Judge blasts state workers in Southfield elder-neglect death
October 28. 2009
Jennifer Chambers / The Detroit News
An Oakland County judge blasted the Michigan Department of Human Services today for its repeated failures to take action in a 2007 case of elder neglect so severe it shocked veteran police investigators and resulted in the death of a 63-year-old Southfield woman.
Oakland Circuit Judge Nanci Grant voiced her anger, frustration and shock at the fact that DHS workers had four separate contacts over two years with Stephanie Cooper about the condition of her mother, Agnes, who was found living in squalor, sitting in her own urine and feces and ridden with bedsores, but still took no action and offered no assistance to the Cooper family.
After sentencing, Cooper cried and hugged supporters.
DHS representatives were not immediately available to comment.
SOURCE: The Detroit News, USA
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