http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/11/jacque-beavers-9268/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/11/jacque-beavers-9268/comment-page-1/#comment-3630 SR Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:02:43 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=9268#comment-3630 And why couldn't staff who work in a community group home be trained to do that just as well as staff in an institution? Hoyer lifts aren't that hard to come by (or to use.) And why couldn’t staff who work in a community group home be trained to do that just as well as staff in an institution? Hoyer lifts aren’t that hard to come by (or to use.)

]]> http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/11/jacque-beavers-9268/comment-page-1/#comment-3627 DD Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:00:40 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=9268#comment-3627 It never ceases to amaze me that people insist that no other place could ever provide adequate care for people who live in institutional settings. It's fear, not reason, that is behind these pleas to keep institutions open and funded. People with significant needs and disabilities are cared for in community settings all the time, and I would argue that their quality of life -- and the communities that they live in -- are enhanced as a result. It never ceases to amaze me that people insist that no other place could ever provide adequate care for people who live in institutional settings. It’s fear, not reason, that is behind these pleas to keep institutions open and funded. People with significant needs and disabilities are cared for in community settings all the time, and I would argue that their quality of life — and the communities that they live in — are enhanced as a result.

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