Category Archives: advocacy

Great News: Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen’s Home Care to Resume Monday (Feb. 2, 2009)

activism, advocacy, als, Canada, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative care, policy

Several news sources, including the Canadian Press and CTV.ca, are reporting that Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen’s home care will resume this coming Monday (February 2, 2009). As I said, there are several reports, but it’s only fitting to highlight the Sudbury Star article by Carol Mulligan. Mulligan originally broke this story and continued to push it into … Continue reading Great News: Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen’s Home Care to Resume Monday (Feb. 2, 2009) →

Maryland Disability Law Center Opposes HB 30

"end of life", advance directives, advocacy, cfilc, dredf, MDLC, Our News & Commentary Blog, policy

Yesterday, January 27, the Health & Governmental Operations Committee met in Maryland over the fate of HB 30, one of those innocuous-sounding bills with not-so-innocuous details buried within them. (apologies, but the link to the bill is to a pdf file) In this case, the bill is titled “AN ACT concerning Health – Terminal Condition … Continue reading Maryland Disability Law Center Opposes HB 30 →

Canada: MPP Gelinas Hopeful Help is on the Way for Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen (Sudbury Star)

advocacy, als, aspergers, Canada, neglect, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative care

The latest on Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen: MPP hopeful help is on way From the story: For the last three weeks, Mettinen-Kekalainen has taken her fight with the CCAC public in media interviews — even going as far as staging a brief hunger strike to protest the fact she has not been receiving home care. The CCAC … Continue reading Canada: MPP Gelinas Hopeful Help is on the Way for Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen (Sudbury Star) →

More on Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen

action alert, advocacy, als, aspergers, neglect, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative care

First, over the weekend, Minna’s denial of in-home support went from a regional story to a national one in Canada. The Canadian Press picked up her story and it is now being disseminated all over Canada. This is a link to the story on Metronews.ca. Encouragingly, this story focuses on the consequences of Minna’s withdrawal … Continue reading More on Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen →

Canada: Updates on Minna Mettinen- Kekalainen

action alert, advocacy, als, aspergers, Canada, neglect, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative care

Several new developments since yesterday – or some new aspects to ones already in the works. First, as I’m writing this, students are staging a protest in Sudbury to raise awareness and keep the pressure up in regard to Minna Mettinen- Kekalainen and the total lack of care and support she is living with as … Continue reading Canada: Updates on Minna Mettinen- Kekalainen →