2,712 Comments for Fuller State School and Hospital

Bryan you MUST enlighten ~me to what this statement, I'm ever so interested now.
"Besides, the 12 disciples of Christ are really not physical manifestations at all, they are our emotions."

Bryan, I second that you are cooler thatn kool!
Way to go! Thank you for sharing!

Bryan, you are cooler than cool! Thanks for adding your input so that people can see this is real life. I have a lot of respect for you for dealing with your dad. Even though you obviously love him, that's a nerve-wracking way to live. You are aces in my book!
Thanks, also, for the great reference for the "SomaSafe Enclosure" bed. I am always looking for new adaptive equipment to try out to make life easier for our folks. :-)

Hello to everyone reading this. I am not sure what this website is about and landed here looking for an adult bed for my Father who has Parkinsons Disease.
He is strong as an Ox and the strongest caregiver that we had hired is barely able to pry him from the safety rails or anything else he has a grip on.
When he was 59 he ran The Paul Mason Marathon and continued running 6 to 8 years after that. He worked at United Technologies Center "UTC") which is now "Chemical Systems Division". I did a search for the keywords "Parkinsons" and "UTC" on the search engines and found that a great deal of the results were obituaries. The links took me to the obituaries where they went on about the gentlemen and women that worked at UTC and they had died from Parkinsons disease. Coincidence? Probably not since it seems that "Perchlorate" is linked to Parkinsons. I just wanted to bring some reason to light pertaining to these types of restraint beds. If my Father was able to get out of bed at night we would surely be going to the emergency room that same night for a concusion, broken ribs, neck or some other "grave" condition as a result of not taking the necessary precautions using a bed or restraint belt similar to something like what you see. The last time we let him walk alone he broke three ribs and went to the emergency room and had to stay in the hospital for three days. That's alot of money even if it is a co-pay not to mention that it has to be painful. The three previous times he was left to walk or unrestrained he needed stitches over the eye and it swole up like a golfball all three times. Leaving him unrestrained would be as silly as a race car driver with no seatbelt or helmut. Necessary precautions are taken for the activity and its surroundings taking place. My Father was in the Navy for 22 years and taught physics while there and set up helicopter schools all over the United States. He is alive as I write, LOVES chocolate cake, ice cream, peanuts and calling anyone who thinks they have authority "Montgomery Ward". He has a great sense of humor, laughs and cracks jokes daily and wouldn't be enjoying these things were it not for safety restraints. The have a bed called "SomaSafe Enclosure" http://www.vivaxmedica...omasafeenclosure.htm which is less intimidating for those that are faint of heart and haven't seen "The Big Picture".
Until you have ben faced with taking care of someone 24 hours a day of course you wouldn't be able to see "What we were thinking" and hopefully or not) you know know that it is out of Love and that we are not "Satanists". Besides, the 12 disciples of Christ are really not physical manifestations at all, they are our emotions.

i work the the developmentally disabled in NY and my guess it that the windows were there most likely for the staff to watch in on the students at they took baths.. perhaps there were higher functioning developmetally disabled that were able to wash them selves independantly they just need to have an eye kept on them

I am distressed to see so many comments by people interested in the use of a Utica crib for their loved ones. The Utica Crib was a device used in the 1800's to lock mental patients into their beds at night. It is outlawed now. If I was ever locked into bed at night the experience alone would drive me crazy. Get some window locks or door locks for your daughters room but DO NOT restrain her to her bed. What are you thinking?

uhm ok im sure a lot of people are scared of the dentists office but this dentist office will surley scare the shit out of ya!

It looks like a skeleton is looking at me up there.

This is a perfect example of why hallways freak me out.

I find the name funny: Mini-Trol

Yes - Lynne:
Sad, But true. I had an Aunt who worked in a Mental Institute
(early 60's) and even with "modern treatment techniques"
it was a heart wrenching experience even at the best of times...

im refered to as a client by my mental health professionals and the term was explained as also meaning it is a partnership between themself & i in that they provided help & support while i try to take the help given & try to keep myself safe.It also tries to avoid negative labels assoiated with mental health treatment.

Having tight uncomfortable muscles right now, that thing looks like heaven, especially with some nice warm water and maybe a little bath salt... Oooh Im feeling relaxed already....

it look loke it is an industrial food mill you put fruit like apples in there and apple sauce would come out or potatoes and you would get mashed

I work on pianos. Sadly, that one looks to be beyond reasonable repair. The hammers have been removed, and the fact that some keys are stuck down and ivories falling off are a good indication that there is moisture damage.