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...ecstatic about its failures. A student says, "we feel guilty when we fail with someone...we don't want to leave anyone in the bin. We do all we can to bring them back." If a patient cannot be on his own after three years at Wellmet, the group tries to make other arrangements for him in a family care home, the city infirmary, or a place for disabled people. A recent resident, a 15-year-old girl, had to be sent back to Met State when the house could not keep up with her constant demands for attention which...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Wellmet: Harvard's Halfway House | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...house's major decisions are made in the Wednesday meetings. There are two, the first closed to the students, patients, and staff, and the second consisting of students, staff, and anyone else--except patients--who wants to attend. Ae Wellmet's only formal institution, the meetings are sometimes brutally frank. "Sometimes I dread Wednesdays," one student says. "My head is absolutely squishy after the meetings," a staff member comments...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Wellmet: Harvard's Halfway House | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...Wellmet tries to teach how to use people...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Wellmet: Harvard's Halfway House | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

Judgments are made of the patient. "Is he sick enough for Wellmet...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Wellmet: Harvard's Halfway House | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...What will the impact of living in Wellmet be on him and his life...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: Wellmet: Harvard's Halfway House | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

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