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2. How good have things been since you left the Restoration Center:

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3. Looking back on your experience in the Restoration Center, how do you feel about it now?

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It was just about the best thing that ever happened to me.
It helped me quite a lot.

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It helped me all right, but there was room for improvement.
It was OK, not good, not bad.

It didn't really help me an.

It would have been better if I adn't gone there.

It was just a out the worst thing that ever happened to me.

Do you get your living from:

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5. Have you been working since you left the Restoration Center: (Since

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7. Which way do you live now? (Read carefully and check one answer only)

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Live alone (apartment, house, rooming house, or hotel)
Live in a hose of relatives (parents, grown children, etc.),
or home of friends.

Live in own house or apartment with wife.

Live in a nursing home.

Live in a V.A. Domiciliary.

Live in a private foster home.

In a hospital.

8. How are you getting along with the people closest to you? (Read carefully and check one answer only)

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poorly; constantly quarreling, disagreements and tension. don't think about things very much things don't bother me. fairly well; a few quarrels or disagreements, enjoy being together for the most part.

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not too well;

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mostly bickering and tension, but occasional

peace and contentment together.

all right; some ups and some downs.

very well; never quarrel or disagree, almost perfect.
not that close to anyone.

How has your health been since you left the Restoration Center?

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No problems at all.

OK at first, but I'm having some trouble lately.
I've been getting better than when I was in the
Restoration Center.

If you have been having any medical problems, what are they?

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Have you ever thought of any of the people in the Restoration Center since you left there? If so, whom?

Who do you remember from your stay at the Restoration Center?

5. If you have been in touch with anyone from the Restoration Center, whom?

5. In what ways do you think the Restoration Center could be improved to help other veterans?

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JUNE 4, 1963.

To: Dr. Gottlieb.

From: Dr. Robertson.

Report on employment status of first 93 subjects reporting on followup questionnaire:

Ten men reported they are working full time. Of these three had returned to former employment; and one (a proprietor) had probably returned to a business he had already owned. (Information was not available on previous occupation.) Five more were apparently in new employment.

One reported working, but did not name type of employer.

One man was working part-time on a job he had located after his relief eligibility had expired in his home community.

Two men had worked full time for a period. Both of these had had the services of the Restoration Center Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist.

Three men had worked part time. One had found his employment in a field related to his former experience. The other two did not report on nature of their employment. Total, 10.

R. J. ROBERTSON, Ph. D.,

Research Psychologist.

[Fact sheet, February 1, 1963]

VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL, HINES, ILL.

HISTORICAL AND CURRENT DATA

Hines Hospital is situated on the old Speedway Race Track reservation which was the site of many international auto derbies and sweepstakes, between 1915-18. Louis Chevrolet, driving a Frontenac, won a 100-mile handicap with a record speed of 108 miles per hour. Later in 1923, Checkerboard Field, a commerciai airport was located adjacent to the old speedway on what is now part of Hines. On April 15, 1926, Capt. Charles A. Lindberg, Army Air Corps Reserve, made the first airmail flight from this airfield to St. Louis for the U.S. Air Mail Service. The hospital was dedicated in 1921 by Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Allied leader in World War I. It is conveniently located 12 miles west of downtown Chicago, adjacent to the suburban communities of Maywood and Broadview, on 222 acres of beautiful park-like grounds. It can be reached by public transportation (CTA train and West Towns bus) or by private conveyance (Alternate U.S. 30, Roosevelt Road).

In August 1962, the Illinois State Department of Mental Health acquired approximately 31 acres of surplused land on the hospital site for the construction of a 280-bed Mental Health Hospital Clinic. Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, acquired 13 acres for the development of the first phase of a medical school, consisting of a basic science building and an adjoining 300 bed University Hospital. An additional 47 acres, acquired by Loyola, will be retained by the VA for up to 5 years. Following this period, Loyola will continue to add facilities to its medical school.

With the establishment of a medical center at Hines, the VA will be able to provide better patient care through progress in treatment methods, research and education, and staff augmentation.

Hines is the largest General Medical and Surgical hospital of its type in the Veterans' Administration. It has an authorized bed capacity of 2,479 with 2,191 operating beds. The average bed occupancy is approximately 92 percent, and an average daily patient census of over 1,900. In each year, there are approx mately 12,000 admissions and 12,000 discharges. Over one-half million veterans have been admitted for treatment since opening day.

The course of Hines' structural growth has resulted in the functional existence of essentially two geographically separate hospital units. The main hospital building opened by the Public Health Service is 4 floors high, approximater one-half mile long and provides services for 1,184 patients. The typical wa in the main hospital building covers an area of about 14,000 square feet. These wards are approximatley 300 feet long and contain from 70 to 100 beds. Th second unit, the former Vaughan General Hospital, World War II cantonmeɛ: type, built in the early 1940's, is approximately one-half mile from the msin building and provides services for 887 patients.

TREATMENT, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

The operating beds for inpatient care are distributed as follows:

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On December 1, 1961, the restoration center was activated on a pilot basis. Patients who have received maximum hospital benefits or have concluded definitive medical care but who cannot be discharged due to a socioeconomic or physical problem are considered for the intensive rehabilitation care provided in this center. Potential for placement in the community within 1 year after transfer to the restoration center is a prime requisite for selection.

Hines is specially staffed and equipped to perform highly specialized treatment in the following categories:

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In addition, we have the following specialized activities: Tumor registry.

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Respiratory center (the eight beds in the respiratory center are for postpoliomyelitis patients who have paralysis of the muscles for respiration, and who require continuous and specialized assistance for respiration).

The following medical research programs are conducted at Hines:

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