Description
A brilliant collection of short articles by leading advocates for ‘aging in place’ – as opposed to ‘institutional gulags’ – the term used by Catherine Frazee in her introduction!
Contents
Foreward: Catherine Frazee
Editor’s Note: Douglas Cartan
Acknowledgement: Kay Wigle
Dedication: Donna and Gordon Ferguson
People First of Canada
Position on The Right to Live in Community
Family Members
John Lord, Imagining Better – The Power of Aging in Place
Audrey Cole: An Underlying Threat Faced by My Son
Sal Amenta, Why Are Persons with Disabilities Being Placed in Long-Term Care Facilities?
Joyce Balaz, The Importance of Our Autonomy
Community Living Leaders and Advocates
Patricia Spindel & Judith Sandys, Time to Provide Funding and Real Choice
John Lord, Time to Shift Our Thinking on Long-Term Care
Chris Beesley, Stop Normalizing Long-Term Care for People Who Have a Developmental Disability
Alan McWhorter, Make Aging in Place a Real Choice: We Can Help
Kay Wigle, Long-Term Care Facilities Are not Normal – For Anyone
Douglas Cartan, Aging in Place Inspired by the Gord Ferguson Story
Linda Till, An Illusion of Care
Peter Clutterbuck, Redirect Our Social and Financial Investments
Judith Sandys, Understanding the Effects of the Assumptions That We Hold
Aldred Neufeldt, No One Aspires to a Nursing Home – 4 Steps to Reform Elder Care
Community Based Service Providers
Rygiel Supports for Community Living, Donna Marcaccio – Community-Based Support Lifelong
Community Living London, Michelle Palmer & Aileen Watt – Anticipate Changing Needs as People Age
South East Grey Support Services, Maurice Voisin – A Commitment to Each Person
Community Living Ajax, Pickering & Whitby, Lisa McNee-Baker, Aging in Place is About “HOME”
Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley, Tina Williams, Aging in Place – We Have a Way to Go!
Afterword: Judith Sandys and Douglas Cartan
