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However, in many cases, .the
community is net adequately
prepared to receive these
patients, not only because of
lack of acceptance on the part of
community members, but also
because of lack of facilities.
Verhar said that previously,
Nebraska had set up a
"separate but equai" com
munity for mental patients
where, these people could live
with people with similar out
looks and problems.
However, the present policy,
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One of the most restful places on campus is the natural plants
1TV airs, show for
"The Grand Generation," &
weekly program series offering
news, entertainment, and spe
cial information of interest to
older Nebraskans, travels to all
parts of Nebraska to present
film features on Thursday, July
4 it 6:30 p. id. on the Nebraska
ETV Network. The program
repeats at 8 a.m. and 6:39 p.m.
on Tuesday, July 9.
The film features which will
be shown appeared on previous
"Grand Generation" programs.
Included k an interview with
Hugo Wuebben of Ilartington,
Nebraska. Mr. Wuebben has
been carving intricate plaques
and figures for . many years.
Part of his collection which is on
display in a small cafe in
Pleasant Valley is shown in the
program.
Gordon, Nebraska residents
who enjoy oil painting are
featured in another part of the
program. Ehrma Reeves coor
dinates the classes and ac
tivities which are held at the
Villa Retirement Center in
Enrollment
Summer session enrollment
is up at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln compared to
a year ago at this time,
according to Dr, Alan Seagren,
director of summer sessions.
Total enrollment for the
pre session, eight week, and
the first five-week session h
8,077 students, a net gain of 47
students compared to the same
three sessions last year. An
estimated 5,000 students are
expected to enroll in the second
five-week session starting July
;5, which would bring com
bined surr.r.iT usskn enroll
ment to more than 13,000
students on the Lincoln
campuses.
The 1,333 students enrolled
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he said, "is to get these people
back into the community. The
policy is no longer 'separate uul
equal' but one."
He said, "In my way of
looking at it, it's hardly
workable because these people
are not different than they
were 10-15 yeirs ago. Nor are
the people in the community
who couldn't tolerate their
aberrrant behavior changed.".
Many Never Cured
He said that many patients are
never cured because they were
too badly scarred to be cured
Gordon.
An enthusiastic airplane pilot
in his mid-70's is interviewed
during one of the film features.
Arvine Bierman of Holdrege,
Nebraska still owns and oper
ates his garage and parts store
for Phelps county residents.
For over 60 years Mr.
Bierman's first love has been
flying his own airplane.
The second woodworker
shown on "The Grand Gener
ation" program is Ernest
Sondercgger of Beatrice, Neb
raska, lie specializes in sailing
ships and re-creating antique
furniture.
Seventy-year-old Clarence
Dutton of Alliance, Nebraska is
the subject of the final film
feature of the program. Mr.
Dutton worked for the U.S.
Veterans Administration for 25
years. During the last several
of those years he became an
expert in the art of gopher
trapping while clearing the
grounds of a VA hospital in
in the pre-session program this
year (May 20-June 7) exceeded
last year's total by 476
students. There are 275 stu
dents enrolled in the eight
week program this year, 21
more than last year.
There are, however, 450
fewer students in the first
five-week Summer Session this
year than a year ago. The total
number of students in the first
five-week session this year is
6,408. Both the eight-week
session and the first five-week
session end July 12.
Seagren said that the enroll
ment total for the first three
summer sessions is 77 students
higher than had been projected.
by any known methods.
Facilities outside t he regional
comers are often inadequate to
provide proper housing or
medical treatment for these
persons, he said.
Although they're being re
leased from the hospital they
are often only being moved
from a large institution such as
a regional center to smaller
ones such as board and room or
halfway houses, he said. .
He acknowledged that there
are no clear cut answers to this
problem.
garden east of Oldfather.
elderly
California. He now resides in
his own home at the Good
Samaritan Village in Alliance
where he contributes part of his
time and skill to trapping
gophers on the grounds of the
village.
"The Grand Generation" film
feature program is hosted by
Harold T. Shay, retired Epis
copalian minister, now residing
in Lincoln. He is one of three
personalities hosting the week
ly program series. Others are
Mrs. Maxine Morrison, Omaha,
former resident of Greeley and
MeCook and former first lady of
Nebraska from 1981 to 1967.
Mrs. Dorothy Switzer, Lincoln,
is newscaster for the series.
She writes "The Dorothy
Switzer Report," a regular part
of the program. Mrs. Switzer
recently retired from the
Bureau of Business Research,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
She serves on the Nebraska
Commission on Aging, as does
Mrs. Morrison.
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. If they have no family ties
patients are often placed in
board and room homes after
leaving the regional centers.
Even for patients with family,
ties these board and room
houses may serve as half-way
houses. .
Patients manage the homes
themselves, except in a few
houses for patients more
severly ill.
Coaamunity Unprepared
Mary Hepburn, who is in
charge of the Lincoln board and
room homes, said the regional,
center sends "very acute pa
tients into these homes."
Mrs. Hepburn, who holds a
masters degree in social work,
said regional center officials are
"expecting the community to
deal with very, very ill persons
and the community is not
prepared for it."
Facilities and funds provided
for a patient after release into
one of these homes, she said,
are considerably less than when
he was at the hospital. .
"You cannot run a program
at $165 a month per patient
when the hospital spends over
$900 a month per patient," she
said.
Aside from the board and
room money, each resident
receives $39.50 a month for
spending money. ,
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On her own time, she said
she takes many of the residents
to the Fia-Ivlbr, Elks Club and
Fireman's Ball. The residents
wishing to go to places on their
own, she said, often find that
transportation is a problem.
City bus service is inadequate
for providing transportation to
activities,' she said.
It is not even a part of Mrs.
Hepburn's, job to provide what
transportation she does, she
said.
"If I didn't do this, probably
no one would," she said.
Many fiad Rejection
Former mental patients come
into Nebraska communities and
often face rejection or in
difference. In many cases there is a lack
of family support. People in
board and room houses have no
families backing them.
"And if there is no family
support," said Ms. Shore,
"there is probably not any
neighborhood support."
Community residents are
saying to these people, she
said,, "not only do you have to
fend for yourself in the world,
but you have to fend even more
thanl'dp."
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