Arie Rimmerman: Community Residential Options for Persons with ID in the Light of UNCRPD - Slide presentation

Arie Rimmerman: Community Residential Options for Persons with ID in the Light of UNCRPD - Slide presentation

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  Knowledge Database • SlidePresentation for the lecture of: Arie Rimmerman University of Haifa, Israel • Topic of lecture: Community Residential Options for Persons with ID in the Light of UNCRPD • The lecture was given at Beit Issie Shapiro’s 6th International Conference on Disabilities – Israel • Year: 2015
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  Community Living Policyfor Persons with IDD in the Light of UNCRPD Prof. Arie Rimmerman, Richard Crossman Professor of Social Welfare & Social Planning, Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa
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  The former Ministerof Social Welfare and Social Affairs (MOLSA), Mr. Isaac Herzog, instructed the Division of Services for People with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities (MOLSA) to convene an international panel of experts in order to compare Israel’s institutions and community-based programs to other Western countries and recommend future policy. International Panel of Experts
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  Article 12 -Equal recognition before the law 1. States Parties reaffirm that persons with disabilities have the right to recognition everywhere as persons before the law. 2. States Parties shall recognize that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life. 3. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to provide access by persons with disabilities to the support they may require in exercising their legal capacity. 4. States Parties shall ensure that all measures that relate to the exercise of legal capacity provide for appropriate and effective safeguards to prevent abuse in accordance with international human rights law. Such safeguards shall ensure that measures relating to the exercise of legal capacity respect the rights, will and preferences of the person, are free of conflict of interest and undue influence, are proportional and tailored to the person's circumstances, apply for the shortest time possible and are subject to regular review by a competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body. The safeguards shall be proportional to the degree to which such measures affect the person's rights and interests. 5. Subject to the provisions of this article, States Parties shall take all appropriate and effective measures to ensure the equal right of persons with disabilities to own or inherit property, to control their own financial affairs and to have equal access to bank loans, mortgages and other forms of financial credit, and shall ensure that persons with disabilities are not arbitrarily deprived of their property. UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities F Focus on Articles 12 and 19(:(CRPD
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  Article 19 -Living independently and being included in the community States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community, including by ensuring that: a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement; b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in-home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation from the community; c) Community services and facilities for the general population are available on an equal basis to persons with disabilities and are responsive to their needs. CRPD
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  %N Type of Residence 3.5362FosterCare 11.11,461Apartment 14.51,500Group home 70.97,325Institutional care 100.010,333Total People with IDD in Out-of-home Placement Facilities in Israel: 2010 Data
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  Source: Data fromLakin et al., 2010 Average Daily Census of People with ID/DD in US Large State ID/DD Facilities, 1950–2009
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   Israel shouldbuild on its positive track record to date in the disability field to set itself the goal of becoming a leader in the world with respect to the right to live independently and be included in the community.  A change in background legislation (i.e., laws and regulations) needs to take place so that community-based housing and services become the clearly preferred and mainstream policy option. Recommendations
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   A changein legal capacity legislation (and a publicly announced policy of interpreting existing legislation expansively) to ensure that persons with ID are given an equal right to express their own preferences and to have others respect their choices. It is recommended that these broader law reform issues should be dealt with in depth by a separate committee or similarly open process.  A comprehensive and systematic ten-years transitional-program needs to be designed in order to develop community infrastructure and services. their homes.  It is essential to map all community-based services in Israel in order to design future quality services that would be provided to all Israeli citizens with ID, no matter where they choose to live. Recommendations
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   Parallel tothese developments, the closing down of large residences (“institutions”) needs to take place, that is, persons who reside in such housing arrangements need to be gradually transferred to community-based residences. Here it is most important to consider the elderly population in such facilities that have been living in such housing most of their lives and consequently, view it as their homes.  Currently, community services in Israel are “program-centered” rather than, “person-centered.” Therefore, service budgets should be individualized. That is, delivered services should be grounded in personal choice and the will and needs of the individual and family. Recommendations
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  1.Within 10 years,all large residential facilities should be closed permanently in Israel. 2. During this decade, all residents will be transitioned to a small community based living arrangement of their choice and with appropriate supports. 3. Such residences, if not individual, will house no more than four. Roadmap for Reform and Innovation
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  4. A planningcommittee with subcommittees, comprised of all relevant stakeholders (for instance, people with disabilities and their families and advocates, providers, experts, members of government agencies) may meet annually to assist in the transition and its planning. 5. A Monitoring and Evaluation Team (MET) could assist the planning process and help above mentioned meetings with comprehensive and valid information. Roadmap 2
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