This article will talk about how to decide whether you want to move out of a facility, group home, or foster care. Then it introduces ways to get the care you need in your own home and programs that can help you transition to your own place.
This article discusses moving out of a variety of types of housing where help or services are provided as part of the housing. A person may live in these types of housing because they are recovering from an illness or accident, or because they need specific medical services related to a disability. Here are some examples of these types of housing:
- Long-term care facilities: nursing homes; Boarding Care Homes; Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD)
- Short-term care facilities: Hospitals; rehabilitation in a nursing home
- Other licensed settings: Adult Foster Care; group homes
Many people live in one of these at some point. You might stay in one for a short time while recovering, or live there for a long time. Whether to live in one and for how long depends on your needs and desires. Living in one may be the best choice for you at a particular time. But there are also many options to get the care and services you need in a variety of places, including in your own home.
If you decide you are ready to move to your own place in the community, some programs can help you.