Agreed. I love Jerry Brown but one of the shortsighted things he did
was move the mentally ill from the hospital to the street in a similar effort.
At 05:17 PM 9/20/2006, you wrote:
>I don't know if I'm selling anyone short but I'm questioning how ready are
>they to leave the nursing home. I feel we did basically the same thing in
>the 70's when we were moving people out of institutions, one day the
>institution the next day a apartment and out in the community, and there
>were no transition period. My father remembers one gal who was in the
>institution for years and she happened to be in his store and went bananas,
>so they had to call the police. Nothing against independent living, I enjoy
>my freedom, but sometimes I feel we get too excited with concepts and
>political correctness instead of fully preparing and witnessing bigger
>success.
>
>Thanks,
>Anthony
>www.anthonyarnold.net
>(I blog)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Mike Collis
>Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:30 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Nursing homes
>
>Anthony, if they can live in the community, why not? I don't think they
>can overdo something like that. Case in point, an acquaintance of mine in
>Richmond was 21 or 22 when he moved in into the apartment across mine. He
>is a spastic quad C.P. and would be considered nonverbal. I didn't think he
>would be able to make it, but he is. Don't sell anyone short.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Anthony Arnold
>Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:02 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Nursing homes
>
>Friends,
>
>
>
>I have a question, and I'm neither for or against this practice because I
>feel living situations should vary from case to case. I don't think if you
>know this or not, but I'm on the board of a ILC. And at our center in
>recent years, they have began helping people break out of nursing homes,
>which is fine for some and not fine for others, and I'm truly glad that we
>offer this service, but recently they were assisting a person get out, and
>word traveled around the facility, and they soon had 5 people wanting to get
>out. Nothing against this practice, I wouldn't want to be in a nursing home
>myself, but I feel that they sometimes over do it. Have you noticed this in
>your communities as well?
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Anthony
>
> <http://www.anthonyarnold.net> www.anthonyarnold.net
>
>(I blog)
>
>
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