Graduating and "Aging Out" of a children’s mental institution

I heard this from an employee at this institution for the disabled –he took part in it.

We had this child who turned into a man –many years at the facility –he was being “aged out” of the facility. This guy had an extreme anger problem and was mentally disabled. His parents couldn’t take care of him and no other facility and group home would take care of this man. This guy hurt many of the staff members of the facility through the years.

I guess this has become a well worn procedure. They would take him to an emergency room of a hospital and try and get him a psychological admittance. Of course they wouldn’t tell the man that’s what they were doing. So they would fill out the admittance forms and bring all of his medical records with them. They knew the hospital couldn’t and wouldn’t admit this person.

So after the decline by the hospital, the case workers and institutional employees would just sit down in the emergency waiting room. They knew the man would end up getting bored –and thus he would eventually have a temper tantrum. There would be a lot of screaming, foot stomping, throwing furniture and maybe a punch or two (just another day for the employees) –with the institutional employees told not to get involved.

So the hospital police would be called in, maybe the town police would arrive, the man would get subdued, charged with breach of peace, put on a stretcher and sedated, and admitted to the hospital –thus the deal would be completed. Once that happened the man would not be allowed to go back to the institution.

A type of patient dumping?

Thanks,

mike