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Nova Scotia fined for housing people with intellectual disabilities in hospitalWednesday's decision also levies fines on the province for the time Beth MacLean, Joseph Delaney and the late Sheila Livingstone - who died before the hearing was completed - were held at the Emerald Hall ward in Halifax.CanadaDec 5, 2019
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N.S. inquiry finds that hospital violated human rights of people with disabilitiesWalter Thompson, the chairman of the board of inquiry, found that the province discriminated against the complainants on account of mental and physical disability.CanadaMar 4, 2019
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Expert who warned of ‘incarcerating’ people with disabilities speaks at Nova Scotia inquiryIn 2006, Dorothy Griffiths and Dr. Chrissoula Stavrakaki delivered a report to the Nova Scotia Hospital that concluded it was "verging" on violating the basic rights of people with disabilities.CanadaMar 23, 2018
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Woman with intellectual disability details 15-year quest for release from N.S. hospitalThe human rights inquiry is considering whether human rights for two Nova Scotians were breached when the province refused to move them from hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.CanadaMar 6, 2018
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People with disabilities stuck in Nova Scotia hospital for years : ReportAn inquiry is considering whether 46-year-old Beth MacLean and 45-year-old Joseph Delaney should be permitted to move from the hospital-like settings into small homes where assistance is provided for meals, mental health and other care.CanadaFeb 20, 2018
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Nova Scotia’s confinement of people with disabilities a ‘lawsuit waiting to happen’A Dalhousie law professor said the province should have found housing in the community with supports for the residents, after the review was delivered to senior health officials almost 13 years ago.CanadaFeb 19, 2018
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N.S. inquiry told of slow change to support those with disabilitiesAn inquiry is looking at whether two Nova Scotians with disabilities have the right to live in supported housing - meaning, in the community, rather than institutions and psychiatric facilities.CanadaFeb 13, 2018
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Nova Scotia argues that supported housing for disabled is not a rightNova Scotia's government says it's not necessarily a human rights violation for the province to refuse to fund supported housing in the community for people with disabilities.CanadaFeb 5, 2018
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