Ruth Ann Yingling - From Nursing Home to Supported Living

Ruth Ann Yingling - From Nursing Home to Supported Living

Residential Living

Family

Community Living

“He put me in the nursing home, and I didn’t like that very much,” explains Ruth Ann. When Ruth Ann’s grandmother passed away, her father was unable to care for Ruth Ann and placed her in a nursing home. Ruth Ann found it depressing. While attending the New Hope workshop, Ruth Ann started questioning a friend about what it was like to live in a group home. Ruth Ann decided to tell her caseworker she wanted to move to a group home, and her father agreed to the move. After living in the group home for a while, Ruth Ann was ready to try supported living. When she was told no because she needed too many supports, she contacted a lawyer to help her move out. Eventually, Ruth Ann moved into a home with two other roommates, with staffing 24 hours a day. She was interviewed in 2017.

Indiana Disability History Project

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

2017-05-09

Ruth Ann Yingling - interviewee

Jennie Todd - interviewer

Peggy Holtzp - videographer/editor

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video/mp4

English

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"Ruth Ann Yingling - From Nursing Home to Supported Living," YouTube video, 00:05:45, from an interview by the Indiana Disability History Project on May 9, 2017 posted by "Indiana Disability History" on June 1, 2018, https://youtu.be/M_NFvvyaMgo

Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany

1980s - 2017