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Harrisburg State Hospital Closing
We are providing information on the two state
hospitals to which consumers could be transferred...
WERNERSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
Route 422 & Sportsman Road
P.O. Box 300
Wernersville, PA 19565
610-678-3411
| Wernersville State Hospital is located approximately
twelve miles west of the city of Reading in Berks County. Wernersville
is a “Recovery” based facility that utilizes a treatment
mall format to provide recovery services for individuals suffering
from severe and persistent mental illness. Our treatment mall
was recognized as the outstanding psychosocial rehabilitation
program in Pennsylvania for the year 2002 by the Pennsylvania
Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services. |
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The term “recovery” refers to the
process of developing the knowledge and coping skills that enable
and empower one to live with and to manage one’s mental
illness. For consumers with more severe and chronic conditions,
recovery is an ongoing and lifelong process of managing the
symptoms of the illness and making changes in self, relationships
and lifestyle.
Wernersville currently has 182 beds and serves Berks, Lancaster,
and Lebanon counties. The hospital will gain approximately 60
additional beds and begin to serve York and Adams counties in
the next few months. |
The CEO, Irene L. Taylor, has worked as a Commonwealth
employee since 1970 in various capacities at several state
hospitals and mental retardation centers. In 2001 she transferred
to Wernersville State Hospital as Chief Social and Rehabilitative
Executive, and in 2003 she became Wernersville’s CEO.
As CEO, she is responsible for the 24 hour treatment of individuals
with severe and persistent mental illness who have been court
committed to the hospital. Irene is available to meet with
families and answer any questions they may have. She can be
reached at 610-670-4111 or 800-828-3354
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