Believe about 50% of what you read about this place. This was the first major court case for MR/DD facilities and while there were rampant abuses here due to insufficient funding and citizen apathy, the worst abuses were touted as normal everyday occurrences because it sold more newspapers and was flashier on the 5:00 news. The fact that the people of the state and country didn't care enough about this class of citizens to do anything about them (like vote for funding so they didn't have to live like this) was somewhat left out of all the stories. The other part that was left out was the legion of underpaid staff who worked with little pay under appalling conditions to take care of these folks and the families who were forced to leave family members behind because the state (i.e., the people reading this right now who can vote) didn't provide funding for home services.
However, bottom line - if someone - anyone - is placed on a gurney without straps where I work they will get a disciplinary write-up because it is unsafe to put someone flat on their back on a piece of moving equipment and move them around. If they additionally don't understand why they are on a gurney and are being moved about they are more likely to fall off. It's a safety precaution.
You EMS people out there - how often are you allowed to put someone on a stretcher or gurney and move them around without first securing them with those pesky restraints? Ever?
Mikeymisery, in most cases (99% of them) I would agree with you, however, after reading quite a bit about this place in particular, I lean heavily towards the "strapping people down" theory. I purposely read up on this place before entering this gallery.
i been here twice. i went into rockwell building both times across from the storage room. my first time there was alot of noises i heard, but it was very windy that night. i returned a few years later going in the same way as before. i didnt see or hear anything to make me believe its haunted. its a messed up place, but idk if its all of what its hyped up to be.
i can see some dirty man eating a bag of mcdonalds after a hard day at work and just in a fit of rage throw all the napkins and somehow leave the building drunk with mac sauce on his face
There are all sorts of goodies at any type of physical thereapy place. My boyfriend broke his back skiing, and part of his physical rehab was to walk around the room with weights on his feet (to represent ski boots) and carry a two by four (the skis). Crazy, but simple things help tremendosly!
i found a few books when i was there ... not sure if theyre from the same building... they were just thrown in some bushes outside one of the buildings... but there was a book full of piano music and a childrens book about submarines. i was contamplating taking one home, but it just felt wrong so i put it back where i found it. very interesting though.
Believe about 50% of what you read about this place. This was the first major court case for MR/DD facilities and while there were rampant abuses here due to insufficient funding and citizen apathy, the worst abuses were touted as normal everyday occurrences because it sold more newspapers and was flashier on the 5:00 news. The fact that the people of the state and country didn't care enough about this class of citizens to do anything about them (like vote for funding so they didn't have to live like this) was somewhat left out of all the stories. The other part that was left out was the legion of underpaid staff who worked with little pay under appalling conditions to take care of these folks and the families who were forced to leave family members behind because the state (i.e., the people reading this right now who can vote) didn't provide funding for home services.
However, bottom line - if someone - anyone - is placed on a gurney without straps where I work they will get a disciplinary write-up because it is unsafe to put someone flat on their back on a piece of moving equipment and move them around. If they additionally don't understand why they are on a gurney and are being moved about they are more likely to fall off. It's a safety precaution.
You EMS people out there - how often are you allowed to put someone on a stretcher or gurney and move them around without first securing them with those pesky restraints? Ever?
Soap box rant #243. :-)