Abuse and Neglect Document |
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VOR's Abuse and Neglect in Community Settings document provides a bibliography of investigative media series, state audits and peer-reviewed research in more than half the states that detail systemic concerns with regard to quality of care in community-based settings for persons with developmental disabilities. Tragedies range from physical, emotional, and financial abuse, neglect and even death. Many of these outcomes are associated with a zest to move to a "community for all" vision people with developmental disabilities without adequately considering the ramifications of separating vulnerable people from specialized care and then doing away with a critical safety net (a/k/a deinstitutionalization). The lessons learned from more than 25 states should cause policymakers and lawmakers to take pause and recognize that a range of needs requires a range of service options.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abuse and Neglect in Missouri Empty Promises:
Lack of Community Oversight Persists, People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Remain at Risk
In this time of great need, don’t eliminate good care. Maintain the specialized, life-sustaining supports already available in Habilitation Centers and improve community care through enhanced and effective oversight.
This report considers what's at stake if Missouri's Habilitation Centers, licensed ICFs/MR, are closed for the people who will be displaced to unprepared community programs and for pepole desperately waiting for services.
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