Closing Glenwood State Hospital School. Had many friends work up there for years. It was opened in 1836.
One local family had a Son that pretty much lived his life there.
He was in the same nursing home that I was, about this time last year. Lived in a wheel chair and could not speak.
Not sure of his problem at birth. He really made me think about his handicap. Mom would come and visit a few times per week.
Got him chocolate milk and fed it to him with a straw. Someone would have to spoon feed him every meal.
A nurse one day was messing with him. Put the spoon to his lips, then pull it away when his mouth opened. After about the third time,
he got a smile on his face. First and only time that I ever saw him smile!
It was that day, I could see a human side in him, not just a vegetable. Really made me think of what was going on in his head.
Might have been smarter than me, who knows and the body just limited him.
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One local family had a Son that pretty much lived his life there.
He was in the same nursing home that I was, about this time last year. Lived in a wheel chair and could not speak.
Not sure of his problem at birth. He really made me think about his handicap. Mom would come and visit a few times per week.
Got him chocolate milk and fed it to him with a straw. Someone would have to spoon feed him every meal.
A nurse one day was messing with him. Put the spoon to his lips, then pull it away when his mouth opened. After about the third time,
he got a smile on his face. First and only time that I ever saw him smile!
It was that day, I could see a human side in him, not just a vegetable. Really made me think of what was going on in his head.
Might have been smarter than me, who knows and the body just limited him.
All residents transferred out of state-run Glenwood Resource Center
(Glenwood) -- Iowa Department of Health and Human Services director Kelly Garcia says the closure of the state-run Glenwood Resource Center is nearly complete.
