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vated since the closure of the psychiatric hospital in 2005. While areas are
generally kept clean and decent, they seem to have turned into geriatric
clinics, with poor medical records and no individual therapeutic plan. It is
necessary to redesign the organisation of psychosocial rehabilitation.
It should be noted that the buildings are very old, with damage to the infrastructure and problems with cooling and heating. In some of these cases,
the need for repairs is urgent, as humidity has caused extensive damage.
All in all, it is necessary to make a complete technical record and assessment
of the situation in which the hostels and boarding houses are situated in
terms of facilities and infrastructure, as living conditions in many cases are
considered unhealthy or even dangerous for the residents, and to immediately
start a new tender procedure for renting buildings to house these services,
based on criteria of social reintegration, work in Social Cooperative Ltd. and
the general life in the community, but also new financial data that may arise.
At the University General Hospital of Larissa, there is an initiative to develop
a home help programme in cooperation with the municipality and using the
staff of the clinic.
5.d. Specific observations on some psychiatric hospitals
i. Psychiatric Clinic of the University General Hospital of Larissa
The clinic has, because of its location, access to large green areas with kiosks,
which favour patients’ spending time outside of the building's wards. Access
to the green areas is unobstructed, since this section is of an open type and
it is not foreseen to lock the outer doors or to isolate a hospital wing. The
areas are well maintained and clean. The clinic has a spacious common area
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