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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Making a Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People

Making a Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People

Powley, Jen

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Autoimmune DisordersGeneral SociologySocial Movements

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ISBN10: 1773635956
ISBN13: 9781773635958
Publisher: Roseway Publishing
Published: May 18 2023
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

In some Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their lives. It is difficult for a young person to live in a home geared for death; their physical assistance needs are met, but their social, psychological and emotional needs are not. Jen Powley argues that everyone deserves to live with the dignity of risk.

In Making a Home, Powley tells the story of how she got young disabled people like herself out of nursing homes by developing a shared attendant services system for adults with severe physical disabilities. This book makes a case for living in the community and against dehumanizing institutionalization.

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