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Karen Burrison
Philadelphia
“I was in a nursing home for eight years, I was forced to move in when my parents divorced,” said Karen Burrison of Philadelphia. “You cannot have a family in the nursing home,” she said, “I saw people that got married in the nursing home and still had to live in separate rooms. Liberty Resources got me out in 1991, now that I’m out I have a family.”
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“My mother did not understand why I wanted out of the nursing home,” Karen said. “My mom said ‘you get twenty-four hour care in there and you don’t have to worry about paying the bills.’ I said: Mom, I want a life, and you can’t have a life in the nursing home.” |
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Kurt Breslaw
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Kurt Breslaw
Boulder, Colorado
17 years in a nursing home. “Seventeen years of pure hell,” says Kurt.
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“I don’t like people calling them ‘old age homes,’ they are not homes and they are not made out of old wood. I am proud to be in this march, but it is a lot of work. I got out of the nursing home in 1988, in California. I want the people in California to know that I’m here, on this march. I want them to quit putting people in nursing homes.” |
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John Donnelly
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John Donnelly
Madison, Wisconsin
“This is an historic event, part of disability rights history. We will gain more public support for community-based services.”
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“The reason I am on this march is because I want to change the bias in long-term care services. I don’t want to end up in a nursing home and I want all people with disabilities to have the same opportunities I have in the community.” |
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