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Looks more like the Kool-Aid man threw up!

the fact that the water was so still makes it particularly eerie. fantastic pictures-thank you

Lynne, funny story, I had a client in an electric wheelchair. Every time one of the staff had their back turned working with someone else she would run them down. In the end we had a mainenence man tinker with her chair and make it so that it just wasn't so darn silent. It at least gave the staff a chance to duck and cover when they heard her coming! ;)

Almost looks like an acid trip gone horrible wrong....like Pink Floyd's The Wall in a way

Anyone notice that the repeated pattern is similar to the entrance door to the ward?

Kind of "Batman-ish", no? The tilted crooks hideouts?

The music is probably blow the man down or some kind of sea shanty. Or its an add for Captain Black pipe tobacco.

I'd LOVE to have this on my computer...use it has wallpaper. Great shot. I feel like I was there.

Looks almost like a microscope in there....?....Some hairy wolf spider doing some research?

Did the window have glass in it or was it open like that with just the bars, ya wonder? Talk about a cold seat for us girls on those lovely December mornings! BRRRR

One thing to remember is that for people with Mental Retardation, developmental disabilities or many mental illnesses, the institutional life could be very comfortable.

Now, I don't mean comfortable in the down comforter and feather bead sense of the word, but things in the institution are stable and unchanging. Meals are served on time at the same time. Everything is done on a routine and therefore there are no surprises, nothing unexpected. When you are MR/DD or have certain mental disorders changes and surprises can be down right intimidating if not plain frightening.

Moving out of a place like this after years or decades would be like being suddenly dropped in a foreign country. That was what I did. I worked in transitional facilities for Mentally Retarded multiply diagnossed former institutional "inmates." My clients' biggest fears were not communal showers or bed checks, but living in a world where life does not happen the same way every day.

Definitely a sitz bath, part of hydrotherapy.

They do have those little foot flushers...in Europe...well..Italy at least..so much more convenient.

the pipe is used as a lightning rod

What's with the padlock on the side? It's still locked!!