388 Comments for DeJarnette Sanitarium

flushed -

Great info - thanks!

Fabulous lighting!

Most hospitals aren't allowed to use those slide and bolt locks on seclusion rooms and time out rooms anymore.

LucieLou,

This is a common activity that is used in therapeutic encounters. You are supposed to pick something about the person that you like and want to see more of, and then share it with the person (and any others they want to see it). This is as opposed to telling people what it is you don't like about them and want to see less of, which is what they are used to hearing all the time.

BKW Ontario - this was a children's hospital specifically designed for those 18 and under.

When I used to work at a state hospital in Virginia, I went to Staunton several times. I was able to see the DeJarnette Center and the old main hospital, which I believe is being (or has been) made into apartments, similar to Danvers. It is quite a huge place, but DeJarnette was such a small building in comparison, and somewhat off to itself, I believe. At Central Virginia Training Center (CVTC) in Lynchburg (VA) they have a building on campus called the DeJarnette Building, named after the same man. The original court case involved the young woman (Carrie Buck) who lived at CVTC.

ok I wont be sleeping
I can see a bunch of gousts giggling and make the prints

oh this is just is sad I mean its like petey

I don't think Asbestos abatement is all that expensive when one wants to rehab and old building. The real problem is finding reputable men and women to do it. Being in the trade I know that it can be done well for a lot less than it often is.
There is a huge hotel in SF that is full of it and the choice was to not remove it. We stablised it and sealed (encapsulated) it in place.
That is an option especially if the tile mastic is the issue it doesn't even have to be removed. You can just put new flooring over it and use proper procedure for any new cuts in the floor that need to be made. As long as it is not friable and the materiel containing it is not subject to regular friction you can usually seal it in place and leave it alone safely.

Yup before I scrolled down my first thought was Iron Man. I expect its the circle on his chest & the whatevers on his shoulders that evoke the image since nothing else really matches the Iron Man suit.

I'd guess dressing area outside the shower.

those were ubiquitous institutional bed frames. I hate them. This photo triggered me. My tic snapped my head to the side and I yelled in pain.

It wasn't as common to use asbestos fiber in tiles as s often assumed. It is the mastic glue they were attached with that is the asbestos containing materiel that has to be removed when the tiles get abated. You can;t removed the glue without removing the tile so.....

LPN, Its not that wider hallways cost so much it is that the space can be used to pack in more revenue generating activities. If they used the wider format still they would have to go higher or have a larger footprint for the buildings. That, the larger foot print also leads to greater expense as employees learn to navigate the slowest paths between A&B.

recessed light fixture.