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Independent living

Scope Notes:
Community-based programs with consumer involvement which provide directly, or coordinate indirectly through referral, those services necessary to assist persons with severe disabilities increase self determination and minimize unnecessary dependence upon others; includes specific facilities, programs, and theories

Narrower Term:

Home and community-based services, Long term services and supports

Related Term:

Advocacy, Community living, Consumers, Daily living, Day care, Deinstitutionalization, Group homes, Halfway houses, Housing, Inclusion, Living facilities, Peer counseling, Residential living, Self care, Self help, Transportation, Transition

Use For:

ICF I:

  • d6 DOMESTIC LIFE
  • e5 SERVICES, SYSTEMS AND POLICIES

ICF III:

  • d610 Acquiring a place to live
  • e575 General social support services, systems and policies

ICF IV:

  • d6100 Buying a place to live
  • d6101 Renting a place to live
  • d6102 Furnishing a place to live
  • e5750 General social support services
  • e5751 General social support systems
  • e5752 General social support policies

Changes:

20-Oct-94 Changed Mainstreaming to INCLUSION, listed Self determination as UF