On March 1, 2018, another Carlton Palms resident died under circumstances indicating insufficient behavioral programming which is supposed to be monitored by APD. This includes the frequent use of thirty-four homemade restraint chairs-wooden chairs with bolts in the legs and eyelets in the arms used to hold residents down. In November 2016, Disability Rights Florida determined that there was probable cause to believe that incidents of abuse or neglect continued at Carlton Palms. The most recent agreement-July 2016-required transitioning residents to smaller, community settings by March 2019. Ultimately, multiple allegations of abuse and neglect resulted in several licensure complaints and Settlement Agreements with APD. People who need these services too often must rely on inadequately funded and staffed group homes where they risk wrongful psychiatric institutionalization, bodily harm, and unnecessary physical and/or chemical restraint via overmedication of anti-psychotics.įor the past several years, Disability Rights Florida monitored Carlton Palms’ corrective efforts after the death of a young resident in restraints in the summer of 2013. As a result, little has been done to provide effective services and supports in family homes or small group homes. Dora to house people with challenging behaviors. For years, APD has relied on Carlton Palms Education Center, a large isolated facility in Mt. Disability Rights alleged that APD’s program for individuals with developmental disabilities who also need intensive behavioral interventions is inadequate to the point of placing people at risk of being institutionalized without long-term modifications to the services that treat and respond to intensive behaviors for all iBudget enrollees. Dietz, Disability Independence Group, (305) 669-2822, FL, JDisability Rights Florida, Florida’s federally funded Protection and Advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court against the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities’ (APD) director, Barbara Palmer. Tony DePalma, Disability Rights Florida, (850) 488-9071 x 9737, Matthew W.
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