Hospice facility to prohibit assistance in dying

Hospice facility to prohibit assistance in dying | The Kingston Whig-Standard:
Way to go Canada!!

Advocates for medical assistance in dying are taking aim at a policy that would prohibit the practice at the coming Hospice Kingston.The hospice, which is currently about halfway into a $7.8-million fundraising campaign to build a new 10-bed facility, has declared that when the new palliative care facility is opened, it will not permit medical assistance in death in the facility.

The position of the Canadian Association of Palliative Care and Hospice Palliative Care Ontario is to neither hasten or postpone death.

Arizona DCS disbands citizen-review panels, brings oversight in-house

Arizona DCS disbands citizen-review panels, brings oversight in-house:

The state’s child-welfare agency is disbanding citizen panels intended to bring an outside view on its work and is moving the effort in-house.Critics, surprised by the Nov. 21 notification from Department of Child Safety Director Greg McKay, say they fear the move will further insulate DCS from outside oversight on its operations.

Bereaved Alberta mother fights for resurrection of Serenity's Law

Bereaved Alberta mother fights for resurrection of Serenity's Law - Edmonton - CBC News:

The mother of Serenity, a four-year-old girl who died of horrific injuries after being placed in kinship care on a central Alberta reserve, hopes her daughter's death ushers in new protections for vulnerable children.

Lawsuit filed in shooting death of 14-year-old boy who ran from DCS custody

Lawsuit filed in shooting death of 14-year-old boy who ran from DCS custody:

The family of a 14-year-old boy killed after he ran away from a foster home has filed a lawsuit against the head of the Department of Children's Services and three of its employees.

Ten new charges in foster child death case specify dates, injuries | News | henryherald.com

Ten new charges in foster child death case specify dates, injuries | News | henryherald.com:

McDONOUGH — Special prosecutors have added 10 charges to the 39 leveled against Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum in the death of a 2-year-old foster child in their care, bringing the total criminal charges to 49.

Opioid Epidemic Burdening Grandparents, Foster Homes

Opioid Epidemic Burdening Grandparents, Foster Homes:
As the opioid epidemic pushes children out of their parents’ custody, grandparents and other relatives are forced to step up.

The stealthy killer that nobody has heard of

The stealthy killer that nobody has heard of | Opinion | villanovan.com:

What causes an American to die every two minutes? What’s the third leading killer of people in the United States?  What’s the #1 killer of children in the world?  It’s the same answer for each question:  Sepsis.  Sepsis is the disease that 45 percent of Americans have never heard of, yet it’s killing more of us than breast cancer, prostate cancer and AIDS combined.  The most shocking fact is that 80 percent of these sepsis deaths were preventable if the victims had the proper information about this stealthy killer.