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Powley, Jen.
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Group homes for people with disabilities.
Young adults with disabilities -- Housing.
Youth with disabilities -- Housing.
Deinstitutionalization.
People with disabilities -- Care.
Dartmouth Book Award.
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Powley, Jen.
Group homes for people with disabilities.
Young adults with disabilities -- Housing.
Youth with disabilities -- Housing.
Deinstitutionalization.
People with disabilities -- Care.
Dartmouth Book Award.
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Making a home : assisted living in the community for young disabled people / Jen Powley.
by
Powley, Jen.
Roseway Publishing, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, 2023.
Call #:
362.40485 P888m
Subjects
Group homes for people with
disabilities
.
Young adults with
disabilities
--
Housing
.
Youth
with
disabilities
--
Housing
.
Deinstitutionalization.
People with
disabilities
--
Care.
Dartmouth Book Award.
ISBN:
9781773635958 (pbk.)
Description:
viii, 127 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"In most Canadian provinces, people with severe physical
disabilities
are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their lives. It is difficult for a young person to live in a home geared for death; their physical assistance needs are met, but their social, psychological, and emotional needs are not. Jen Powley argues that everyone deserves to live with the dignity of risk. 'In Making a Home,' Powley tells the story of how she got young disabled people like herself out of nursing homes through developing a group home for adults with severe physical
disabilities
. This book makes a case for living in the community and against dehumanizing institutionalization."--From publisher.
Jen Powley was born in Alberta, moved to Halifax for university and stayed. An author by circumstance, she wrote 'Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis,' which won the 2018 Margaret and John Savage First Time Author Nonfiction Book Award. Powley has completed a BA and an after degree in journalism, as well as an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of King’s College.
Awards:
Winner of the George Borden Writing for Change Award, 2024.
Holds:
4
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Adult Nonfiction
362.40485 P888m
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