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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>