Family Court Reform Is Long Overdue

Wisdom quotes

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: December 30, 2011

” What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. -Aristotle”

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TN Judge Reprimanded

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: December 30, 2011

http://m.knoxnews.com/news/2011/dec/29/middle-tennessee-judge-reprimanded-for/

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lifes simple joys

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: August 24, 2011

What are 3 of your favorite things? These are mine
1. Smell of fresh strawberries
2. When my seeds I plant start blooming
3. Bones TV show

good thought for today

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: August 23, 2011

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty

never grows old. ♥ Franz Kafka

Word of the day

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: August 21, 2011

Determination, stay the course

Shia LaBeouf Handcuffed

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: February 6, 2011

Shia LaBeouf Handcuffed After A

‘Fan’ Hurls A Homophobic Slur At Him

http://www.tv.com/shia-labeouf-handcuffed-after-a-fan-hurls-a-homophobic-slur-at-him/webnews/283152.html?tag=around_the_web;0

Trent PinkisthenewBlog.com 02/06/11 10:14 AM

Late yesterday word got out that Shia LaBeouf was taken into police custody after he allegedly got into a barroom brawl late Friday night. Today we learn what went down with Shia late Friday night/early Saturday morning from the grade-A a-hole who was involved in the fracas. This p.o.s. person very proudly tells RadarOnline that Shia was taken into custody after he harassed and verbally assaulted LaBeof with a homophobic slur.

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quote to think on

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: January 24, 2011

tethered to a wall- treatment of mentally ill

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: January 23, 2011

  So glad someone who worked at this place spoke out. See one person can make a difference.

(CNN) — A Dutch documentary about a mentally ill and potentially dangerous 18-year-old has prompted lawmakers in the Netherlands — amid national outrage — to re-examine the permissible treatment of those in psychiatric care.

The documentary, which was produced by the Lutheran-run Evangelical Broadcasting Co. and aired on public television Tuesday, followed Brandon van Ingen, a patient at a mental hospital in Ermelo. Since 2007, van Ingen has spent part of his days tethered to a wall due to the danger he poses to others, according to State Secretary for Public Health Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten-Hyllner.

The program prompted widespread outrage across the country and sparked a national debate over the care of the mentally ill.

In response to the documentary, the country’s political parties held emergency meetings Wednesday to discuss the treatment of psychiatric patients.

Van Zanten-Hyllner addressed those meetings, explaining that van Ingen’s care was in line with rules for restraining mental health patients, but promised to examine whether a change is needed.

“The broadcast stirred me deeply,” she wrote in a letter to parliament. “It is upsetting to see that such a young person, who has his life before him, has so little perspective for a better future.”

Van Zanten-Hyllner noted that van Ingen, who apparently hears voices that tell him to do “bad and dangerous things,” has his own apartment where he can move about freely when not in the presence of others.

The hospital is working on alternatives for van Ingen’s care, van Zanten-Hyllner wrote, “and is undertaking constant efforts to improve the living situation.”

Van Ingen’s story was revealed to the program “Outspoken” by one of his caretakers at the hospital.

“I could no longer do these shifts,” Iris Mourits said on the program. “Back-up shifts were OK, but being together with him in a room — I think at some point he could sense that from the depths of my toes I could no longer see him on that leash.”

Van Ingen’s mother compared his care to that of a “caged animal.”

“He feels like a dog on a line,” she said.

Heerenloo hospital issued a statement Saturday assuring family members of those at the facility that van Ingen’s case is an exceptional one and doesn’t reflect the care the majority of patients receive.

Health care inspectors said Thursday that they would “investigate the cases in which freedom is taken away from patients similar to Brandon’s situation.”

Van Zanten-Hyllner said there are about 40 cases similar to van Ingen’s in the Netherlands.

CNN’s Ben Brumfield contributed to this report.


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Word of the Week- INSPIRE

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: January 10, 2011

Some things on domestic violence

Posted by: familycourtreform06 on: August 28, 2010

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