Where do people who get LTSS live?
Bar chart showing where people with IDD who received supports lived in 2021. Sixty-two percent lived in family homes. Ten percent lived in their own homes. Five percent lived in host or foster family homes. Fifteen percent lived in group settings of one to six people. Eight percent lived in institutions of seven or more people including IDD facilities, nursing homes, and psychiatric facilities.
The graphic also describes each type of living arrangement. Family home is a home in which the person getting supports lives with one or more family members; Own home is a home owned or rented by one or more adults with IDD who gets funded support; A host or foster family home is a home owned or rented by an individual or family who provide supportive services to one or more people with IDD, a group home is a residence shared by six or fewer people with IDD that is owned, rented or managed by the organization or agency that provides support to people living in the home; an institution is a residence shared by seven or more people who get support that is owned, rented or managed by an organization or agency that provides paid support to the people in the residence.
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About 80% of all people with IDD in the US live with family members. Some live on their own or with a roommate or spouse.
Among people who got long-term supports and services (LTSS), 62% of people with IDD lived with family members in 2021.
Families are the primary supporters for both children and adults with IDD. The informal supports they provide include housing, money management, transportation, and social supports.
Most people with IDD who received LTSS and did not live with family lived in their own homes (10%), on in group settings 6 or fewer people (15%)