Nursing Home Emancipation: Accomplishments of Urban and Rural Centers for Independent Living
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court established a legal precedent, based on the Americans with Disabilities Act, to help adults with disabilities leave institutional settings and return to community living (Olmstead v. L.C.). This established the right of individuals to receive services in "…the most integrated setting," which is generally the community. Since then, centers for independent living (CILs) and other disability advocacy organizations have initiated a wide range of efforts to emancipate (i.e. transition) adults with disabilities from inappropriate nursing home placements to community living. Nursing home emancipation is high on the priority lists of several national organizations and it is even proposed that such efforts be legislated. Despite the efforts of many emancipation programs and services, little research has addressed institutionalized individuals’ return to community living. Historically, people who experienced disability were often institutionalized in large congregate facilities or in nursing homes (Braddock & Parish, 2001). In the late 1960s, deinstitutionalization began and still continues. Despite a substantial reduction in the number of disabled people living in nursing homes and other institutions, many who could live in the community still remain institutionalized.
Source: The Mathematics Enthusiast
Authors: Tom Seekins, Marsha Katz, Craig Ravesloot
Language: English
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W786256928