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WHY DOES CAMPHILL GHENT WANT TO

FORGET ABOUT MEMORY CARE?

     According to the interview material obtained from the New York State DOH Interview,  the resident who was considering moving into Camphill Ghent was told - before she moved her husband from California to New York - that there would be a special "memory care" unit at Camphill Ghent in the same way there would be physicians offices, an independent residents activites center and other facilities. According to the interview Camphill Ghent staff members later denied that such a unit existed and she was told that she must have "misunderstood."

 

 

     The Welcome Packet pictured at the right was given to all new residents of Camphill Ghent as they moved to the community in 2011-12.

     The pocket folder had a map of the facility  on the left inside cover and the pocket on the right which held information. The map identified different aspects of the campus.  

     The map had names of buildings and housing units which were re-named by residents once there were residents. 

     On this diagram, and on others, "Adult Home #1" is identified. One small cluster of apartments in Adult Home #1 was renamed "Zephyr".

 

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     This enlargement of the site map taken from the "Welcome" packet shows the location of "Adult Home #1", the "Manual Arts Building", the "Secure Wander Garden" and "The Village Green."     The "Secure Wander Garden" was, at one time, a fenced area just outside what came to be called "Zephyr", the specially special area of 8 apartments with special doorways could, if desired, be locked-off from the rest of "Adult Home #1".

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     "Zephyr" was by design separated from most of Adult Home #1 and it sticks off to the North of the building.


     The "Secure Wander Garden" was just outside "Zephyr" and was enclosed with an 8-foot wooden security fence.

 

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    "Zephyr" has other unique features as part of its design:  a separate dining room which incudes a separate stove and sink, the "Zephyr Dining Room" is just off the main kitchen so that the residents of this cluster of apartments could be served meals separately if needed.     



Note the special bi-directional door access from a single hallway.

    The area just outside the "EXIT" door near "Zephyr's" dining room is the "Secure Wander Garden".  Doorways from the other areas of "Tourmaline" also exited into this area.  The space was secured with 8-foot tall wooden fence panels.


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APRIL 2013 - Photo (L) is from the Village Green and shows the panels on the left of the derelict foundation. Photo (R) is another angle near the foundation showing the "Secure Wander Garden" fencing in place as it was being removed.