Plain Talker Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Yeah, used to is the key. So, the ever so thin NHS budget should be spent on housing for people who probably choose to live the way they do? But, AO, how can someone have good health (mentally and physically) if they haven't got the stability of their own home to live in, and a permanent base from whence to access the health services etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob England Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 May I suggest we reopen asylums? Where a citizen is in such difficulty due to illness, mental or physical. Or for any reason where they are homeless this society should be big enough to create places of safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 May I suggest we reopen asylums? Get your own name down first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Get your own name down first. Asylums were closed in favour of 'Care in the Community.' That care was never very good, even in the good times, now it has all but disappeared. Consequently a fair number of very vulnerable people have been abandoned to their fate, and many find themselves on the street living rough. That is a disgraceful state of affairs. We need to take responsibility for the welfare of these people and give them the help they require. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfish1936 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Asylums were closed in favour of 'Care in the Community.' Not really. They were closed in favour of "Lack of Care in the Community". When land well out of town was cheap, local authorities bought it and built the asylums -- the places of refuge. When new drugs promised control of some mental illness, the huge financial rewards of closing and selling the asylums was irresistible. The cost of rebuilding them is now prohibitive. What happened to the money? Was it spent on "community mental health care"? I didn't see that over here in Oz. Maybe it was better in UK. consider -- if you sold your house, you might be able to buy another; but if you sell your house, and then blue the money, it will take you a long time to buy another, with real estate prices rising all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Not really. They were closed in favour of "Lack of Care in the Community". When land well out of town was cheap, local authorities bought it and built the asylums -- the places of refuge. When new drugs promised control of some mental illness, the huge financial rewards of closing and selling the asylums was irresistible. The cost of rebuilding them is now prohibitive. What happened to the money? Was it spent on "community mental health care"? I didn't see that over here in Oz. Maybe it was better in UK. consider -- if you sold your house, you might be able to buy another; but if you sell your house, and then blue the money, it will take you a long time to buy another, with real estate prices rising all the time! Very true. It was always a cost cutting exercise. It didn't work then and it certainly doesn't work now . Too many people falling through the cracks. When you think of the size of the old Middlewood Hospital in Sheffield, you begin to get some sense of the scale of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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