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|Body= In the late 1950s the need for more centers for people with intellectual disabilities (at that time referred to as "mental retardation") became a concern for the Division of Institutional Management, the governing entity. Like many other states Kansas operated several institutions. The other state institutions providing care to people with intellectual disabilities were overcrowded, with each carrying a waiting list for admissions.
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|Body= In 1840 the Sisters of Charity, because of some dissatisfaction on the part of the Board of Directors, severed their connection with the Maryland Hospital, where for several years they had been in charge of the insane inmates and where they had been eminently successful.
  
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At approximately the same time, the Veterans Administration moved from the site of Kansas Neurological Institute (KNI) to a new hospital directly west of their former site. The Division of Institutional Management conceived the idea of acquiring the old buildings due to their availability and their proximity to other resources located in and around Topeka. KNI was created in response to a legislative mandate to provide for "the evaluation, treatment and care of the mentally retarded, training of personnel and for research into causes and prevention and proper methods of treatment and training of mentally retarded children."
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The Sisters moved their operations to a of their own, and 17 patients were at once placed in their care. Their first building was a small two-story brick house on Front Street, near Fayette, adjoining St. Vincent's Church. Dr. Durkee was then installed as medical attendant. This building soon proved insufficient and the Sisters were forced to seek more commodious accommodations. They finally purchased a lot improved by a frame building on the Harford Road, a short distance from the city limits, and called it Mount St. Vincent. This was arranged for the accommodation of patients, and the Sisters devoted themselves with renewed zeal and constantly increasing success to the good work they had undertaken. In 1842 Dr. William H. Stokes was invited to assume the medical charge of the new institution and his untiring energy, devotion and fidelity contributed greatly to its advancement and success. With the rapid growth of the institution, Mt. St. Vincent soon became overcrowded with patients, and the Sisters were compelled a second time to seek more ample quarters in order to meet the demand of those who appreciated their kindly care and attention.  [[Mount Hope Retreat|Click here for more...]]
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In July 1959 the land and buildings were transferred to the state of Kansas and restoration of the buildings began. The restoration toward a functional residential hospital was a monumental task. The original structures had been built as the Winter VA Hospital in 120 days during 1942; they were to last a maximum of five years but had been utilized for eighteen years prior to the state acquiring the grounds. The property had been completely abandoned and without heat for a year, leaving floors to loosen, foundations to shift, and buried utility lines to deteriorate further. A goal was set for all of the buildings to be replaced within twenty years.  [[Kansas Neurological Institute|Click here for more...]]
 
 
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Featured Article Of The Week

Mount Hope Retreat


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In 1840 the Sisters of Charity, because of some dissatisfaction on the part of the Board of Directors, severed their connection with the Maryland Hospital, where for several years they had been in charge of the insane inmates and where they had been eminently successful.

The Sisters moved their operations to a of their own, and 17 patients were at once placed in their care. Their first building was a small two-story brick house on Front Street, near Fayette, adjoining St. Vincent's Church. Dr. Durkee was then installed as medical attendant. This building soon proved insufficient and the Sisters were forced to seek more commodious accommodations. They finally purchased a lot improved by a frame building on the Harford Road, a short distance from the city limits, and called it Mount St. Vincent. This was arranged for the accommodation of patients, and the Sisters devoted themselves with renewed zeal and constantly increasing success to the good work they had undertaken. In 1842 Dr. William H. Stokes was invited to assume the medical charge of the new institution and his untiring energy, devotion and fidelity contributed greatly to its advancement and success. With the rapid growth of the institution, Mt. St. Vincent soon became overcrowded with patients, and the Sisters were compelled a second time to seek more ample quarters in order to meet the demand of those who appreciated their kindly care and attention. Click here for more...

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