Topeka State Hospital closure threatens mentally ill patients
The Topeka State Hospital faces closing in 1997 amid debate over postclosure care. Parents Beth and Robert describe a son with paranoid schizophrenia who has cycled through group homes, shelters, and street life, fearing future options and visiting challenges if the facility shuts. Officials cite shifting care to less restrictive, community based settings and explore locked unit options and housing, while judges and advocates warn of gaps and rising burdens on families and the criminal system.
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Robert
Topeka State Hospital
Topeka State
Osawatomie
Larned
Douglas County
Winfield State Hospital
John Garlinger
State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Kansas
Kansas City
Bob
Sandra Shaw
Bert Nash
Lawrence
Shawnee
Shaw
Michael J. Malone
Marlon Williams
Malone
Williams
Topeka
Alliance For the
Breakfast fuels bond plan for university repairs
At a Lawrence Eggs and Issues breakfast 58 Douglas County representatives debated a proposed 163 million bond sale to fund repairs at Kansas six regents universities led by KU and other state institutions. Critics warn of underbidding by out of state contractors if prevailing wage rules are repealed? and the discussion touched admissions reform lobbying ethics and health insurance pooling measures.
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Anthony Hensley
Dtopeka
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
el Dorado
Regents
Kansas University
Lawrence
Hensley
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Tanner
Lawrence Helicome
Tom Sloan
Sloan
Troy Findley
Dlawrence
Barbara Ballard
Sandy Praeger
Rlawrence
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