From the Washington Post:

Nearly 18 months into Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s administration, a court monitor has found continued “serious deficits” in the care of mentally and physically disabled residents of the District’s group homes.

The District’s performance is worse than it was a year ago on more than half of 13 health-care indicators, including effective tracking of residents’ food consumption and the supervision of mind-altering medications, according to the latest report by federal court monitor Elizabeth Jones.

“The findings overall are very troubling. Our monitoring concludes that the health care provided . . . fails to meet minimally acceptable standards of care,” Jones wrote. Residents “remain at very serious risk.”

… The monitor’s report is the latest in a series of dismal evaluations in recent years that are part of a three-decade-long lawsuit … In previous reports, Jones has said the care by some providers was so deficient that people have died.

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