Nursing Home Emancipation: Accomplishments Of Urban And Rural Centers For Independent Living

"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.) ... 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 ..." This March, 2008 Progress Report from the Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities at the University of Montana Rural Institute is available online at http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/IL/NursingHomeEmancipationUrbanRural.html