print email comment close ADAPT: American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today URL: http://www.adapt.org/ Description: ADAPT is a grassroots disability rights organization which advocates community-based alternatives to nursing home care for the elderly and people with disabilities. Their site has background information on the advantages of home care versus institutional living, personal stories of people who've successfully transitioned from nursing homes to living independently, proposed Federal legislation to better fund and support alternative care, and updates on ADAPT's political activism. Publisher: ADAPT Library of Congress Subject Headings: Older people -- Home care People with disabilities -- Home care LII Database Information: Record 12433 created by Blaine Waterman on 10/30/2001 Last modification on 05/03/2004 Published: 10/30/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12433