Vickey Lunsford Review of Gatesway foundation
Most staff really cares for the people stuck here....
Most staff really cares for the people stuck here. Upper management is money hungry and take from these people as much as they can. They use these great kids and older adults to get as much money as they can from the community and give little back in work, entertainment and care. If Helen Gatesway was still alive she'd be so disappointed in the direction this facility has taken. It was supposed to be a non profit to give the physical and mentally challenged individuals a great place to live and get training to integrate into their communities and the ones that couldn't, a place to keep them active and involved, it has fallen so far short of this goal over the years because of administration using it as a way to get wealthier at these individuals cost. So very sad. The ones that are paying for these so called educated nice lifestyle is the ones that need this money the most. More staff that care and more activities, including vocational training and more effort to get these individuals into their community. And I'm saying the very upper administration. If they do have any individual that tries to advocate for themselves they use their inhouse dr's to get them on control drugs and tries to shut anyone out that would speak on their behalf. NOT the same place as it use to be. They shut the doors to outside individuals to come in and get vocational training and only allow inhouse individuals that have less challenging disabilities to integrate into the work community. It was a thriving welcoming facility in the past, but now it's a money maker for the greedy.
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