“Living in fear of the neighbors: ”Afraid of being murdered””
“the city of NORRKÖPING. Residents in a municipal home for the mentally ill living in fear of their neighbors.”
“One of them, 23-year-old Amelia Hawborn Pettersson, writing on Facebook:”
” I’m afraid to get beaten, someone to ignite the entire house, to get murdered.”
“Amelia has his home on the serviceboendet Luntgatan 51 in the centre of Norrköping since two years back. It is 18 mentally ill persons who are entitled to support under the LSS, the act concerning support and service for certain disabled people. They have their own apartments, but on the first floor there is staff accommodation – or users, as they are called – can get help from.”
“On 30 december, blew up a homemade bomb in the stairwell. No one was injured, but there was a hefty bang, and smoke. A few days later, Amelia Hawborn Pettersson on Facebook:”
“If you not sick before you won it in this place. Three nights ago was released a bomb in the house. We all thought we would die, the staff who worked night and is now on sick leave. “
“a month ago was a neighbor of the psychosis, he tried to get into my apartment with a fire extinguisher. He had a sharp knife in his hand. Another neighbor has been abusing both staff and residents. I live in constant fear. How can it be like this on a municipal accommodation? My whole body is screaming: get me out of here, please.””
“An employee and two former employees at the Luntgatan 51 confirms amelia’s data.”
“– It is a total skräckboende. I could not work still. Towards the end asked both me and my family if I were to come home alive after the working day, ” says a former employee.”
” I do not understand how we get to work in the working environment. The patient lets the killer in the house. Should a member of staff or a patient have to lose their lives before the municipality takes hold of the situation? In the houses next to the lives of ordinary families with children, they move because they can’t be bothered with terror, ” says an employee.”
“the Staff was beaten up.”
“Claes Bodelsson worked for two months on the Luntgatan 51 and ended in november, 2018.”
“– It is a very messy environment for all who live there. People running around in the stairwell, knocking on doors, begging for cigarettes. There is no order. Staff who become abused by the accommodations, no jacking of the head. The flow of drugs in and out on this property. It is widely known, but nobody does anything about it.”
“the Staff and Amelia think that the police in Norrköping don’t act when something happens on the Luntgatan 51. No matter if it’s assault, residents who are waving with soft air guns, or bombs, so is put the cases down.”
“– When the bomb slammed in the new year put the police down the matter and said that ”this kind of thing you can expect when staying at a place like this,” says Bodelsson.”
“the Staff Aftonbladet talked to agree that several of the residents, for example, Amelia, should not stay here. Everyone in the house has mental health diagnoses, but while some are criminally charged and can be dangerous, have other minor problems and are scared for their neighbors.”
“”Amelia shall not stay here””
“– Amelia should not stay here. With the right treatment, she can get far in life. The explosion has taken her very hard, ” says an employee.”
“– It is a disaster for Amelia. She is sitting in a sinking ship, but someone who takes care of her mental nausea. With housing, she had done excellent in the own accommodation, ” says Claes Bodelsson.”
“Aftonbladet hits Amelia in her apartment, one floor above the site where the homemade bomb briserade.”
” It’s terrible, it’s like a big youth club. People knocking at least 50 times of the day and night at the door. The knock to the opening, and it is no fun people. My neighbor has assaulted staff several times.”
“Amelia is diagnosed as schizoaffective – she describes it as a mixture of bipolaritet and schizophrenia – and has a chronic self-destructive behaviour.”
“– Some periods I feel very good, I am now in such a period of time. Then I can get into the flare-ups. Sometimes I cut myself, but now it was several months ago.”
“‘ Had not been able to without the church””
“She works as a volunteer within the Swedish church three days a week.”
“– It is to the church, I flee. Had I not had the church and my friends I would have been dead by now, I had not been able to otherwise.”
“In the summer, she was kaninvakt. The rabbit died of stress, because it rang so much on the door, and the fire alarm went running several times each night for several weeks. Yourself sleeping Amelia usually a good thing, because she takes sleeping pills.”
” I will do anything to move away. It is full of drugs everywhere. The guys coming in to me, they don’t respect that I don’t want them here. I dare not speak up, they are so large. It is absolutely insane that this is a municipal accommodation. I always sleeps in the mjukiskläder, one must always be prepared to be able to go up and out.”
“the Staff sleeping on the first floor at night to be available for users.”
“– But you may not call at night, then they will be very angry, ” says Amelia.”
“”She is afraid every day””
“– It is terrible to have a daughter who is scared every day. She was in a nursing home in Västervik, sweden, for two years and came back to chicago when she was 19. When she was good, had gained control to their illness. Now everything has crumbled, due to a psychiatric care worker does not work, and lack of support in everyday life.”
“Amelia is not the only one who is afraid of Luntgatan 51 is clear of the comments to her Facebook posts. Where writing is one of her neighbors:”
“”Are, as usual, awake now after the incident with the bombs. Is with migraine headaches and agony and wonder if I’ll survive this night or be söndersprängd. If someone will come at night and snatch in my door handles and how many times I will be called a pussy, whore, kärringjävel during the day. I is also and pray to God every night that no one should commit suicide.””
“On 1 January, Luntgatan 51 a new head of unit, who has promised Amelia that she should be able to call staff at night. But amelia’s LSS-administrator says she can’t expect any other apartment in several years.”
“”We will provide security””
“Ida Björkman, area manager on care and omsorgskontoret within the municipality of Norrköping, denying that the former head replaced on, because she is not doing his job. Björkman says to Aftonbladet:”
” We are now reviewing our procedures and risk analyses, so that we are able to keep a good safety and the level of security on the property. A new head of unit who is confident and experienced party. We see that there is a need for further measures, we will, of course, take it.”
“What do you say to Amelia, who is scared and want to stay somewhere else?”
“– for reasons Of confidentiality, I can not comment on individual cases. But regardless of the reason why we feel fear and insecurity, so our main task is to provide security at the residence and provide the individual support that each person needs.”
