US Should Invest in Home and Community-Based Services

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Disability rights activists and caregiving advocates hold a vigil in front of the US Capitol to urge Congress to include full federal funding for home and community-based care services in the budget reconciliation package on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. © 2021 Larry French/Getty Images for The Arc of the United States The overwhelming majority of older people and people with disabilities in the United States, no matter how they vote, prefer to live at home rather than in a residential institution like a nursing home. Accordingly, millions of people access…

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