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... .. The Summerville News, May 15, 1986
AIDS Not Spread By
Pools, Insect Bites
The fear of getting AIDS
from a swimming or from
an insect bite is mmut foun
dation and should not be of
concern tge t!(:}e public, accor
ding to t eorgia Depart
ment of Human Resources.
“Contact with con
taminated blood and sexual ac
tivity with infected g::isons re
main the only identified means
of spreading the deadly viral
disease,”’ says Margaret
Draganac, AIDS project Ehrec -
tor, with DHR's Division of
Public Health. ‘‘Homosexual
and bisexual men and in
travenous drug users who
share hypodermic needles re
main the population groups
most at risk of contracting
AIDS.
“There have been no
reported cases of people get
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House for sale — 3 bedrooms, 1% baths, 13 years
old, Summerville, Georgia, FmHA financing
available, 10% down, at an annual percentage rate
of 11.375% over 10 years, $16,500. Contact FmHA,
300 S. Commerce St., Summerville, GA, phone
857-4744 for a list of qualified real estate agents.
This property will be sold without regard to race,
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House for sale — 3 bedrooms, 12 baths, 16 years
old, Summerville, Georgia, FmHA financing
available, 10% down, at an annual percentage rate
of 11.375% over 10 years, SIB,OOO. Contact FmHA,
300 S. Commerce St., Summerville, GA, phone
857-4744 for a list of qualified real estate agents.
This property will be sold without regard to race,
religion, color, sex, age, marital status, or national
origin.
g Saturday, May 24
10:00 a.m.
: 36.8 ACRES
SELLING IN TRACTS OR AS A WHOLE
LAKE HOWARD FRONTAGE
LAFAYETTE, WALKER COUNTY, GEORGIA
LOCATION: From downtown LaFayette, go north on Highway 27 for 2.7 miles. Turn right at
auction signs on Lake Howard Road. Go 4/10 mile, turn left at signs on to McCarty Road and
proceed 1/10 mile to property on right.
* 36.8 Acres in 3 Tracts or As a Whole. 4
. Frontage on Lake Howard * 818-Ft. Road Frontage
* Open and Wooded Land * Beautiful Building Sites.
TERMS: 25% down sale day, balance over 5 years at 12% interest.
For plats and additional information, contact our office in Rome - Paul Gris.
fin, Sales Manager.
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ing AIDS from swimmi
%s." Draganac says, “Ang
there is no evidence that mos
znitos or fleas transmit
IDS.”
“Because fleas and mos
quitos cnrri; such tiny amounts
of blood, the chances of them
transmittinf blood infected
with the AIDS antibody are
remote,” Draganac says.
“The AIDS virus has no
chance of staying alive in
swimming pools because of its
high susceptibility to chlorine.
In lakes and Eonds. the virus
is diluted to the point of being
harmless,” says Draganac.
CHEESE
Grate dried-out cheese to
use in casseroles, pizza or
spaghetti, say Georgia Exten
sion Service experts.
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
Deinstitutionalization
Of Mentally 11l Persons
(Editor’s Note: Mental
Health and Mental Retarda
tion, with 17,000 employees, is
the largest division in the
Department of Human
Resources. More than 100,000
persons a year use public men
tal health, mental retardation
or alcohol and drug abuse ser
vices. The divisions’ Fiscal
Year 'B6 budget appropriation
is $463.5 million, including
$304.9 million in state funds.
The following is the second in
a series of articles presented
during the observance of Men
tal Health Month).
Dramatic changes in
understanding and treatir;g
mental illness have occurr
during the last 30 years. In the
1950 s new treatment techni
ques and psychotropic medica
tions allowed many people with
mental illness to live outside
the hospital. In the 1960 s the
federal government befian fun
ding community mental health
centers as an alternative to
traditional institutional care.
The movement from institu
tional care to community care
is known as deinstitutionali
zation.
Support for the deinstitu
tionalization movement grew
as investigations increased
public awareness about
dehumanizing and in some
cases abusive hospital condi
tions. Institutions were criticiz
ed for “warehousing’’ patients
and contributing to their
deterioration rather than their
improvement.
In the 1970 s concern for the
civil rights of mentally ill per
sons brought about major
changes in commitment laws
and treatment practices. Until
that time, obtaining an in
voluntary commitment was
relatively simple and there was
little in the law to re«l]uire
periodic review of people in
institutions.
We are now seeing signs of
a backlash against deinstu
tionalization as it was im
plemented. The reform move
ment that started out as
ethically right, legally sanc
tioned, and economically and
medically sound is beingbblam
ed for some serious problems:
homelessness; threats to com
munity safety; scandalous con
ditions in personal care homes;
exploitation of mentally ill
persons.
Those concerned about the
consequences of deinstitu
tionalization include state
legislators, county and city of
ficials, public heaf;.h and social
service planners, mental health
professionals, families of men
tally ill persons and their ad
vocates, churches and private
social services agencies, as well
as many communities.
What Went Wrong?
For deinstitutionalization
to succeed, four essential
chanfis had to occur:
* Mentally ill patients had
to be released from hospitals;
* Laws had to be written to
prevent the routine and un
necessary institutionalization
of mentally disabled persons;
. Adtfiuate community,
residential, health, social and
vocational services had to be
available to support deinstitu
tionalized people to live
independently;
* Public attitudes toward
mental illness had to become
more enlightened.
. From 5.1)64 to 19f84G, the resi
ent population of Georgia's
state mental hospitals decE:ed
by 63 percent. Approximately
3,000 persons are presently
long-term hospital patients.
Many who have left institu
tional care are living suc
cessfully in their communities.
Many who require short — or
long-term hospitalization are
not sent away but are served
close to their homes, by
regional or local hospitals.
Current laws make it more
difficult to have a person in
voluntarily committed to
~ hospital care. Prior to involun
tary commitment, an in
dividual must be diagnosed as'
mentally ill and also an immi-’
nent danger to himself or
others. These two conditions
must continue to be present for
an individual to continue to be
hospitalized involuntarily. The
current law governing the
quality of care and treatment
of the mentally ill states that:
“Each patient in a facility and
each person receivinguservices
for mental illness shall receive
care and treatment that is
suited to his needs and is the
least restrictive appropriate
care and treatment.’
Thus, the numbers and the
laws show that the first two
steps towards deinstutionaliza
tion were successfully carried
out. But lack of community
services and community accep
tance have stymied deinstitu
tionalization's promise and
compromised its effectiveness.
Community mental health
centers were expected to offer
comprehensive services, to
take care of the ‘‘worried well”
and the long-term mentally ill.
In tr{ing to serve a wide varie
ty o aropulations. the public
mental health system did not
sufficiently expand and
strengthen services for ¢ople
coming out of hospitals. These
people needed assistance to ob
tain support services such as
safe housing in the community;
ti:ffi' needed to learn social
skills and personal skills; they
needed more intense and ongo
' ing treatment than community
mental health centers had
resources to provide. Stret
ching scarce funding was and
is a problem; community men
tal health programs still
receive a smaller share of
money than do institutions.
Are We Re:t‘ii\lr To
Accept Mentally Il
Persons In Our
Communities?
We have probably made
more progress in changing at
titudes towards persons with
physical disabilities than
towards persons with mental
disabilities. Persons with men
tal illness have not always been
welcomed in communities
because misconceptions still
exist about the extent to which
mental illness is treatable and
the extent to which mentally ill
g{ersons are dangerous.
osPitals are still thought of
as places for mentall ill persons
to stay, instead of places for
them to get well enough to
resume their life at home.
Deinstitutionalization
And Homelessness
The vast majority of men
tally ill persons discharged
from stabe:x'glsEitals went back
to their families, to nursing
homes or to semi-independent
livingearrangements. A small
number, who did not receive
adequate community support
services, are now among the
homeless. By some estimates
40 to 60 percent of the
homeless are mentally disabled
or alcohol or dmi addicted.
However, most of these people
were never in a state hospital.
The issue is not why were
these chronically ill gersons
| Rrematurely released from
~ hospital and mental health pro
grams, but rather; why haven't
these individuals been served
by the public mental health
system and what can be done
to help them.
If people do not seek help,
the state is limited in what it
can do. Some professionals and
officials are recommending
that a guardianship or an out
g:tient commitment provision
added to our current laws.
Other efforts to help the
homeless mentally disabled
Kerson focus on mail.ng mental
ealth services more flexible
and accessible. A broader
range of residential alter
natives, immediate crisis in
tervention, expansion of day
treatment pro%{ams and better
community follow-up (or case
management) are some
options.
Should Some People
Be Re-lnstitudonalfled?
This question has sparked
debate and controversy among
professionals and citizens in
this state and in the rest of the
nation.
When community services
are not effective and when
families cannot care for a
severely ill relative, long-term
hospital care may be ap
rropriat.e. Some 3,030 serious
d»" mentally disabled in
ividuals are receiving long
term care in Georgia state
hospitals. They are among the
small proportion of chronical
ly ill patients who do not res-
Eond to treatment and cannot
ve in an open settixllf.
Most professionals agree
that the majority of mentally
disabled persons do not need
the level of care provided in an
institution on a long-term
basis. They bo.llilev:u that in
tegrating mentally ill persons
into sou:fety has the greatest
potential for them to respond
to treatment, to develop in
dependence and self-hel, &flh,
and to exercise freesom of
choice. Outpatient care is view
ed as the potentially most
humane and effective kind of
care. e
What Can Be Done to
Make Deinstitutionalization
Work Better?
In the past the public men
tal health sg'stem sought to of
fer comprehensive community
services — to serve all mental
health needs. In doing so, it
stretched itself too thin and did
not develop sufficient
resources to care for people
comin%out of hospitals — peo
ple with complex and continu
ing needs for service. Because
of this it has become essential
to set agn'iorities for community
mental health services.
DHR's first priority is the
“most in need” — those people
with major disabilities and
complex needs for public ser
vices. To do an adequate job of
serving this eJ)opulation we
have refocused our attention
on the following:
* Increasing the number
and range of housing options
suitable to the neegs of
chronically mentally ill
persons.
* Initiating aggressive case
management services that
assess individual client needs,
link them to available services
in the community and assure
continuous and readil
available assistance and aci
vocacy for approgriate care.
The case manager helps clients
gain access to the sometimes
confusing array of agency and
community resources.
* Expanding crisis in
tervention services that are
available and accessible to the
mentally disabled person 24
hours a day, seven days a week
in community settings. Help
ing people deal with temporar{
crisis in the community will
reduce the need to use
hos?itals for this service.
Increasing day services
that offer rehabilitation (social
skills, personal skills, work
skills) and treatment ap
propriate to the needs of in
dividual clients.
* Stimulating vigorous and
active involvement of con
sumers, family members, con
cerned citizens, church
organizations, and civic and
business leaders working in
concert to assure that state
resources go to those most in
need.
EXTRAS
Cereals that have sugar,
cocoa, fruit, raisins or spices
added usually cost more than
plain cereals, say Georgia Ex
tension Service home
economists.
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Members of the Chattooga County
Garden Club gathered Tuesday at the
home of Pam Echols for their refi.l.lar May
meeting. Sue Moore of Kingston
presented a demonstration of basket
weaving. Serving as hostesses for the oc
Yankee Invasion Info Sought
Dear Editor,
My grandfather, who grew u? in Chattooga
County, passed on to us a story from Civil War
days. He said that when the Federals came
thmel:fh they slaughtered a number of hogs and
?ull their carcasses into the church where his
amily attended. I am wondering if anyone in
m Wednesday, May 28
10:00 a.m.
GORE COMMUNITY - CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GA.
6,100 Square Feet Home Approximately 70% Completed
English Tudor Design - 3 Levels of Living Area
4 Fireplaces - Double Garages - Porches
‘ Also 24 Acres Offered Subdivided and As A Whole
This will be one of the most beautiful homes in Northwest
Georgia. Very Secluded! Beautiful Mountain Scenery - A Real
Country Estate!!
Location: From Gore, Georgia (South of Summerville on US 27), turn North
on Subligna Road for 1.8 miles; turn left on all-weather road; go 12 miles to
property. Watch for Auction signs.
Open House From 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 25
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Garden Club Meets
casion were Marfie Payne and Anne
Krueger. Pictured from left, are Pam
Echofs, Margie Payne, Sue Moore and
Anne Krueger. Staff photo by Kay
Abbott.
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your county has heard this same story. If so,
what church was involved and where was it
located?
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2309 LuJames Lane
Guntersville, Ala. 35976