Right to Services in Different Settings
It doesn’t matter if you live in a large residential facility, a nursing home, CILA, or anywhere else, you have the right to get the services and supports you need to live the life you want.
Know your rights
We help make sure that your rights to services are not blocked. People with disabilities who get services in institutions, facilities, and programs have the right to be safe and free from abuse, neglect and exploitation. You also have the right to:
- Get appropriate and individualized services
- Challenge unwanted treatment and services
- Have your preferences and choices respected
- Make your own decisions or have people who make decisions for you think about what you want
- Challenge decisions that prevent you from exercising your rights
Learn more about the rights you have when getting services in institutions, facilities, and programs
Many older people with disabilities do not want to live in a nursing home or other facility.
- Living in the Community & Fighting Discrimination, Right to Leave Residential Facilities, Right to Services in Different Settings
Everyone has the right to go into and use private businesses that are open to the public.
- Living in the Community & Fighting Discrimination
The ADA says state and local governments are not allowed to discriminate against people with disabilities.
- Living in the Community & Fighting Discrimination
The Home Services Program gives services to people with disabilities to help them live alone in their homes.
- Living in the Community & Fighting Discrimination, Right to Leave Residential Facilities
Adults with disabilities have the right to make their own choices about healthcare, money, and where to live.
- Living in the Community & Fighting Discrimination
