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amber wrote:
i would not want to get down on this bed or get up from this bed for that matter!!!
- Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Building 93 (Infirmary)
LiL John wrote:
first of all i want to state that...when i went there at nite i thought that bums just might be there as well... but after investigation i am positive that the only people that go there are people looking for adventure and deffinately not to stay the nite... NO BUMS LIVE THERE!
- Location: Pennhurst State School (view comments)
- Gallery: The Sadness
LiL John wrote:
i think pennhurst beats this hands down...
- Location: Broadacres Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Meet the Neighbors
amber wrote:
weird!!!
- Location: Kings Park Psychiatric Center (view comments)
- Gallery: Buildings 136 & 137 (Medical-Surgical)
Lynne wrote:
Oh, goodness gracious.
- Location: Foxboro State Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Transitions
Lynne wrote:
I hate to admit it, but I saw it when it came out in the States. That had to be the summer of 1977 or so . . . .
- Location: Bennett School for Girls (view comments)
- Gallery: Close Calls
Shawn McDonald wrote:
Hey, another fact is that this building (not sure if it is this one) is actually being torn down and built into a police station! Pretty ironic, police are gonna turn into the ghostbusters with all them ghosts haunting those grounds!
- Location: Foxboro State Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Transitions
Shawn McDonald wrote:
Whoa, wait up there, is that my Dad's car?!
- Location: Foxboro State Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Endless Halls
Lynne wrote:
If you really have the time and the interest I would be happy to tell you sometime, or at least steer you in the right direction for sources on why it happened. My guess is that you probably don't care enough to ask, however.
- Location: Dever State School (view comments)
- Gallery: Institutional
Lynne wrote:
Do you think the patients didn't deserve it or are you surprised the hospital was thoughtful enough to provide recreational opportunities? I am not sure which one you mean.
- Location: Fuller State School and Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Disturbed
Lynne wrote:
A developmental center is not the same as a psychiatric facility.
- Location: Fuller State School and Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Disturbed
Lynne wrote:
Amanda,
Parents didn't "dump" their children in state facilities because they didn't understand what they had. There was a lot of cultural push at the time and no community supports available for parents who had children at home with challenging needs. The parents who placed their children in facilities such as this did it because they believed at the time it was the best thing to do for their child. Most of them felt guilty already, even though they were told it was the "right" thing to do. I have a lot of empathy for these families because of the position they were put in.
Parents didn't "dump" their children in state facilities because they didn't understand what they had. There was a lot of cultural push at the time and no community supports available for parents who had children at home with challenging needs. The parents who placed their children in facilities such as this did it because they believed at the time it was the best thing to do for their child. Most of them felt guilty already, even though they were told it was the "right" thing to do. I have a lot of empathy for these families because of the position they were put in.
- Location: Fuller State School and Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Disturbed
Lynne wrote:
A developmental center is not the same thing as a mental health facility, which is a much nicer way of saying "insane asylum."
- Location: Fuller State School and Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: Disturbed
Lynne wrote:
Em . . . . . . . . . . .
- Location: Northampton State Hospital (view comments)
- Gallery: A Farewell Visit?