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Members of
the Coalition of the Institutionalized Aged and Disabled
along with mental health advocates gathered in the Well
of the Legislative Office Building last Wednesday for an
Adult Home Resident “Speak Out!” rally....Read
the rest of the story.
2006
Legislators meet with adult home
residents over living conditions, prescription costs:
The Legislative Gazette (February 27, 2006) by
William Eng, Gazette staff writer- The Coalition
for Institutionalized Aged and Disabled and the
Coalition for Adult Home Reform met with over 100
residents of adult homes, to raise awareness on
conditions in adult homes statewide.
2005
Unbearable: Fed Up Seniors Demand
A/C In Adult Homes: Bay News (September
5, 2005) By Michele De Meglio - Tired of sleeping
in sweltering bedrooms, residents of adult homes are
banning together to demand that the state foot the bill
for air conditioners.
-download pdf story
Adult Home Residents Plead For
Free A/C: The Wave (August 19, 2005) -
The Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled
held a community meeting in Far Rockaway on August 10 to
demand free air conditioning for adult homes. -go
to story
THEY'RE STEAMED: MENTALLY ILL
TENANTS DEMAND AIR CONDITIONING Adult home residents
and owners agree that air conditioning is a necessity.
But will the state foot the bill? City
Limits Weekly (August 5, 2005) by Cassi Feldman -
Irene Kaplan was on her way to a doctor's appointment on
July 15 when she started feeling dizzy. She had the
driver turn around and take her home, but she didn't
make it past the lobby, she said.
-go to story
Legislature approves additional
mental health funding: The Legislative
Gazette (April 11, 2005) By Paul Esmond - For
most people, buying well-fitting clothes that look right
is simple. A person goes to the store, searches the
racks and finds pants, shirts and jackets that fit and
they purchase them. Getting suitable clothing for the
institutionalized mentally ill is not so simple, said
Dotty Harle, who described the ill-fitting donated
outfits that she and others living in adult residences
in New York State rely on.
Adult Home Residents Speak Out:
New York Nonprofit Press (April 2005) Voice of the
Consumer, pg. 13 - In 2002, when Clifford Levy of
the New York Times wrote his Pulitzer Prizewinning
expose of the Adult Home system, the general public was
shocked. -download PDF
article
Residents Bring 'Homes' to Albany
to Protest: The Legislative Gazette
(January 31, 2005), By Etanjalie Narraph, staff writer-
After driving from New York City during a snowstorm, a
group of adult home residents carried four boxes
representing their homes into the mental and hygiene
budget hearing last week in protest. - download
PDF article
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