Long-term care after Olmstead v. L.C.: will the potential of the ADA's integration mandate be achieved?

Olmstead v L.C. Federal implementation guidelines, and analysis of recent cases regarding Medicaid coverage of long term care services for persons with disabilities.

Guarding the Golden Years: How Public Guardianship for Elders Can Help States Meet the Mandates of Olmstead

The aging American population will quickly lead to a greater demand for long-term care and services for people who are unable to care for themselves. Some older adults may require other individuals to make informed decisions on their behalf. State guardianship programs must confront the tension of providing protections for people who are incapacitated while respecting their autonomy, particular...

Meeting the Challenge of Diabetes in China

China’s estimated 114 million people with diabetes pose a massive challenge for China’s health policy-makers who have significantly extended health insurance coverage over the past decade. What China is doing now, what it has achieved, and what remains to be done should be of interest to health policy-makers, worldwide. We identify the challenges posed by China’s two pr...

Community Integration of People with Disabilities: Can Olmstead Protect Against Retrenchment?

Since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, states have made significant progress in enabling Americans with disabilities to live in their communities, rather than institutions. That progress reflects the combined effect of the Supreme Court’s holding in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, that states’ failure to provide services to disabled persons in the community ma...

"Their promises of paradise": will Olmstead v. L.C. resuscitate the constitutional "least restrictive alternative" principle in mental disability law?