Agreement will allow hundreds to live more independently
March 21st, 2008From the Boston Globe:
Hundreds of Massachusetts residents with intellectual disabilities will leave nursing homes for more independent settings under a settlement announced by state officials yesterday.
The agreement is part of the resolution of a 10-year-old lawsuit on behalf of 1,600 people, in which disability advocates argued that the nursing home placements violated federal mandates. Many of the plaintiffs had been placed in nursing homes even though they are significantly younger than the senior citizens the facilities are designed to serve, reducing their quality of life and contribution to society, the suit contended.
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