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Friday, September 22, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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--were students or people who work in Topeka. Others are involved in a Menninger activity program that teaches patients social skills and independence.
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--were students or people who work in Topeka. Others are involved in a Menninger activity program that teaches patients social skills and independence.
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By Melanie Matthes Kansan staff writer
In this house,new lives begin KU student finds job as a halfway house manager 'rewarding
Most people who enter Debra Motfitt's home are different people when they leave.
Moffit, Topeka graduate student, is the manager of a home where recovering mentally ill patients can rest on their beds. She works at a hospital and living on their own.
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Some will enter her home and remain only for dinner. Others will remain as long as a year, But, regardless of how long they stay, when these people leave, they are ready to begin a new life.
The home is one of Menninger Memorial Hospital's three halfway houses. Moffitt and her husband, Jim, are the managing couple of the DeRham house in Topeka.
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For the three houses, Meninger employs a manager, who assumes most of the responsibilities, and the manager's wife or husband, whose main responsibility is to support his or her spouse.
Allen Davis, coordinator for Menninger's residential services, said Menninger had used the halfway house program since 1971. Patients between the halfway house, a day hospital or a 'family living program.'
Apart from some cooking and
Patients pay for the programs through insurance or family
He said that for chronically ill patients, these programs could sometimes become their lifetime home.
She also enjoys watching residents make the transition from halfway house living.
"It is rewarding when you see that they've made progress, that they're reached an independence they never thought they could," Moffitt said. "You're your internate, but changed the way that they interact with others."
"One time I pushed two carts full of groceries through the store," Moffitt said, laughing. "But I enjoy grocery shopping."
With 15 residents, two dogs and a cat, Moffitt's grocery bill can run about $150 for one trip, she said. Moffitt or another staff member goes to the grocery store three times a week to buy food for the residents.
In the halfway house program, residents usually live in the homes for six months to one year, he said. When they move out they may become 'annexers' who may return home or home for a meal or for support.
Moffitt said it was important that the residents felt that the halfway house was their home and not a place where they received treatment. For this reason, the residents are not referred to as patients or clients.
"I teach them the kinds of things that you ask your mom or your best friend." Moffitt said.
She said that she did not like having her marriage and personal life exposed, but that she thought it was better to learn more about them to see how a marriage worked.
"The most stressful part of this job is just living here," Moffitt said.
She has learned, however, how to take time out and do things for herself.
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She said that most of the residents
Living with 15 people can be frustrating sometimes, Moffitt said.
finances, Davis said.
Moffitt said there had been times when she hung the "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door, turned on the answering machine and spent some time alone.
Moffitt said she also taught the residents the things they needed to know so they could live on their own. She teaches them such things as how to do their laundry and clean the kitchen.
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"I spend time talking to them, making them laugh and letting them know that it's not so tragic," she said. "And they do the same for me."
cleaning. Moffitt said her most important responsibility was giving support to the residents.
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Opening the 87th Season of the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Concert Series
8:00 p.m. Saturday,
September 23, 1989
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Capture the Moment...
Leontyne Price
Tickets on sale in the Murphy Hall Box Office; all seats reserved; for reservations, call 913/864-3982. KU student tickets available at the SUA Ticket Office in the Kansas Union.
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This performance is partially funded by the KU Student Activity Fee, Swarthout Society, and the KU Endowment Association.
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