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20 KW Profile 1989 Hearth die At Freeport Hospital the old and new merge as a sign of the chang- mg times. With its pastel colors, windows and state of the art facili- ties, the “new" Freeport was de- signed to dispel the myth that the hospital is just a place to come and Although Jones is elated with the new facility gm, recognizes ittas limitations. "While thus us a beautiful place. It Is still a hospital Nobody wants to live In a hospital tor the rest of their lite." The hard fact is, however, that many mole will need a facility like Freeport "We want to dispel tie myth that Freepon us a place to come and die," says Linda Joy? Iirrtor ot community relations. "We want patvents to have full use of their motor skills, we want to tram them in adaptive Irving so people can be discharged to live In the community or a nursing home," says Jones, Walking through the hallways of the newly constructed building. It IS hard to believe that it actually :5 a hospital A color scheme of pastel pinks and greens has been chosen, constrasttng the Image of stark whrte that IS often associated with hospitals: 2.000 wundows bnghten the bundmg. ban- :shmg the belief that chronic care hospitals are dull and depressing sanatonums. Rehabilitation and maintimisra- G, the gof.rs. staff and faculty have for the future. "Patients have been Involved In planning all along," says Henderson, "One quadnp. Ieglc patient sand to me, ‘Pat I thought you were daydreaming when this whole mung started. Well your dream has come true- the food even tastes good 'r, reopen Hospital has a new look. but the ideals that were established with the building In 1911 continue today. According to Patricia Henderson, the hospital's executive director, Freeport, de spate Its growth, remains a place where caring people have gathered to take care ot chronic care patients. "The biggest thing I have learned." says Henderson, "is that mortar and bricks may make a beautiful building, but it doesn't make beautiful things happen. Everything that existed at the hospital still exusts here - n Just enables us to make it happen more frequently." Ffeepdn Hospital, originally constructed to house tuberCulosis patients, began its me_lamorphosns In June of 1986, Today, new and old buildings merge together as a stgn of changing times. Freeport is also helping to ease the conges- tton of hospital beds throughout the regtont Patients/who will fill the 550 beds coiUst of Freeport patients, Scots Pavilion pa- uen!_s and Cambridge Memorial patients, By Lynne Goudey A dream come true (Continued on page 22) There’s: but Irstttrttoepttal fol-patients ttiittte6d to consume alcoholic Monaco. A view of the new courtyard at Fmport Hospital. There‘s a philosophy at Freeport that a patient's room is his home and nurses don't take the liberty of rearranging furniture and possessions. ttee00t “val!