CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. A groundbreaking proposed agreement announced today in Colbert v. Quinn, if approved by the court, will end the forced, long-standing and unnecessary segregation of people with physical disabilities or mental illness in nursing homes – affording them a real opportunity to live in their own homes and to participate fully in the community. If the Court approves this agreement, Medicaid-eligible nursing home residents in Cook County will, for the first time,…
