tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Feed Me!Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger4314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-37053875134936285822017-03-01T19:54:48.497-06:002017-03-01T19:54:48.497-06:00So glad to have a place to write this. My son who ...So glad to have a place to write this. My son who we adopted several years ago has been seeing a psychiatrist for 8 months for ADHD, and ODD My son also has anxiety from early childhood abuse. Our psychiatrist told us about Rogers program for anxiety and I called yesterday. Today I had an intake appointment on the phone with Rogers for about an hour to give background on my son. About an hour after I got off the phone the local sheriffs department and child protective services arrived to conduct an investigation. They repeated verbatim some of the issues I had told the intake person at Rogers about my son. I called the intake person back and they admitted to reporting my son. We have had varied and extensive therapy since adoption 8 years ago. But to have all the sensitive information about our son given to Rogers and then sent directly to the sheriff was a shock. I called the psychiatrists office who referred us to Rogers to let him know what happened. We were seeking additional therapy, this seems like very unprofessional behavior. The case is closed with the sheriffs office we have extensive records of all the services we have gotten for our son over these 8 years. But there is still a record now of us being reported, and a sheriffs car in our driveway for several hours.Leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-46802594608696380722017-01-12T12:20:47.454-06:002017-01-12T12:20:47.454-06:00Harriet, you continue to inspire and inform. We on...Harriet, you continue to inspire and inform. We only wish that we had read this blog before admitting our daughter to Rogers in Nashville. The program is a sham. In fact, they continued billing us, after our insurance would not cover, knowing that we were unable to pay. We also have a malpractice situation that I cannot speak about publicly due to pending legalities. But let me assure everyone reading this post. I know how desperate you can get as a mother/father when you want to save your child. You will do anything. But that doesn't include giving someone full access to your child without your present. The staff at the Nashville location try to avoid the parent at all costs. We learned most from our daughter. Thankfully she shared. And they will treat your child for something that they don't have - which to us implied that they are using them as an experiment. Oh, the information I could share if I could here publicly. But not now. Please find a recovery team and work with them while your child is at home. That's the best way. These hospital facilities are mills. They admit children and don't do half of what they advertise. They pay on your emotions. AVOID ROGERS. We met a man in the lobby one day who told us that his daughter had been in the program at Rogers for 2 years. Nothing has changed. I wanted to ask him why the heck he was still there. Cash cow! Rogers is NEVER going to admit that they are unable to help someone. They will suck every dime out of you. Sorry...now I rant. Excuse me. Love your children. Love them enough to find them personal care with your active involvement. God bless you .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-17868861995008776542016-11-26T07:55:57.325-06:002016-11-26T07:55:57.325-06:00I worked there several years and the staff try, bu...I worked there several years and the staff try, but there isn't a solid support from leadership to build a program that works. Their adolescent unit manager is a joke with no real understanding of clinical management so there isn't any real treatment going on just babysitting and feeding the kids. Staffing is left up to archaic numbers to justify budgets instead of outcomes. Those of us who out our all into it were left burned out and unappreciated. I just hope despite that, some kids used our help. We tried, and we did try to speak up but when a company is too busy expanding than looking at the quality of their care, people suffer. This Chick from Tosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308266471504546654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-7169630784674513302016-01-24T18:28:05.976-06:002016-01-24T18:28:05.976-06:00Does anyone have an opinion of their treatment at ...Does anyone have an opinion of their treatment at the Tampa facility.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13752434741674393562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-59015145711185354262015-11-23T17:23:55.099-06:002015-11-23T17:23:55.099-06:00Rogers is consistently understaffed and there is a...Rogers is consistently understaffed and there is a very high turn over of staff. That never bodes well for a program. If you read their website, there is often misleading advertising. Their research on success rates is skewed and completed invalid. Eating disorders are difficult to treat and need the staff to accommodate that.<br /><br />Anybody try Timberland Knolls?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-26964215348891752282014-04-23T15:43:32.862-05:002014-04-23T15:43:32.862-05:00I think that mrs. Obama should start with kids bec...I think that mrs. Obama should start with kids because having a good weight at a young age is good, now most kids are over weight because of the eating habbits that their parents have and they do the same. More and more science studies show that most people are the problem of their weight. There are not ginetic information that says that a person will be over weight no matter what they do. The world over is having a very big broblem with fat people and it is becoming one of the most exspensive cost to most countries, at the rate things are going the human population must do somthing to slow it down and stop it as soon as possiable. This is not a joke. everyone should not have to fell the pain of it so things must be done and fast. with around 70% of americans over weight and that does not mean a thing REALLY? this is a complicatied subject and things need to be seen with very, very open eyes. are futur is at stake here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-3886361357538043092014-01-07T15:11:40.118-06:002014-01-07T15:11:40.118-06:00there is one is b.c. canada that models this appro...there is one is b.c. canada that models this approach...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-90020864688416179492014-01-06T10:20:26.996-06:002014-01-06T10:20:26.996-06:00The same thing happened to me back in 2009 when I ...The same thing happened to me back in 2009 when I was there.<br /><br />My first night, I was terrified of being there. I hadn't eaten in a week, so naturally my first meal I refused. They gave me the option to take an ensure, and I DID THAT. But then an hour later, I'm being called into the office they have, and they're telling me that they're putting a tube in me because it would make my treatment go by faster. Umm? They FINALLY got my parents to agree even though they STRONGLY didn't want me to have it. I was actually TRYING... it wasn't like I was refusing everything. And they scarred my 12-year-old self! I was being thrown into a treatment center, having to eat for the first time in a long time, drinking an ensure, and despite my efforts, STILL given a tube. It was A LOT to take in on my FIRST day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-70280051764906286442013-12-07T17:53:04.325-06:002013-12-07T17:53:04.325-06:00I was admitted to Rogers about a year ago for OCD ...I was admitted to Rogers about a year ago for OCD and I was very displeased with the quality of my stay. There was limited communication throughout my stay between members of my treatment team which results in many misunderstanding, misinformations, etc. I had been in therapy prior to admission and was very close to that therapist. I had been diagnosed with an attachment issue and Rogers cut me off from that therapist as a way to "fix" my attachment issues. They never even talked to my therapist. They did not send a discharge summary until 3 months after I was discharged and my psychiatrist didn't even sign it. My professionals made promises to me that they broke, they were not respectful of my personal belongings, they were inflexible, and they outright lied to me when I asked about the credentials of my treatment team members. The entire stay was a huge manipulative joke and I came out feeling worse than when I was admitted. Sure my OCD was better but the rest of my life was in pieces.<br /><br />I'm so glad that there are other people who were displeased with the place. It seems to me like there are only good reviews out there that I've seen so far and it bothers me. I don't know how they can rank themselves so highly. I keep in touch with almost all of the people who were on my unit when I was there and half of them have already relapsed. It's disappointing that a place with such a "good reputation" can't make more of lasting positive difference on people's lives. Anna Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-59864573039612769852013-05-26T23:53:48.478-05:002013-05-26T23:53:48.478-05:00Thank you so much for your work
Our daughter is ne...Thank you so much for your work<br />Our daughter is newly diagnosed- a graduating senior in high school- who once aspired to go to college but is now rethinking everything- I don't think that those on the outside can begin to comprehend what it is like to approach every meal, every bit of food preparation with trepidation<br />I do have hopes for a better future- and it helps enormously to read about brave souls such as your daughter and yourself<br /><br />hopeful in CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-29036168318132000492013-04-12T16:10:25.390-05:002013-04-12T16:10:25.390-05:00Anon, I strongly encourage you to take your daught...Anon, I strongly encourage you to take your daughter out. If you can't get anyone to talk to you that's reason enough. Where are you geographically? Check www.maudsleyparents.org (go to the Treatment Finder) or the NEDA website for some other options for care.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-3988807127839156112013-04-12T14:39:43.222-05:002013-04-12T14:39:43.222-05:00My daughter is currently at Roger's and is on ...My daughter is currently at Roger's and is on her 10th day there with anorexia nervosa. My wife and I have seen little progress in her and she seems alone and scared. Ten days there and the social worker has not met with her once yet! Additionally, the doctor there speaks so fast and in circles, he is almost impossible to understand his point. Today my daughter called my wife is now having suicidal thoughts. Certainly something she has learned by sharing residence with suicidals, cutters, burners and ADHD patients. I have been trying to speak with a doctor today and no luck after six hours of calling and leaving messages. My God, this is my daughter in their care and I can't get any information on her progress or when she may be released! I will follow up on this blog with any progresss, good or bad. Praying for good though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-72097422713071623092013-04-12T14:36:51.763-05:002013-04-12T14:36:51.763-05:00My daughter is currently at Roger's and is on ...My daughter is currently at Roger's and is on her 10th day there with anorexia nervosa. My wife and I have seen little progress in her and she seems alone and scared. Ten days there and the social worker has not met with her once yet! Additionally, the doctor there speaks so fast and in circles, he is almost impossible to understand his point. Today my daughter called my wife is now having suicidal thoughts. Certainly something she has learned by sharing residence with suicidals, cutters, burners and ADHD patients. I have been trying to speak with a doctor today and no luck after six hours of calling and leaving messages. My God, this is my daughter in their care and I can't get any information on her progress or when she may be released! I will follow up on this blog with any progresss, good or bad. Praying for good though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-51260115602616324232012-12-01T21:41:08.248-06:002012-12-01T21:41:08.248-06:00I know this comment comes months after Anonymous p...I know this comment comes months after Anonymous posted on 7/21/12 looking for a treatment center, but I can only post now and hope that she - or anyone else who needs help - may come across this comment and find some hope.<br /><br />I'm 20 years old and am finally finishing up with treatment after going to some sort of daily therapy for over a year. I went to Rogers a few months ago - not to their ED program - and had great success with it. However, my ED treatment began at Timberline Knolls in Lemont, IL. TK is known for treating co-occuring disorders, so they won't turn you away for having "too many" or "conflicting" issues. They specialize in it all. The staff there is incredible, and they mean it when they say that they meet their residents where they're at upon entry into the program. I didn't have any desire to get better when I got there a year ago - in fact, I denied that I had ED for 2 months until I got the courage to speak honestly to a staff member I had grown particularly close to. The relationships I formed with girls there were absolutely incredible and so meaningful, and I remain in contact with most of them to this day. The staff, again, was so genuine, and some of them had even been in recovery themselves for years, so they could relate to residents on another level. The three months I spent there were hard and trying, but I cannot even begin to tell you how worth it they were. I went to TK, ready to give up on life, and because of that program, along with a couple aftercare programs, I am ready to embrace life and all that comes with it. I feel hope, gratitude, and pride again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-936075310353890792012-11-04T08:59:00.130-06:002012-11-04T08:59:00.130-06:00I am 41 and I have adult onset anorexia. It starte...I am 41 and I have adult onset anorexia. It started in Feb of this year after I was attacked by an off-duty policeman. While for me the disorder didn't start out being about control, it is now. Control my food or let it possibly control me. That is my fear anyways. I am scared to death that if I started to allow myself to eat I would just eat everything and be completely out of control. I hate this disease! I hate the way it makes me feel, think, the pain it is causing my partner. Everything about it for the most part is bad! EmilyRFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438793072761316901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-91624340852272839552012-09-16T13:45:21.636-05:002012-09-16T13:45:21.636-05:00That is sad... :( But you got to do what you got t...That is sad... :( But you got to do what you got to do so best of luck to you.Kudos to all your effort in keeping the site. I have always been a silent follower of your posts and so I can only hope that you'd be back when the right time comes. :)Aussie Strengthhttp://aussiestrength.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-35963820961379586812012-08-20T20:32:23.523-05:002012-08-20T20:32:23.523-05:00This is just plain sad.This is just plain sad.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079526251868018403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-47472607794871579132012-08-20T14:30:10.502-05:002012-08-20T14:30:10.502-05:00Dear "Anonymous" who posted on 7/21/12 -...Dear "Anonymous" who posted on 7/21/12 -- RUN FAR,RUN FAST FROM THIS AWFUL PLACE. I've been there and it makes "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" look like a day at the spa. The doctors are never there but issue orders from on high, having never met you personally. Awful, awful place. And they won't release you until you figure out the magic words to say/not to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-19484675026206493312012-08-20T14:27:40.840-05:002012-08-20T14:27:40.840-05:00I have NO idea how in the world this place is rate...I have NO idea how in the world this place is rated in the "Top 5" in the country. Their intake process sucks (to be nice), and they play games with you. When you're already depressed and begging for help, they refuse to accept you if you have anything else wrong with you or if you say any of 25,000 mystery "red flag" words. They say they'll call you back, and they don't. They say they're trying to get you into the program, and they're not. All you're told is that "Dr. Blah-Blah" thinks you don't qualify. You never get to meet or speak to this great mystery person. Only his minions will deliver the news. And even the nursing staff will back-stab you in a heartbeat!! You'll be held hostage in the lock-down unit, even if you aren't suicidal or a drug addict. They don't care. And be careful if you do get into the program -- they report you if you have any behavior they don't like (i.e. inability to focus due to ADD, nervousness due to anxiety, or crying due to talking about tough stuff). Honestly? Read a book or talk to a friend and save yourself thousands of $$$ and wasted weeks. Another blogger was completely correct - their advertising about their fancy new buildings and wonderful programs doesn't match what you get or see on the inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-41363248384999201042012-08-18T20:32:20.981-05:002012-08-18T20:32:20.981-05:00I think that we should be eating healthy and exerc...I think that we should be eating healthy and exercising, but not starving ourselves, "dieting," excluding foods, or focusing at all on what our body shape is. <br /><br />While it is true that being sedentary makes you twice as likely to die of all causes, being fat itself is not known to cause anything. Not hypertension, not heart disease, and not death. <br /><br />Anorexia, bulimia, etc, are tons more deadly than being fat would ever be.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079526251868018403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-18640050413166393602012-07-21T23:44:09.731-05:002012-07-21T23:44:09.731-05:00I am currently looking to get into treatment. I...I am currently looking to get into treatment. I've heard good reviews from people on my blog about Rogers but decided to look further. This really is disturbing to me. It worries me that I will go to Rogers as suggested by my therapist and things will only get worse. Thank you for sharing this. It is making me rethink going to Rogers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-48121160381642761622012-07-05T23:49:07.165-05:002012-07-05T23:49:07.165-05:00we will continue to talk of many things.
for all ...we will continue to talk of many things.<br /><br />for all you do<br />i thank you <br />from the deep well of love <br />inside and out<br />today and throughout<br />all time.<br /><br />(ami)<br /> ta~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-45445775228972421262012-07-05T17:04:52.649-05:002012-07-05T17:04:52.649-05:00I have enjoyed your blog greatly, and have learned...I have enjoyed your blog greatly, and have learned so much and grown so much from what I have read here. I do hope this isn't goodbye forever but I wish you all the best in the future! Keep being so awesome!!Scattered Marbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08460351222123005368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-85865680271492535312012-07-05T12:08:57.812-05:002012-07-05T12:08:57.812-05:00Thank you, Harriet.
*blows you kiss*
*dabs tears*...Thank you, Harriet.<br /><br />*blows you kiss*<br />*dabs tears*littlemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-91834571666274353172012-07-05T03:50:28.428-05:002012-07-05T03:50:28.428-05:00Anon, I wish I had some advice for you. Maybe some...Anon, I wish I had some advice for you. Maybe someone else will.Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.com