[tri-med] Re: Group homes

At 07:30 PM 23/11/2005, you wrote:

>Dom is at risk because he is living in a group home and he takes minimal care
>of his personal hygiene. Of the original five guys there when he started,
>only three of them remain. It is a home that will take just about anyone, no
>matter how difficult their behaviors might be, so there is a kind of 
>revolving
>door. I had no input into this placement and do have some concerns, but as an
>adult making his own decisions, it is up to Dom where he lives and 
>he is ok with
>it.

It must be so hard for you to have to look on and feel helpless to do 
anything about it.


>  I have closed my heart in a box,

This sentence says it all. (((HUGS))) Nan.


>because I feel as if he is walking around on borrowed time,
>and there is nothing I can do unless he allows me to. The group home is not a
>medical home. They just will take really hard to place indviduals who no one
>else will take, and if they have potential medical issues, too bad.






>Nan.....Mom to Dom; Trisomy 18 Mosaic & Bipolar Disorder. 22 years old
>         and to Ali; Autism, ADHD, Tourette Syndrome. 22 years old
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Jocelyn, Wife to Frank, Mother to Ian, Gillian and Susan
Grandmother (Nanna)  to Carly 18, Mathew 16, Ashleigh 15, Alex 13 and 
Tess 8 1/2 (T18)
Living at North Richmond, NSW Australia 

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