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Was I too harsh?
Our office is close to a mental facility and one of their residents escapes quite often and comes into our building to use the computer. He's harmless, but it was scary when he first showed up. Anyway, it happened about 6 times before the director started taking it serious. They came to our office today to explain to us what they do, yadda, yadda and the steps they finally took to prevent him from escaping again. I asked why it took them 6 times to finally make the adjustments. I felt they were putting him in danger(he crosses a well traveled intersection) and potentially others by not taking the steps to keep him in the facility after the 1st incident. One of my co-workers said I was too harsh in asking this of them. In my opinion, the director should of been fired(she was at our meeting), but I didn't say that. I think they knew they would have a lawsuit if it kept happening and are trying to cover their ***! I was not impressed to say the least with their explanation.
The concern was the facility was allowing this happen over and over before they took action. They said they were taking steps all along, but he's trying to get home and is being very persistent. I felt the facility did a poor job of evaluating him and his needs. They say the type of facility they are they are not allowed to restrain or medicate the patients. So no, my concern was more over their inadequacies then our inconvience.
6 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Speaking as some one who has worked in the mental health field and has family members working on an actual psych unit, you had every right to ask that question. I don't know what tone you used to ask it, but that is a very important question to have asked. Sure this man may be "harmless", but again he IS a psych patient and could be unpredictable, not to mention that you are right he was a safety risk to himself. That is ridiculous that this happened over ONE time let alone 6!!! That is very poor management. Of all the units to be careful with, the psych unit should be close to the top of the list.
- Queen of HeartsLv 61 decade ago
No, you were not being too harsh. You had a right to speak your mind to that director. Luckily for you and your co-worker, that patient was harmless. But what if he wasn't? Many mental patients are unstable and are capable of violence, rape, assault, and who knows what else. If the harmless one can escape, what about a dangerous one? You need to speak your concerns. If it doesn't stop get the police or the state involved, for your own safety. You dont want to risk the chance of a more harmful patient escaping.
- 1 decade ago
When you asked why it had taken them as long as it did to take action, were you thinking about the safety of the patient or the disruption he causes every time you find him in your office? If you were thinking about the disruption in the flow of your day and then rationalized to say that you were compelled to speak out because you feared for his safety, you were too harsh. If you really were concerned with the patient's well being, you made the right choice of words.
- C☮l☮rful Fl☮werLv 41 decade ago
I don't think you was at all?
All you were doing was to find out a simple question which he/she could have answered!
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- mrsdeliLv 61 decade ago
They probably tried other alternatives and finally found one that works. I think you're being harsh...give them the benefit of the doubt.
