Siting Group Homes for Developmentally Disabled Persons

A survey of the availability of dental services to developmentally disabled persons residing in the community.

Public Law 88-164, enacted in 1963, has led to extensive deinstitutionalization of persons with mental retardation from a peak census of 194,650 in 1967 to 91,440 by 1988. This population now depends on the community-based health care system for medical and dental care. A survey conducted to determine the availability of dental care to the developmentally disabled residing in group homes locate...

Place of residence affects routine dental care in the intellectually and developmentally disabled adult population on Medicaid.

OBJECTIVE To compare the likelihood of intellectually and developmentally disabled (ID/DD) adults receiving a dental cleaning across places of residence. DATA SOURCES Medicaid and Minnesota's Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) databases. STUDY DESIGN All adults with DD assessments in MMIS in 2001-2002. DATA EXTRACTION METHODS All completed DD assessments in 2001-2002 linked to ...

Financing services for developmentally disabled people: Directions for reform

The Secretory of the Department of Health and Human Services established a working group to examine current Federal policies affecting the financing of services to persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. This article summarizes the Working Group's Report to the Secretory. The working group concluded that Federal policies can act as a barrier to community and family...

Design and Implementation of a Smart Home for the Elderly and Disabled

Different from the past, in recent years, an increasing number of technology solutions have been started to be designed for the elderly and disabled due to the aging population and increasing awareness about common problems of the disabled. In smart homes, a group of smart, networked devices and sensors can help make the elderly and disabled more independent by letting family members, relatives...

The conflict between "disabling" and "enabling" paradigms in law: sterilization, the developmentally disabled, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.