Benedict Haven creates home for mentally ill

there's a place over in Saint Petersburg for mentally ill adults it is a place they can call home permanently. The couple who started that they haven did so after facing mental illness head on. In this quiet -- in Saint Petersburg there's a home a bit more special than the others the end. -- donated this is Benedict -- it started more than twelve years ago. So -- dedicated Delores just although in her late husband because of their son who suffered a mental breakdown. We always worried about what was gonna happen to him. When they were not bad because then we realized after many years that he was I think it would take care of himself. So they started this private nonprofit home style residential facility for adults with persistent mental illness like the sun. There are eight beds here is a beautiful garden now back and kitchen table just like you find it any other house.

We want to create a real home. All of the felons had their own bedroom. And this is unique because the bill comes that they had lived in before. There eighteen people in the home then maybe three of four people in one bedroom. One bedroom or eighteen people. And if -- had given him any dignity.

This just although says that did they haven is a vital part of the community because there's no place for people who were mentally ill to live permanently.

Or have them come and see it and say that they get and it's a home. They go out every day they have activities every day they go bowling on Monday they go play pool on Tuesday. They go to the library think they vote on where they wanna go out to eat once a week.

its budget is about 240000 dollars a year private -- which is about 3500 dollars the others are Medicare. Everything in the house has donated including this could solve those times they do have a small paid staff now that handles everything including medicine. And make sure the -- says she calls them have everything they need. Most importantly she says respect to live as anyone else would. More information about -- haven or if you are interested in securing a bed for a loved one -- or give them a call. The number 775255205. Or he could to stop by the love that 21072. Avenue north. In Saint Petersburg.