In Making a Home, Jen Powley tells the story of how she developed a shared attendant services system for young adults living with severe physical disabilities. The book looks at how putting young people with disabilities in nursing homes may meet their physical needs but not their social, psychological and emotional needs.

When you can read it: May 18, 2023

Jen Powley is a writer living in Halifax. She is the author of Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis, which won the 2018 Margaret and John Savage First Time Author Nonfiction Book Award.