He returned to help adapt the American independent living model to Britain's welfare state.
The Alzheimer's Society said this type of supported, independent living was an "ideal model of care".
This is a significant step towards independent living and ensuring dignity for disabled people.
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One is a new independent living community that is explicitly opening itself up to the surrounding neighborhood.
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Neither the state nor federal departments of health license or regulate independent living or assisted living homes.
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At first glance, the independent living community, called Brickstone, is not unlike hundreds of other upscale senior residences.
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Independent Living Services (ILS) plans to take on new care workers to cope with demand in the south of Scotland.
Charity Forest YMCA hopes the temporary accommodation will act as a "stepping stone" for young people moving towards independent living.
Under the Bamford Review, the priority remains to promote independent living with a number of units on acute hospital sites instead.
For oldsters who are too cool for Florida and too frail to live alone, there's a third option the independent living community.
Independent Living Services Scotland is beginning a major recruitment drive as part of its expansion in Edinburgh, West Lothian and East Lothian.
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The minister made the announcement in response to a petition by Disability Wales which called for a national strategy for independent living.
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It is now part of Disability Rights UK after merging with Disability Alliance and the National Centre for Independent Living in January 2012.
The six disabled people bringing the judicial review will question the legality of the move to close the Independent Living Fund from 2015.
Meanwhile the Joint Human Rights Committee will be looking at the impact of the new independent living benefits, with witnesses from disability groups.
Damon, who is paralysed down his left-hand side, has been at the home for seven years and his mother said it gave him independent living.
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The claimants fear disabled people could be forced out of independent living arrangements and into residential care, or trapped at home by the fund's closure.
Lorraine Bayless lived at a Bakersfield ( CA) continuing care community called Glenwood Gardens, but in independent living, not in its skilled nursing facility.
"Glenwood Gardens is an independent living facility which, by law, is not licensed to provide medical care to any of its residents, " Fontana told CNN.
St Basils will work with young people on the scheme to ensure that they can budget their outgoings effectively and to develop their independent living skills.
For oldsters on a budget, there are places like Flushing House, a 319-unit independent living community at the end of the No. 7 line in Queens.
The Independent Living Fund, set up by the government to allow young disabled people to lead as normal a life as possible, will be particularly badly hit.
Type C facilities charge more for residents who move into assisted-living or skilled-nursing units, but also charge smaller or no entrance fees and lower monthly rates for independent living.
So HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan have worked together to improve access to affordable housing and community supports and independent living arrangements for people with disabilities.
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They offer a range of care depending on medical need, from independent living that appeals to some healthy older adults seeking social activities, transportation or meals to 24-hour skilled-nursing care.
The company says anything from a GPS device to a medicine bottle can be linked in to the system, which could have implications in fields ranging from fitness to independent living.
But the implications go deeper: For the millions of Americans who live with paralysis, mentally controlling artificial limbs and mobility devices would be a big step forward toward more independent living.
Anna arrived thanks to a recommendation from Christina, a home aide who works in the independent living facility where my dad lives (so did my mom, until she died in August).
The Independent Living activists had started a movement and, when in 1986 Margaret Thatcher's government withdrew a benefit which had supported disabled people in their own homes, a furious campaign was mobilised.
While Hamilton is able to maintain his state-provided health care coverage until age 21 if he completes the requirements of an independent living program such as FILP, thousands of other foster kids cannot.
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