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Riverview Pychiatric Center

Message from the Superintendent (December 02, 2005)

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact." - James Truslow Adams

Happy Friday.   During this  "Update" I would like to share a few of the many positive things concerning Riverview. 

First, Riverview has been in three recent articles, one in the  as issue of the "Behavioral Health Management", another in the "Images in Psychiatry" and a third in "New England Real Estate" all of which presented us in a pretty positive light. I have included all those articles for you to look at if you wish.

Second, we had the honor of having Justice Mills have here first tour  of the new facility last week and she was impressed(and stated so) with the facility and the way staff seemed to interact with clients.

Third, we had a celebration (finally) for our receiving our unconditional license, and within a week had a surprise visit from JCAHO who again gave us positive feedback on the care we are providing.

All of this is attributed to you.  Great job.  Through the encouragement of recovery, expression of our shared values of respect, priority and compassion, and a diligent awareness of not only what we do but how we do this facility is rapidly being recognized as the Center for Best Practice.

I am also hearing very positive comments by our new Deputy Superintendent Dr. Daskivich.  Brian tells me he is impressed with the staff effort and has been warmly welcomed by people here at Riverview.

I want to end this update by focusing on the season, or more accurately the expectations of this holiday season and the effect it has on all of us. We are all aware of the current holiday, which for most of us really begins with Thanksgiving and ends with the New Year Day. There is a large Christmas tree in the entrance and more and more units are decorating for the season. It is a time of great joy. It is also a long time of media blitz, advertising campaigns, lights, and Norman Rockwell type images.  The expectations seemingly set for us are huge.  Only a very few of us will be fortunate enough to have all those expectations met.  For most of us, although this will be a joyous season, there will be moments of sadness.  For some, it will be a very lonely time.  This is a season that calls to attention relationships, families, friends, traveling, get togethers, meals and times of abundance, many things missing from some of our lives.  So I ask you all to pay attention to this, with yourselves and the clients. Encourage them to talk about it, and if there are ideas you may have to brighten up the holiday season for our clients, please talk to your supervisors and we will do what we can.   

As always, thanks for your good work,

David S. Proffitt
Superintendent

"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself."  -  Lucille Ball