October 14, 2008
Sun coverage: Rosewood under scrutiny
Rosewood Center facing U.S. civil rights investigation
The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation of the long-troubled Rosewood Center to determine whether conditions at the state's largest facility for profoundly disabled adults violate the residents' civil rights.
Hospitals' acreage is lure for developers
Chicken coops and cornfields surrounded the state asylum in Owings Mills when it opened almost 120 years ago. The quiet countryside was considered by 19th-century health experts as the best place to care for the developmentally disabled, and over the years the number of patients grew from nine to nearly 3,000.
Families fight for Rosewood
For the past 28 years, Michael Jarowski, 60, has lived at Rosewood Center, a state-run home for the severely disabled. His doctors note a history of seizures and "profound mental retardation." He wears a protective helmet, uses a wheelchair, does not speak and is totally dependent on the center's staff for all daily activities.
Critics testify against Rosewood park plan
Legislation that would require the Rosewood Center to become a 135-acre state park could jeopardize funding to help developmentally disabled people, health advocates told lawmakers yesterday.
Report details problems at Rosewood
The latest in a string of reports describing serious problems at Owings Mills' Rosewood Center may lead the state to close the long-troubled institution for the developmentally disabled, key lawmakers said yesterday.
Legislators tour Rosewood Center
State legislators toured the Rosewood Center for the developmentally disabled yesterday, but they said the visit did not give them enough information about the problems that have jeopardized federal funding at the complex.
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