We had a place here in Madison County in the state of Indiana for many years. It was called The County Home as well as, more informally, The Old Folks Home. I will write about it sometime. It had its pluses and its minuses with a lot of that depending on who happened to be in charge at the time. Its residents were both elderly people (making up most of the population) and people who were younger but were in need of supervision. One of the ones who had gone in young was an education major named Sabra from a well-to-do family who suffered a nervous breakdown. Her family sent her there to get some rest, and she decided that she felt safer there than she did out in the world, so she continued to stay. There were two brothers named Harvey and Otis who also went in young due to developmental disabilities. They had this silver sheriff's badge and took turns wearing it and being the resident sheriff....but I'll save the rest of the story for later...
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