The Memphis Center for
Independent Living Journal
Index
of the MCIL Journal 1998
3/30/98 11:16 am
ADAPT ATTENDANT SERVICES
FREE OUR PEOPLE
" I was in a nursing home for thirteen years. I had to fight to get out. It
was the beginning of my life at 22."
- Claude Holcomb, ADAPT activist
" I believe that every individual has a right to personal assistance
services."
- President Bill Clinton
"I strongly agree with ADAPT's position about the need for a national
attendant services program of home and community based services."
- Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
"Just try and honestly assess the situtation and realize that I myself and
others don't need to be in nursing homes."
- Larry McAfee, GA quadriplegic who legally won the
right to kill himself and then fought to live life
on his own terms, but who even after his death still
had not won the right to live in his own home.
Attendant services are assistance with things like dressing, bathing
eating, getting in and out of bed, helping with a check book or reminding
someone to take a pill. Attendants work for a person with a disability,
doing tasks that person can't do alone.
Support HR 2020 and consumer control in long-term care.
Call MCIL 726-6404 Today to be a part of making Memphis accessible.
Tim Wheat
Memphis Center for Independent Living
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