Evanston residents in this area are constantly told that the residents of Albany Care are "harmless" and that resident's complaints are unfounded. Well as a resident that lives very close to Albany Care, I can say that these complaints are NOT unfounded. I pass this facility every day on my way to and from the train station, and almost every day i get harassed by one of the residents. One time a man FOLLOWED ME all the way to my home, talking nonsense into my ear the whole way. Im a female and i was so scared. Another time a resident just stood infront of my door, just blankly staring at my door. I didn't want to leave. On many occasions a woman would stand outside my door and smoke, with her smoke going into my windows. I've called Albany Care many times to report these residents and all they say is that they'd look into it. Completely useless human beings work at this facility. I'm tired of having to dodge vomit and phlem and urine and feces (yes, feces) when walking around the corner between Maple and Main st. I'm tired of the harrasment and panhandling (one man desperately tried to sell me his watch and when I said no he called me a b*ch). I'm so tired of listening to police and ambulance sirens on a weekly basis that show up at this facility due to the many incidents. I'm am so so fed up with this facility and with the city of Evanston for harboring such an appalling institution. I have a mentally ill grandmother and I would never imagine admitting her to a place like Albany Care. She has dementia among other issues and has a tendency to wander and yell at people. Why would I want to place her right in the middle of a neighborhood where people live and work? She receives care in a wonderful institution designed for people with mental health issues without posing risk to the public. This is how mental health should be treated. Albany Care is just a neighborhood bully, imposing their residents on Evanston families who just want to live in peace. I hope the city of Evanston shuts this place down. Residents of this town deserve better. We pay high property taxes and for what? To be spit on and yelled at by Albany Care residents? I pray for an end to this nightmare!
Hey, I found this review very helpful. I'm thinking of moving this area and I'm very concerned about living near this facility. Can I contact you and ask a few questions which can help me with my decision? My email is [email protected]. Thanks, and hope to hear from you.
Albany Care is a treatment facility that takes care of people with mental illness. They are located in the northern sububs of Chicago. However, this facility doesn't really care about the patients, or the public for that matter; they just care about making money.
There have been numerous documented issues with their residents becoming violent, committing all sorts of crimes (including aggravated battery, sexual assault, etc) and the management of the location allows some of its residents to enter the community and panhandle people up and down Main St. Whether or not the people who have been accused of committing these crimes are allowed into the public is unknown; one of the panhandlers that they DO allow out can be extremely pushy. The Evanston Police have been at that facility NUMEROUS TIMES to deal with violent patients as well, including a recent incident where I saw at least FOUR squad cars (including a supervisor vehicle) in front of the location.
I have made numerous calls to the facility to report these residents panhandling people, and have called the local police several times to report this. Calls to the facility are answered with a "We will send a staff member to check out the situation" but the next day, lo and behold, the same people who I have reported are back out on Main St., doing the SAME EXACT THING that I reported. The Evanston Police have their hands tied (so to speak) regarding this matter; unless the person is being violent, all they can do is taken the person back to the facility, just to let the staff let that person out again the next day.
I am truly waiting for the day one of their residents attacks a member of the public. And when this does happen, and it will, because of the non-chalant attitude of the staff and management, they will be sued, and if the victim's lawyer is smart, he will subpoena all the police reports about this place, and Albany Care will lose a lot of money in the long run, because they won't do anything about their residents harassing the members of the general public.
Here is what you can expect from their SSRIs and Antidepressants:
Restlessness
Insomnia
Akithesia
Anxiety
Brain Damage
Suicidal and Homicidal ideation
Why are these poisons legal? They are legal so these misguided and defrauding people and places can have jobs, so psychiatrists can charge hundreds of dollars per hour, so social workers can have jobs and these so called "proferssionals" can make a living at your expense.
All this profit-driven behavior and reckless prescribing of these poisons is so they can addict you to their business model and drugs and keep the money coming in. Wake up and wean yourselves off of this madness, which is the main reason for the mass-shootings in our country and other problems, like crime and opioid abuse.
Albany Care Reviews
Evanston residents in this area are constantly told that the residents of Albany Care are "harmless" and that resident's complaints are unfounded. Well as a resident that lives very close to Albany Care, I can say that these complaints are NOT unfounded. I pass this facility every day on my way to and from the train station, and almost every day i get harassed by one of the residents. One time a man FOLLOWED ME all the way to my home, talking nonsense into my ear the whole way. Im a female and i was so scared. Another time a resident just stood infront of my door, just blankly staring at my door. I didn't want to leave. On many occasions a woman would stand outside my door and smoke, with her smoke going into my windows. I've called Albany Care many times to report these residents and all they say is that they'd look into it. Completely useless human beings work at this facility. I'm tired of having to dodge vomit and phlem and urine and feces (yes, feces) when walking around the corner between Maple and Main st. I'm tired of the harrasment and panhandling (one man desperately tried to sell me his watch and when I said no he called me a b*ch). I'm so tired of listening to police and ambulance sirens on a weekly basis that show up at this facility due to the many incidents. I'm am so so fed up with this facility and with the city of Evanston for harboring such an appalling institution. I have a mentally ill grandmother and I would never imagine admitting her to a place like Albany Care. She has dementia among other issues and has a tendency to wander and yell at people. Why would I want to place her right in the middle of a neighborhood where people live and work? She receives care in a wonderful institution designed for people with mental health issues without posing risk to the public. This is how mental health should be treated. Albany Care is just a neighborhood bully, imposing their residents on Evanston families who just want to live in peace. I hope the city of Evanston shuts this place down. Residents of this town deserve better. We pay high property taxes and for what? To be spit on and yelled at by Albany Care residents? I pray for an end to this nightmare!
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Hey, I found this review very helpful. I'm thinking of moving this area and I'm very concerned about living near this facility. Can I contact you and ask a few questions which can help me with my decision? My email is [email protected]. Thanks, and hope to hear from you.
Albany Care is a treatment facility that takes care of people with mental illness. They are located in the northern sububs of Chicago. However, this facility doesn't really care about the patients, or the public for that matter; they just care about making money.
There have been numerous documented issues with their residents becoming violent, committing all sorts of crimes (including aggravated battery, sexual assault, etc) and the management of the location allows some of its residents to enter the community and panhandle people up and down Main St. Whether or not the people who have been accused of committing these crimes are allowed into the public is unknown; one of the panhandlers that they DO allow out can be extremely pushy. The Evanston Police have been at that facility NUMEROUS TIMES to deal with violent patients as well, including a recent incident where I saw at least FOUR squad cars (including a supervisor vehicle) in front of the location.
I have made numerous calls to the facility to report these residents panhandling people, and have called the local police several times to report this. Calls to the facility are answered with a "We will send a staff member to check out the situation" but the next day, lo and behold, the same people who I have reported are back out on Main St., doing the SAME EXACT THING that I reported. The Evanston Police have their hands tied (so to speak) regarding this matter; unless the person is being violent, all they can do is taken the person back to the facility, just to let the staff let that person out again the next day.
I am truly waiting for the day one of their residents attacks a member of the public. And when this does happen, and it will, because of the non-chalant attitude of the staff and management, they will be sued, and if the victim's lawyer is smart, he will subpoena all the police reports about this place, and Albany Care will lose a lot of money in the long run, because they won't do anything about their residents harassing the members of the general public.
Here is what you can expect from their SSRIs and Antidepressants:
Restlessness
Insomnia
Akithesia
Anxiety
Brain Damage
Suicidal and Homicidal ideation
Why are these poisons legal? They are legal so these misguided and defrauding people and places can have jobs, so psychiatrists can charge hundreds of dollars per hour, so social workers can have jobs and these so called "proferssionals" can make a living at your expense.
All this profit-driven behavior and reckless prescribing of these poisons is so they can addict you to their business model and drugs and keep the money coming in. Wake up and wean yourselves off of this madness, which is the main reason for the mass-shootings in our country and other problems, like crime and opioid abuse.