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Grant will help facilitate elder abuse plays
Dave Flaherty
Goderich Signal Star
A local organization has received a fed-
eral grant to help spread the message of
elder abuse prevention.
Huron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb announced
Huron Women's Shelter would receive
$25,450 to help put on three plays that
address elder abuse.
Huron Elder Abuse Prevention Com-
mittee board member Michele Hansen
said the funds would help to facilitate
three plays they have developed.
Among the topics are proper respect
and treatment of seniors, attempting to
create awareness of the services that sen-
iors and caregivers can access in the com-
munity and financial abuse of seniors.
The plays will be performed at local
long-term care facilities, senior centres
and other senior -orientated locations.
They were written by committee mem-
bers and directed by Sally Walker.
Lobb said the topics are issues he and
his staff hear about from constituents
everyday.
The committee will also hold panel
discussions on elder abuse and provide
education on seniors' sexuality and
intimacy.
"Society has a mindset that once peo-
ple reach a certain age they aren't sexual
beings anymore and intimacy can be
treated as a bad thing," Hansen said.
The funds were provided through the
federal government's New Horizons for
Seniors program.
Lobb estimated that since 2008, over $1
million in funding has been provided
through the program in Huron and Bruce
Counties.
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Rural Health Institute
represented at local
summit
Gwen Devereaux among 75 invited by
the Rural Ontario Institute
Dave Flaherty
Goderich Signal Star
The Gateway Rural Health Research Institute was well rep-
resented at the Rural Ontario Summit earlier this month.
Gwen Devereaux, president of the board for the institute
attended the event in Cobourg on March 3.
Seventy-five representatives from rural health care organi-
zations were invited.
"It was an honour to be asked to attend," Devereaux said.
"What was really great was that Minister (of Rural Affairs Jeff)
Leal stayed with us and we discussed different aspects of
rural healthcare."
Devereaux said she would "absolutely" go back again if
invited next year, adding she wished there was more events
like the summit throughout the year.
The summit included discussions on "anything and every-
thing" in rural health.
"It was a very lively discussion," Devereaux said, adding it
was a good experience to meet people from other rural areas
of the province and bounce ideas off each other.
"I would the say people from around the table brought a
great deal of passion."
Although the 75 representatives all face different issues in
their different regions, Devereaux said one thing that was
apparent to everyone is "a grassroots approach is the only
way rural health care is going to grow:'
Paramedics honoured for
helping to deliver baby in ACW
Janssen, Riley receive congratulatory
certificates
Paul Cluff
Goderich Signal Star
Mother Nature doesn't wait for the storm to pass.
Fortunately, for a pregnant woman in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh, two paramedics pushed through the fierce storm
to help at a critical time.
James Janssen and Tharon Riley arrived after a 36 -minute
tumultuous drive on Jan. 7 to find a woman in labour. Schools
were cancelled, roads were closed but the paramedics helped
deliver a baby that morning.
"Generally paramedics are called to attend scenes of trau-
matic injury or sudden medical emergencies," EMS deputy
chief Jeff Horseman told Huron County council during a cer-
emony to honour the first responders.
"Once in a while we are able to attend a call that reminds
us how we can also be a part of a life changing event with a
happy ending:'
Both mom and baby girl, Mary, were healthy and happy
after the at-home birth. A midwife made it to the residence a
short time later.
Horseman said supervisors were trying to figure out how to
get staff members to work that day. Another ambulance was
stuck in a snowdrift trying to respond to a call. Horseman and
Warden Joe Steffler presented Janssen and Riley with certifi-
cates of recognition and the traditional stork pin.
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