Psychopaedic Hospital
From Whaneketia - 'The term psychopaedic is a uniquely Aotearoa ew Zealand term. It is a composite of ‘mind’ and ‘child’. It was coined in the early 1960s by Dr Blake Palmer, Director of Mental Health, to describe people with a learning disability to distinguish them from people who were mentally ill (terms used at the time).'
Gender: mixed
Capacity: 530 beds in 1969; 628 patients in 1981.
Controlling organisation: Canterbury DHB and predecessors. State control
Note: Brackenridge was formed in 1999 following the closure of the Templeton Centre, to support 84 intellectually disabled people with complex support needs. A clustered housing environment comprised of 14 homes was built adjacent to the previous Templeton Centre site.
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