Pediatric Center Receives "Best Nursing Homes" Ranking from U.S. News & World Report
Posted Feb. 7, 2012

New nation-wide threat to choice by the disabled
Posted Feb. 25, 2011

YOUR VIEW: "Patrick Administration Lacks Compassion"
New Bedford Standard Times 8/28/2008

A Seven Hills parent argues that the Patrick Administration has replaced
compassion and common sense with ideology in its Rolland case actions.

Parents fear severely disabled daughter will be forced from nursing home
New Bedford Standard Times 8/23/2008

A couple fears for their daughter, whose move from Seven Hills Pediatric Center has been recommended to a federal judge by the Department of Mental Retardation.

Parents Shift Bid to Keep 31 In Home
Boston Globe 8/17/2008

The Globe’s Connie Paige reports on set-backs in the families’ struggle to protect their children.

Offering Up The Most Helpless
Lowell Sun 8/2/2008

A Seven Hills parent argues that the Commonwealth has offered up its most helpless individuals rather than protect them from a serious threat to their survival.

Parents Protest Plan To Move Severely Retarded Residents"
Boston Globe 7/24/2008

Article focusing on the Sheehan family, the Center for Public Representation,
and statements by Asst. Secretary Jean McGuire.

Disabled Residents Fighting Eviction
Lowell Sun 7/21/2008

Article written by Lowell Sun reporter Lisa Redmond focusing on Seven Hills resident Dawn Dean and her family.

"A Cry Over State's Plan For Patients"
Boston Globe 7/17/2008

Boston Globe writer Connie Paige writes about the struggle of our families against the Rolland Settlement Agreement.

Groton 43 Fight Rolland Evications (PDF)
The COFAR Voice June 2008

The first article about the Seven Hills Pediatric Center families’ fight against the
Rolland Settlement Agreement. Coalition of Families and Advocates for the
Retarded is an advocacy group consisting of family members like those at Groton.

Making The Wrong Move
Boston Globe 6/30/2008

A column written about our situation, focusing on one of our families,
by Boston Globe opinion page writer Kevin Cullen.

Good Care Knows No Ideology
Boston Globe Editorial 6/25/2007

Written before the 2008 Rolland Settlement Agreement, this article
made the case that Massachusetts should have adopted more enlightened policies.

Groton 43 Opposition to Rolland v. Patrick Settlement (PDF)
5/12/2008

The legal opposition to the Settlement Agreement filed in federal court on behalf of the families of 43 Seven Hills Pediatric Center at Groton long term care patients.

Rolland vs. Cellucci Settlement (PDF File)
10/20/1999

The original Rolland case settlement, which guarantees that individuals
will not be forced to move against their own wishes.

FINAL MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (PDF File)
05/22/2013

The judge's memorandum closing the Rolland suit.