Massachusetts Settlement means disabled people can live in homes

Posted on March 28, 2008 by David Austin

In this settlement, people with disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation will be moved to homes and apartments and will not be required to live in nursing homes.  They will also have staff and services made available to them as part of the settlement.

The state has reached an agreement in a long-standing class action lawsuit involving disabled people seeking to live outside nursing homes.

The agreement in the suit, initially filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield in 1998, will mean more than 600 people will be moved out of nursing homes in Massachusetts to apartments, group homes or their own residences and will have support staff available. The agreement is similar to one reached in 1999, which resulted in more than 1,000 people were placed in the community over several years, according to the state.

Source:  MassLive.com

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