Making a Home - Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People

"In most Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply put in nursing homes where many people, especially in the age of home-care, are dying. It is difficult for a young person to live in a home geared for death. In Making a Home, Jen 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."--

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jen Powley
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781773635958
• ISBN: 978-1-77363-595-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 138 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 180 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system