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To: Landru
Regarding the past use of State Hospitals, you fail to give credit to one BIG factor: The discovery of behavior modifying medications. Now many patients that would formerly only be able to be in a state asylum can be taken care of at home or in a nursing home setting.
43 posted on 02/17/2004 9:24:54 AM PST by tertiary01 (Learn from history or it will be repeated until you do.)
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To: tertiary01
"Regarding the past use of State Hospitals, you fail to give credit to one BIG factor: The discovery of behavior modifying medications. Now many patients that would formerly only be able to be in a state asylum can be taken care of at home or in a nursing home setting."

You might very well be correct, at least partially, explaining the horrific conditions in state hospitals -- across the country -- were found guilty of.

Modern meds aside, there's human nature component to care too, eh?
The possibility of a psycho state employee who actually likes the idea of helpless people & all that that implies?
Those cases were all too common in the past, y'know.
And *who* was going to inspect a state run facility for compliance?
Another state bureacratic agency?

In any event, if [we] continue on as we are we're all going to find out who's right & who's wrong; because, the corps in LTC will simplt get out of the business & you know what that means, right?

We're right back to state run/managed institutions, again.
Because one thing's for certain, the children of our elderly who're willing to take care of their parents are indeed God Blessed in all ways; but, are also in such a minority as to almost not merit mention.

As a boomer a lot closer to my time in a LTC facility now than ever before, a state hellhole's a prospect I don't look forward to & neither should you.

...no sane person w/should.

45 posted on 02/17/2004 9:52:36 AM PST by Landru (Indulgences: 2 for a buck.)
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