Abstract
Choice in everyday decisions and in support-related decisions was addressed among 2,398 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Intermediate Care Facility (ICF/MR) services and living in nonfamily settings in six states. Everyday choice in daily life and in support-related choice was considerably higher on average for HCBS than for ICF/MR recipients, but after controlling for level of intellectual disability, medical care needs, mobility, behavioral and psychiatric conditions, and self-reporting, we found that choice was more strongly associated with living in a congregate setting than whether that setting was HCBS- or ICF/MR-financed. Marked differences in choice were also evident between states.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 325-342+418 |
| Journal | American Journal on Mental Retardation |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2008 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Education
- Rehabilitation
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- General Health Professions