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It's so sad too, that so many of our countries homeless are mentally ill
people who fall prey to people on the street who take advantage of
them:-( We do ocassionally take in homeless people with mental illness in
the long term care facility I work at. Sometimes they end up taking off
again because they feel more at home on the street and that's upsetting to
see one of your former patients standing on a street corner panhandling:-( I
hate it:-(

Carol J


fran wrote:
> Rene, you are echoing my sentiments exactly. The state hospital was
> dreary and gloomy, but patients were kept warm, fed, clothed and had
> true. lasting and loving friendships. When they were dumped into the
> community, without adequate support they became prey for people who
> torment them, even to this day, they live in train tunnels, boxes,
> under bridges, they don't have adequate clothing, and no one gives a
> damn!!! It's horrible. As you said there was much to be improved in
> the old state hospital system, but they never tried, they just labeled
> them warehouses and closed them. It breaks my heart. One more
> coincidence. Your old state hospital was used for Cukoos Nest, and
> mine was used to film one of the worst movies ever made. David Caruso
> starred in it, although I'm sure he is ashamed of that! It was called
> Session Seven, or maybe Six. I don't know, I just know that when I
> rented it, I cried at the devastation. The wonderful old buildings
> are falling into themselves, floors colapsing one onto the other.
> The main buildings were a series of wings, totalling 1/4mile from end
> to end, and three stories of patient units. One half male, one half
> female. In all the time I worked there, more than 7 years, I only
> once saw abuse, and it was quickly reported and dealt with, I saw
> stupidity on the part of a government agency that had not the
> interest or the money to fix problems, and to come up with innovative
> programs. But I saw staff, who poured their hearts into providing
> the best care they could with the very limited resources on hand.
> And now that building has been sold within the past month to a
> developer who will build condos all over the acres of land, and a
> perfect setting for the homeless, and mentally ill will be lost
> forever. Fruit orchards, gardens, farms all gone, because no one had
> the imagination to see the outcome of forcing dependent,
> institutionalized patients out into the community without support.
> And they said the "warehousing" was inhumane!!!


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