Unresponsive resident left to die?
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BALTIMORE (Map, News) - It was 6 in the morning when a Rosewood employee went to wake one of the residents and found him blue and unresponsive.

She turned around, left the bedroom and walked back down a hallway, passing by a telephone on her way to find a nurse. It took another 10 minutes for the nurse to make her way back to the resident’s bedroom.

The findings are among many in a new state report charging the Rosewood Center with failing to respond immediately to an unresponsive resident, who was declared dead at 6:20 on the morning of Jan. 16, 2007.

The employee failed to administer CPR or immediately call 911, according to a recent report by the state’s Office of Health Care Quality, the agency charged with inspecting state-licensed residential facilities.

No one ever called 911, according to the report, the most recent in a string of disturbing investigations that ultimately led Gov. Martin O’Malley in January to order the Owings Mills center shuttered.

“While these results are not good, they are not nearly as severe as some of the past findings against the facility,” Wendy Kronmiller, director of the OHCQ, said of the most recent report.


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1:21 PM MST on Sun., Jun. 1, 2008 re: "Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there"

Examiner Reader said:
All of the articles that I have read contain information about mildly retarded patients being placed in group homes and doing well. what about the severly retarded patients like my brother who have been there since there teens. My brother suffers with grand mal epilepsy and a disease where his intake of fluids must be monitored at all times. He can't speak, so he wouldn't be able to tell anyone if something was wrong with him. He is very unstable on his feet and must wear a helmet at all times because he bangs his head against walls. He must receive his medication daily but he doesn't comprehend what his medicine is. How come we haven't heard any reports of how good this move is for these patients?

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12:33 PM MST on Thu., Mar. 27, 2008 re: "Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there"

Sgt. Merde, Bullschit Police Dept. (BSPD) said:
This article has set off the B.S. detector here at the BSPD. It lacks facts to support it's statements. Was Jaime Malarkey in the hallway to see that the man was rocking, in the corner, and that the hallway was dim? Does she really know why "Mike" was looking out of the window "grunting"? Does she know if "Mike" doesn't just do this because he likes looking outside, etc.? Was it she who saw a third man rushing, mumbling, and "visibly frazzled"? It's all subjective but presented as fact. "Razor blades"? Plural now? The 50 previous articles written about Rosewood's problems only mention 1 razor blade found on the ground (months ago). Did Jaime Malarkey herself recently find another one? The general public can drive or walk through Rosewood at any time. People litter there just like they do in the community. That's reality. The negative events listed in this article are not presented on a timeline. They may have taken place over the last 2 years or 30 years. ***BSPD seal of disapprov

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8:14 AM MST on Thu., Mar. 27, 2008 re: "Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there"

Examiner Reader said:
What a coincidence -- Rosewood is on prime property, and O'Malley is going to close it, and release its residents to group homes -- no responsiblity for the state anymore, and a big fat tract of land to develop. Good for him, bad for the community.

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8:06 AM MST on Thu., Mar. 27, 2008 re: "Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there"

Examiner Reader said:
This article is a hatchet job. Rosewood provides excellent care for adults who fact profound physical and mental problems.

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9:35 PM MST on Wed., Mar. 26, 2008 re: "Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there"

Examiner Reader said:
Did anyone ever ask how Mike Taylor was treated and cared for when he was at Rosewood, or how his life was saved when he was so out of control??? If he had not gone to Rosewood .he would not be here today!!!

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10:39 AM MST on Wed., Mar. 26, 2008 re: "Rosewood brings mental anguish for those still there"

Examiner Reader said:
Maryland has neglected Rosewood for years. Now it's going to close the place and flood the streets of Baltimore County with the criminally insane. Where is O'Malley going to put these people?

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5:07 PM MST on Tue., Mar. 25, 2008 re: "Unresponsive resident left to die?"

Me said:
His attorney is looking for a law suit for all involved.

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3:47 AM MST on Tue., Mar. 25, 2008 re: "Mental anguish"

Examiner Reader said:
Sounds like Annapolis!

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