Sixty Days to Plan the Move
New rules would make it harder to
get
out of nursing home
by Ann Roscoe
Toni Mitchell, a woman with
multiple disabilities, is again living in her own St. Paul home after
spending several months in a nursing home. Last fall, she was able
to move back to her home with the assistance of MCIL’s (Metropolitan
Center for Independent Living) Nursing Home Relocation Program. These
relocation services ... read
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Traumatic Journey
Project Addresses Traumatic Brain
Injury
Among Inmates
by Phil Gonzales
Too often, the combination
of disability due to a brain injury with a limited knowledge of support
resources may add up to significant jail time. In 2006, over eighty
percent of Minnesota inmates were reported to have Traumatic Brain
Injury (TBI). Lisa’s story is sadly typical ... read
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