On 17/06/2013 15:20, Keith Nuttle wrote: > On 6/17/2013 9:02 AM, Phil C. wrote: > > I have a 2nd great grand mother who the family had to put into an insane > asylum. The family was stressed by young children (8 with six under 10 > during that period) and had financial concerns. However as soon as they > could the she was brought home to her daughter's house and spent the > last several years of her life there. > > I doubt very much if "They weren't fussy about where they shoved the > helplessly disabled in those days." I should have been clearer. I was thinking of "the system" (i.e. once public assistance had been sought) rather than the family. I'm sure families varied a good deal in reactions to disability and mental illness. My grandfather was of the WWI generation - no doubt facilities were stretched! -- Phil C.