There was an institution in New York, called Willowbrook, which housed people with physical and developmental disabilities. It was an absolutely horrible place. The people living there walked around naked because there weren’t enough people (staff) to help them get their clothes back on. In one part of one of the videos, a staff member was hand-feeding a resident. Hand shoving might be a more appropriate phrase for what they were doing. The staff then stuck their hand in the residents’ water cup for some reason. Residents would hang out around the radiator just to get some warmth.
This information will help me in my current job. I work for Envision here in Greeley. I work in a residential setting, meaning I go stay with our clients in their homes and help them with their chores and cooking and whatever else they need. One of my clients is in his eighties. He was in an institution when he was younger. I can’t say much but he did have a hard time there. I have always had some respect for him because of his experiences, but now I view him in a whole new light. What he went through was even worse than what was happening at Willowbrook too. This new knowledge will help me be even nicer than I already am to him.
This information will help me in my current job. I work for Envision here in Greeley. I work in a residential setting, meaning I go stay with our clients in their homes and help them with their chores and cooking and whatever else they need. One of my clients is in his eighties. He was in an institution when he was younger. I can’t say much but he did have a hard time there. I have always had some respect for him because of his experiences, but now I view him in a whole new light. What he went through was even worse than what was happening at Willowbrook too. This new knowledge will help me be even nicer than I already am to him.
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