Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-06-16
Board Reports Satisfactory
Conditions in County Homes

OOIlulLlOnS at the county no
me, while not unsatisfactory
could be improved upon, while
the general management of the
Pope home is excellent, accord.
ing to the report of the Ge.
auga county Board of Visitors
released today.
The complete report of the
May 4 inspection of the two
homes is as follows:
COUNTY HOME
This is a collection of various
facts jotted down during the
visit as a result of questions
asked by the various members
Of the Board.
Kitchen utensils and equip :
ment appeared adequate and
although slightly antiquated ;,
were in fairly good condition
and clean.
The laundry equipment ap
peared adequate, Well main
tanned, and the general area
was very we'll organized and
clean. The equipment consist
ed of two Maytag washers, one
large extractor and one large
dryer.
The main parts of the build
ing consist of three floors with
a WomenS' side and a mems
side. The top floor is not in
use at this time, and most of
the inmates are on the second
floor with a few on the first
floor which, actually, is t
ground level.
The general areas seemed to
be fairly clean and the indi-
vidual rooms more or less
unclean depending on the ha-
bits of the individual inmates.
Dining room facilities appear
ed adequate, on a very simple
scale, and the surroundings We
re quite pleasant.
Lounging facilities were mea-
gre. Two television sets "a e
supplied, one for the men and
one for the women. Lounging
areas did not seem to be very
attractive, nor particularly well
organized to make the best use
of the areas. Additional rock
ing chairs were requested and
quite obviously they were need
ed.
The Individual rooms are
quite drab and practically de-
void of any furniture OF h e r
than a small bed and a make
shift table. A request was made
for small portable radios.
The entire lounge facilities,
Railways and individual rooms
are in dire need of painting
and freShening up, W h i C h
might very we'll make a con-
siderable change in the general
of the home. e.
Bathrooms were in poor con-
dition. Bowls, tubs and toilets,
in many cases, were very dir
ty, but in others were clean.
A general painting and clean
up of these rooms would be
advisable.
At this date there are 21
males and 2 females in the
Home, with a total capacity of
approximately As if the third
floor rooms were made avail
able.
All of the inmates are more
or less ambulatory and only oc-
casionally bedridden if a d
when they become sick. Any
seriously bed ridden cases are
taken to the Pope Home.
On first glance it appears
that there is an inadequate
of fire extinguiSherS "a
vailable. Due to the condition
of some of the inmates it may
be impractical to provide a
large number readily available,
but a suggestion was made that |
some local fire official make a
study and a recommendation
for Improvement of the fir e
protection system.
In addition to Mr.. and Mrs.
Bosworth, there is one laun =
dress, two cooks and three hir-
ed men involved in the main
tenance of the Home and the
200 acre farm. In Mr.. B o s.
opinion, the farm, TAX
ing in a total of a little over
$6 100000 last year, more than
pays for itself. He believes that
since they supply all the beef
and pork for their use and the
Pope Home, as well as milk,
chickens and eggs for their use,
hat to purchase these and 9th
er miscellaneous items raised
On the farm would cost t h e
county far more than at pre-
sent. He makes a point that
he farm, in addition to pro-
yiding the basic food elements