4,023 Comments for Riverside State Hospital

Standing next to soap dispensers, right, Lynne?!?! ;0)

Beautiful shot, it looks like you earned your keep with this one!!

....holy cow...

This shot made me spontaneously sit up and say, "OOH!" Very nice, indeed.

Could you note when a given site's name has been changed? We don't need to know the real name, but simply knowing that a name like "Riverside State Hospital" is a pseudonym would be nice.

Only the non-opaque people . . . . .

does anyone see the ghosts in the windows?!!

Stunning, absolutely stunning!

lol,puddleboy..

Well, sometimes we doctors like to sit down on something comfortable whilst giving exams. Nothing wrong with that is there? :D

I'm more concerned with what the bleepin' that couch is doing there!!

The mask was just so obviously out of place (and time) that it had to have been planted. Drew's statement weren't a big surpice.

i worked in a nursing home and these were not only used for hydro, they were used for daily baths. it did have a chair on the front that was detachable so you could wheel it into the patients room,if they couldnt bear weight a lift was used to lower them in the chair , then you could wheel them right to the tub, hook them up and use a pedal to raise it and away they went. from my experience, most didnt like going up in the air, and alot were freaked out by the water going almost up to their necks. as for the temps. if it got to a certain temp an alarm would go off so you knew you were too hot. ours hand a hose built in and a few levers for soap and cleaner, some had a built in scale too ...posted by Jan

I also worked in a nursing and on a
med / surg unit for many years and found these tubs indispensible when caring for patients who were not ambulatory or who were temporarily incapable of taking care of their activities of daily living alone. As for the '"cold water therapy" reference........I never one single time saw or heard any nurse or doctor order such TX or even refer to such TX being utilized in the past. If I were taking care of an elderly relative with limited or no mobility in my home.....this would be a welcome piece of equipment in order to reduce my workload and stress levels. This tub is still utilized on many NHCU's and Med /Surg units around the country .

you're truely an artist with the lens

If this is old it tells you what company I use to work for. 2 years ago the company I worked for got rid of thier old photo copy machine and got a used one just like this

probably a little "common sense" goes a long way to sensing how dangerous these rotton buildings really are?