[or-roots] Oregon Insane Asylums

[JudyRobertson39 at aol.com]

Interestingly, where there was no nursing home available and the elderly  did 
not care to leave their own home when it became apparent they could no  
longer care for themselves the practice of taking them to the state hospital  
remained into the 1980's.  My own grandparents did not want to leave their  home 
and it was well past the time they should have had assistance.  The  local 
deputy sheriff in their community threatened the family with taking them  to the 
state hospital in Pendleton.  Fortunately, we were able to reason  with them and 
get assistance into their home so they could stay there.
 
Additionally, I have no verification for this but I read somewhere that the  
owner of one of the hotels in a remote eastern oregon community was in the 
habit  of furloughing female patients to his establishment for periods of time.   
They were used as ladies of the evening and when the local folks tired of 
them  they were returned to the hospital in Salem in favor of a new batch.As the 
other  writer stated.  I am not sure we have come very far in the  meantime.
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