Escape from the asylum
Tatijana Ilic
The doctor said to my husband  'She's not crazy  she's just rude' Tatijana Ilic  Former resident
Tatijana Ilic  who works in the laundry and sewing department  was first forced into a psychiatric hospital by her husband when she was in her 20s.
Even so   Tatijana  spent more than two decades on heavy medication  in and out of residential homes and psychiatric hospital. She has seen and experienced some terrible things. In one institution  women were tied to the staircase if they stepped out of line. In another  none of the residents were allowed underwear and they were forced to line up naked in the hall to queue for the shower.
 Tatijana  lived in Cepin for seven years until  she  moved into a flat in Osijek as part of the de-institutionalisation process.  She  and  her  flatmates are independent now - a household no longer needing an assistant to come in daily to help and support them. That  says Ladislav Lamza  means a financial saving.
Image caption  Tatijana  dreams of having her own flat  where her daughter and granddaughter can come to stay
 Tatijana  dreams of having  her  own flat - somewhere  her  daughter and granddaughter can come and stay. That is unlikely unless she secures employment outside the centre. Meanwhile life is pretty good.
Marta Gasparovic   Tatijana 's psychiatrist  has noticed significant changes in her patients since they moved to flats in the city.
The doctor said to my husband  'She's not crazy  she's just rude'  [TGT]   Former resident
 [TGT]   who works in the laundry and sewing department  was first forced into a psychiatric hospital by her husband when she was in her 20s.
Even so   Tatijana  spent more than two decades on heavy medication  in and out of residential homes and psychiatric hospital. She has seen and experienced some terrible things. In one institution  women were tied to the staircase if they stepped out of line. In another  none of the residents were allowed underwear and they were forced to line up naked in the hall to queue for the shower.
 Tatijana  lived in Cepin for seven years until  she  moved into a flat in Osijek as part of the de-institutionalisation process.  She  and  her  flatmates are independent now - a household no longer needing an assistant to come in daily to help and support them. That  says Ladislav Lamza  means a financial saving.
Image caption  Tatijana  dreams of having her own flat  where her daughter and granddaughter can come to stay
 Tatijana  dreams of having  her  own flat - somewhere  her  daughter and granddaughter can come and stay. That is unlikely unless she secures employment outside the centre. Meanwhile life is pretty good.
Marta Gasparovic   Tatijana 's psychiatrist  has noticed significant changes in her patients since they moved to flats in the city.