#group home

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Group Home released their debut album Livin’ Proof November 21, 1995

[zebulontheplanet]

Listen y’all, I understand that assisted living facilities and group homes are notorious for being bad and sometimes even abusive, however when I reach out to the community and ask for advice relating to me possibly going into assisted living or a group home, your automatic response shouldn’t be to attack me.

To automatically assume that it’s my parents who are pressuring me into it. To assume that I don’t need it. To say that I’m a horrible person for even suggesting it. Some of us can’t live on our own and don’t have the best home life. I HAVE to look at other options and I honestly don’t think having support care come to a house or apartment I own is for me. (Not to mention I probably will never be able to work enough or at all to be able to afford my own place)

It’s very…demeaning. I understand completely why some people are on the fence about it and have had bad experiences because I know there’s more bad then good experiences, but please don’t assume. Please don’t attack me for just asking questions.

It’s really annoying and I will start blocking people who do it.

[morriesmind]

Having psychosis and working *with* people who have psychosis is a very interesting. I feel like I can connect in a way my coworkers can't. I can understand my clients' way of thinking in a way my coworkers can't.

It's caused me to grow (professionally) close with some of my clients. I accept "behaviors" without needing explanations. For a *very* vague example to comply with HIPAA:

I have a client who has paranoia around the safety of his home. He often does not sleep well and will force himself to stay awake for days at a time due to his anxiety. Eventually I came to realize that he could sleep better when I ran the dishwasher and the laundry. Why? Because he didn't feel alone. He didn't feel like the sole protector of the house with someone awake through the night. So it became a routine for us. I dim the lights down, play some relaxing music, do the dishes. Some nights he still can't sleep, others he can.

I feel a sense of accomplishment when he is able to feel safe enough to sleep.

My point of being there is to help my clients feel safe at night. Working in a group home is one of the best things I've ever done.

I have more stories like this but idk if I want to share them or not.

[malazansapper]

IF JORJA WERE QUEEN OF GROUP HOME

I live in a group home. it is a county run residential facility for disabled people. I have lived here for three years. this is what i would change.

A: choice. i was placed here after a month in the psych ward. it was just the first one that came up. i would have liked to be able to tour a couple for comparison. i am still interested in what a foster home would be like.

B: food. we are served a lot of processed, frozen foods. it has to do with our food stamp budget. some of it i think is gross. but its what is served to me. i can cook, but i dont get that option, tho i will be able to cook when i move to my new group home. jane, my caregiver, gets sad or offended when i throw out food i dont like. i dont like hot dogs. i eat them every week.

C: interpersonal relationships. jane, our main caregiver, doesnt get along with one of the residents. it makes me sad and upset sometimes. luckily, they like me.

D: rides. i think the group home is supposed to provide me with transportation to my activities. this happens rarely. it would have a big impact on my quality of life to be able to more spontaneously go out in the community. i have been wanting to go buy a sandwich for 3 weeks. i have paratransit services, but even that is somewhat difficult for me to use.

E: i would like to be able to have some storage that wasnt just everything i own in my room. i make this work tho. moving from a house to a room was hard.

F: i would rather live with family, but they are spread out.

G: access. I have a key to my dads house, and my friends house. i dont have a key to my own house tho.

H: maybe someday i can have my own house.

I: i would like a garden and a cat.

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for July 19 & July 20, 2014; #56.

Wu-Tang Clan “Can It Be So Simple”

Public Enemy “Tie Goes To The Runner”

A Tribe Called Quest “Lyrics To Go”

Wu-Tang Clan “Da Mystery Of Chessboxing”

Black Moon “Crooklyn”

Gang Starr “Take It Personal”

Organized Konfusion f. O.C. “You Won’t Go Far”

Boogiemonsters “R.T.N.S. (Recognized Thresholds Of Negative Stress)”

Bushwackass “Ruff, Rugged, And Raw”

Jeru Tha Damaja “Mental Stamina”

AZ “Rather Unique”

Notorious B.I.G. “Unbelievable”

Group Home “Suspended In Time”

Funkdoobiest “Doobie In The Head”

Q-Ball & Kurt Kazal “Makin’ Moves (Bass Radio VER)”

Smooth Da Hustler “Broken Language”

Mic Geronimo “Shit’s Real”

Half A Mil “Another Homicide Scene”

Kool Keith (as Dr. Octagon) “Blue Flowers”

All City “Move On You” (RMX)

Reflection Eternal f. Gil-Scott Heron “The Blast”

Big L “Holdin’ It Down”

GZA f. DJ Muggs “When The Fat Lady Sings”

Bad Seed “For The Kids”

Deltron 3030 “Virus”

Hieroglyphics “Oakland Blackouts”

Smut Peddlers “One By One” (demo)

Kool G Rap & RZA “Cakes”

Slum Villlage “Raise It Up”

KRS-One “Underground”

Nas f. Large Professor “Stay Chiseled”

Peanut Butter Wolf “Dopestyle”

Company Flow “8 Steps To Perfection”

Yak Ballz “Nasty Or Nice”

Arsonists “Flashback”

Chi-N.Y. Network “Keep The Fame”

Dalek “Trampled Brethen”

Rubberoom “Evil Arch Angels”

Murs “H-U-S-T-L-E”

Company Flow “Collude / Interlude”

Cannibal Ox f. Vast Aire “Atom”

Smut Peddlers “Smut Control”

MF Grimm f. Kool G Rap & Akinyele “AIDS”

Cage f. Jello Biafra “Grand Ol’ Party Crash”

King Gheedorah “Take Me To Your Leader (Fazers)”

Madlib as Quasimoto “Return Of The Loop Digga”

MF Grimm f. MF Doom “Foolish”

Vast Aire “Cholesterol”

Madvillain “America’s Most Blunted”

MF Doom & MF Grimm “Tick Tock pt. 2”

King Gheedorah “G-Force pt. 2”

Molemen “Put Your Quarter Up”

R.A. The Rugged Man “On The Block”

CX Kidtronik “Wild Kingdom”

Jonwayne “404 Garbage”

Matches Malone / PIllsbury “It’s Like That”

Tragedy Khadafi “Best Of Both Worlds”

Diverse “Ain’t Right” (DJ Mitsu RMX)

Immortal Technique “Harlem Streets”

Tech N9ne “Who Do I Catch”

Action Bronson “Savage From Sarasota”

Jonwayne “The Come Up”

Skeme Team & Brooklyn Academy “Con Artists”

Serengeti “Directions”

DC The Midi Alien f. Vinnie Paz “Man-Made Ways”

Bonus Omega; overnight golden-era and backpacker hip-hop / rap.

[princess-kurosaki]

WORK RANT ⬇️

okay, so i am a Paramedic and I work in the ER, last night we had a patient that had severe autism, he was non verbal as well and got abandoned by his group home. it made me soooooooo mad. because if you sign up to care for someone then that’s exactly what you do. if it becomes too much for you there’s steps you take both legally and medical care wise to rid yourself of the responsibility. you do not drop your resident off because he’s being aggressive and decide to never come back.

you just have to put things into perspective, if you couldn’t speak or communicate the way everyone else around you does would you or would you not be “aggressive”? OF COURSE YOU WOULD. imagine being ripped from the comfort of your home and thrown into a hospital a LEVEL 1 TRAUMA ER (meaning we get the worst of the worst because we have the staff and equipment to handle it) overnight, and you are non verbal and autistic. can you fucking imagine how overstimulated he was? and if you’ve ever seen or been to an ER you know how bright, loud, and busy it is. 3 things most autistic kids don’t like.

it was just crazy to me, i’m not saying it doesn’t get hard because i’m sure it does. my job seems impossible sometimes and i’ve only done it for 4 months. but never in a million years could i see myself as a company who is trained and trains others to care for people with these disorders and disabilities abandoning a resident.

we ended up having to call the adult protective services and charges got filed against the group home but idk.. it was just awful. i can’t imagine doing that to someone i signed up to care for.

so if you plan on working with or for a group home for children or adults with diagnosed disorders or disabilities please make sure your heart is in it 120%. they are people just like us and literally no fucking one deserves to be ripped from their home in the middle of the night and abandoned at a hospital due to behaviors they can’t control.

[calciopics]

Nouhaila Benzina makes history

The 25-year-old defender is the first player to wear the Islamic headscarf at the senior-level Women's World Cup. 

[positivelyqueer]

Happy Disability Pride Month to people with nurses, carers, support workers, or who live in group homes!

[ixtlilton4]

On "The System" as a Whole

So, firstly, I think what just doesn't click with people about foster care is how utterly horrible and hopeless it is. I know a lot of people read anecdotal stories about child abuse in foster homes or group homes, or they've seen a news article about children like Marcus Fiesel who were horrifically abused and murdered, so there is at least some exposure to what can happen. But I think when people read these stories, it's very easy for them to dismiss them as extreme and isolated events thar are rare. Or, maybe thinking about child abuse at all is so disturbing for some people they try to push it as far down and away as possible, and in the process they just ignore it entirely. I don't know. What I do know is that these anecdotal stories you hear online, from people like me? They aren't rare. They aren't even uncommon. They are, depressingly, the norm. I spent nearly as much of my life in foster care as I did outside of it, and in addition to my own experiences, I've met a lot of other foster kids. Our stories, if not identical, echo each other in one important way: while whatever situation may have landed us in foster care may have been horrible or abusive, foster homes and group homes were often equally as bad.

I feel extremely confident in saying that if you have been in more than three placements (or homes), or you have spent more than 3-6 months in foster care, it is nearly impossible for you to have avoided being abused or neglected. For most people, though, they don't have to wait until their third home, the abuse and/or neglect starts on the first.

That is *horrifying*. That abusive or neglectful foster parents and group home staff are so prevalent and unchecked that nearly every foster kid who goes through the system is exposed to it is terrifying. It should upset you. It should make you *angry* that what is arguably the most vulnerable group in the country is so under protected.

I could go on for another 50 paragraphs about all the reasons this is true, but I think the most important thing for people to realise is that abuse and neglect in the foster system is so prevalent that it is *normal*, and we need to do something about it.

[koibish]

I used to know you when we were young You were in all my dreams

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Group Home released their debut album Livin’ Proof November 21, 1995

[cjoat-boost]

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[thestonecuttersguild]

Up Against The Wall (Low Budget Mix)

[malazansapper]

group home is institution lite

[warhead]

[zebulontheplanet]

there are companies that will come to your home and take care of you. group homes and all that jazz aren't a bad idea at all! don't let anyone tell you otherwise! if that's what you feel you need then that's all that matters!

if it helps, i also thought about having a company come in once a week to help me take care of chores since i'm autistic and can't seem to break down chores w/i getting overwhelmed!

i wish you luck! <3

Hi! Thank you anon! I’ve actually looked into things like that and I do think it is going to be something I need in the future, however eventually I will want out of my current home.

I can’t live independently so that’s where assisted living or group homes come in. This is if I don’t decide to move in with my partner by then.

Thank you for the positivity Anon! I really appreciate it. Thank you for your support. Have a lovely day and I hope you get the support you need!