Browsing issue: Older persons

See also: Discrimination

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Know Your Rights: Your Personal Needs Allowance (7 minutes)

MFY Legal Services lawyer explains the legal rights of adult home residents regarding control of their money.

United States

Housing, Mental disability rights, Older persons

Witnessed: 461 times

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Shoes Blues (2 minutes)

Residents of adult homes on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) keep a monthly allowance of $168.00 after paying rent to their adult home....

United States

Mental disability rights, Older persons, Poverty

Witnessed: 373 times

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Know Your Rights: Your Admission Agreement

This video dramatizes the confusion experienced by many residents when they are first admitted to their adult homes....

United States

Housing, Mental disability rights, Older persons

Witnessed: 327 times

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Choice in Treatment

Adult home residents discuss day treatment programs and explain that residents have a right to participate in choosing their own mental health programs and providers.

United States

Freedom of opinion & expression, Mental disability rights, Older persons

Witnessed: 303 times

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Memory in Lo-Sheng Sanatoriumi

Lo-Sheng Sanatorium is a hospital for lepers, which was build during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. During the 1930s, leprosy patients were forced to live in the hospital....

Taiwan

Internally displaced persons, Older persons

Witnessed: 10166 times

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