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JL's avatar

I cannot help but think those in the accompanying photo (lynching, really!?) want another summer like 2020, with news commentators remarking about "mostly peaceful protests" against a backdrop of burning buildings.

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I am a frustrated relative of someone with schizophrenia. I rarely hear support for what I have seen works for such unfortunate people (including thank goodness my relative). Letting them "free" to live "as they wish" on the streets is a terrible idea. Locking them up for extended times is also a terrible idea (short term is fine and sometimes necessary). Such people need a dignified, supervised, regulated place to live. What works are group homes (for about 10 residents) in which each person has his/her own room (essential for calm and privacy); medications are dispensed and recorded by staff; meals, laundry, room cleaning are provided; and one staff member lives on site. Residents need to be free to come and go. There are rules but they are flexible. If someone stops taking meds for too long, "crisis" is called and the person is taken to the hospital for a day to stabilize. Some won't make it if they need illicit drugs too much, but we have seen that this kind of support is so kind and calming that most want to stay and do stay. The costs are less than the costs of what happens when nothing is done. The residents of the one I know of are all on medicaid or medicare. It is not a private luxury place. There are very few such homes. Why?

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