Helen L. v. DiDario

46 F.3d 325 (1995)

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Helen L. v. DiDario

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
46 F.3d 325 (1995)

  • Written by Alexander Hager-DeMyer, JD

Facts

Helen L. and others (patients) (plaintiffs) were nursing-home residents who filed lawsuits against the superintendent of Norristown State Hospital, Albert DiDario (defendant), and the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (defendant), claiming that the operation of the state’s attendant-care program and nursing-home program violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Both programs provided assistance to disabled individuals in need of care. Patients received the same kinds of services in both programs, but nursing-home-program participants were required to receive treatment in specified facilities rather than at home like attendant-care-program participants. The patients sued because they were deemed eligible for the attendant program but were required to receive services in a nursing home due to lack of funding. While in the nursing home, the patients had contact only with other disabled people, aside from the staff and any visitors they received. The patients claimed that requiring treatment in the nursing home violated the ADA by segregating disabled people from the larger community. A district court ruled against the patients, and the patients appealed to the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit found that the program violated the ADA and discussed the ADA’s history and antisegregation purpose.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (McKee, J.)

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