal that status. Those actions brought a scolding from…
Our look back at what made 2013 headlines
January The merger of Courage Center and Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institution was underway. The merger, which was completed in spring 2013, was the end of one era and the…
Editor's Column - January 2014
As we look ahead to 2014, I want to thank everyone for your financial generosity this past year to Access Press. Also, I want to thank everyone for your confidence…
Willowbrook case brought needed national reform
The recent sanctions in an ongoing federal court case focused on the former Minnesota Extended Treatment Options facility bring to mind how other abuse cases brought changes in laws and…