Disability housing under construction but requires funding for staff

March 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / accessible, Apartment, Disability, disabled, handicapped, Housing, Living, Nova Scotia, Options.

A developer has begun creating a four-unit co-housing apartment for people with physical disabilities that they want to see used as a pilot project but before it can become a reality provincial funding to staff it is needed. Jeremy Keefe reports. Source link

‘It’s a sad situation’: Developer creating shared housing for the physical disabled – Halifax

March 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / accessible, Apartment, Canada, Disability, disabled, Halifax, handicapped, Health, Housing, Living, Nova Scotia, Options., Politics

A development company in Halifax says fixing the housing problem young adults with physical disabilities are experiencing is “very simple,” and is prepared to show the province exactly what they mean. EcoGreen Homes has an office on Gottingen Street near Cornwallis Street, just a few steps from one of their already underway construction projects. They’re […]

‘It’s basically a warehouse for the dying’: Nova Scotians call for overhaul of long-term care homes – Halifax

March 3, 2019 / by BBG Security / Advocate, Disabilities, Disability, Disability Advocates, disabled, Health, Health Care, Joanne Larade, Long Term Care Homes, long-term care physical disabilities Canada, long-term care physical disabilities Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, physical disability care, Politics, Stephen McNeil, Vicky Levack

Disability advocate Joanne Larade speaking at a panel discussion in Halifax.

A panel of disability advocates spoke to a crowd of more than 100 people on Thursday night, outlining their concerns over the lack of options related to dedicated housing for people with physical disabilities. They’re calling on the government to step up and provide funding that would ensure that the living situations of people with […]

New study finds the developmentally disabled are vulnerable in Ontario

February 21, 2019 / by BBG Security / CAMH, Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, developmental disabilities, Developmentally Disabled, Emergency Room, Health, health care system, hospitalizations, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Long-term Care, News, non-disabled peers, Politics, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

TORONTO – People with developmental disabilities are more likely than the non-disabled to encounter problems with Ontario’s health-care system regardless of age, sex or class, a new study suggests. The research from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences found the developmentally disabled were significantly more likely to die young, languish in hospital without plans for […]

Disabled, non-verbal woman raped and impregnated at Florida health-care facility: lawsuit – National

January 19, 2019 / by BBG Security / Crime, disabled woman pregnant, disabled woman raped, Escambia Westgate, Florida disabled woman alleged rape, Florida disabled woman pregnant, Florida disabled woman raped, Florida Mentor, Florida woman raped, National Mentor, Pensacola Cluster, World

A 23-year-old woman with severe physical and intellectual disabilities was raped and impregnated at a Florida health-care facility, her family alleges. The woman suffers from profound intellectual disabilities as well as an array of physical ailments including seizures, foot contractures and a deformed spine. She is “non-verbal, immobile, lacks dexterity in her hands and arms” and […]

‘We feel like we’re the forgotten population’: N.S. disability advocate calls for dedicated care homes – Halifax

November 7, 2018 / by BBG Security / Canada, Disability, disabled, Health, Long-term Care, Nova Scotia, Politics, Senior

Joanne Larade has lived in the same long-term care home for four years, and while she says the staff are well-trained, friendly and helpful, each day is a challenge. “I have more in common with the staff of course, because they’re my age,” she explained. Joanne is disabled and requires assistance to live her life. […]

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