The lawsuit alleges that the actions of state officials resulted in “egregious neglect” of around 122 disabled and vulnerable adults.
Updated: 15 minutes agoFormer guardian Tom McDuffie at a public fitness review hearing for his private guardianship nonprofit, Cache Integrity Services, at the Nesbett Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
Alongside McDuffie and his private guardianship agency, Cache Integrity Services, the lawsuit filed in According to the lawsuit, Goldstein “recommended, transferred and referred” Alaskans who had been wards of the state to McDuffie’s agency but did not verify that McDuffie met the requirements of a private guardian.
Goldstein and the Office of Public Advocacy “failed to remedy the harms caused by McDuffie and Cache Integrity Services,” according to the lawsuit. The state did not hire a forensic accountant as ordered by the Superior Court, and the plaintiffs’ funds were not released to their new guardians and conservators.
The complaints included allegations from assisted living homes that McDuffie was not submitting payment for wards’ housing, according to the lawsuit. They also included reports from care coordinators that McDuffie did not respond to requests for signatures on needed documents to authorize Medicaid services. Family members of wards reported that McDuffie and his agency had breached their conservatorship or guardianship duties.
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