Mike Samuelson, Manager II
Fred DeVries, Manager I
Phone: 402 223-7526
Fax: 402 223-6136
The facility was founded in 1887 as a "home for the mentally infirm".
BSDC is licensed for 449 intermediate care facility/mental retardation beds and 31 acute care facility (hospital) beds.
The average age of the individuals served is 45, with an age range from 7 to 87 years. All of the individuals residing at BSDC are voluntary admissions with natural or legal guardians.
The primary diagnosis of those served is:
 | Mild retardation, 9%
| Moderate retardation, 7%
| Severe retardation, 9%
| Profound retardation, 73%
| Unspecified, 2% | |
Four percent are school age and 95% have two or more other disabling conditions in addition to mental retardation. Other disabilities include:
| 43% dually diagnosed,
| 16% fed by gastrostomy tube;
| 44% non-ambulatory,
| 53% epilepsy,
| 15% cerebral palsy,
| 31% blind. | |