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1Gount M1P1t Speaks In latuie Hospital 1
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What. is the situation 'now? Ac- different nursingruiehomes
andregulationslt
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jurisdiction.
e, M,P.P., had this to say in
Drt of nursing homes being
ed to ease the overcrowding
iblic hospitals:
3y Murray. Gaunt, ivi,p.p.)
e matter which has been
ght• to, my attention repeated -
•a number of my constituents
e fact °that they feel. Ontario
ital. Services.. Coniniission
d be extended to cover 'chron-,
[dents in nursing homes. That
very broad statement and de -
is elaboration.. However, after
er study,. I find as far as I
' concerned, that contention
)letely ,justified. .
cording to' my information', there
are roughly 400 licensed private
nursing homes in the province of.
Ontario. These nursing homes
come entirely under. the jurisdic-
tion of the municipality where they
are located,. The municipality sets.
it's standards. ,and: the nursing
homes _within that municipality
are required to come lip to these
regulations. Having done so,. - the
nursing h'omes in that municipal,
ity are granted a- license.. These
regulations are very general in
nathre setting a ' standard, and.
sometimes a rather lowstandard',
for , sanitation and, fire protection.
As a result, every municipality has
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:ouiiry OF HURON
TATIONS.. and, .TENDERS
For
RIALS FOR .1964
ealed 'quotations, and tenders clearly marked "Tender
or , . will be received by the undersigned II.
ntil 500 p.m. on... . .
Fridoy. .March 6th 1964' •
)r the following materials •• , e.
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a) 00 Bidders....gyvti .Stationery on
fhe fvliowing
; (plea 0. biscf..(soih)::
1) F.O.B..• THEIR .PLANT OR WAREHOUSE .".
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2) DELIVERED .VIA TRUCK OR RAIL TO .
AUBURN AND VVR, OXETER; ONTARIO
he hid price • shall inchide all applicable9 takes • except •
le 3% 0 R. S T, which must be shown as a separate •
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Lny discounts 'fromthe...bid price; for prompt payment ,
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tc. should be clearly noted. • • .
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.1'. Asphalt Emulsions ' RS -I, .11S-2 and R8 -2K:
.2, Cut-back Asphalts •MC -2; .MIP, RC -3 and
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3.• Paving Grade Asphalts -60/70 and 85/100 Pen
4: , D. H. O. approved. 'washed "one. size" m.
.stone chips for surface, treating:. 104.'
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5. Winter Sand, price per ton and per cubic yard. ' •
.6. .ConCrete Pipe .-r- 'all.'aizes. • '.
7.' •Steel Fence,P4sts 7, ft. "T" rail price per poit,
• in lots of 2.000. -and 5,000 posts With clips.'
.8. Wire Fence, type 842-12 -r-, price per rodin 40
rodrolls rn. lots of 5;000 and 10,000 rods.,
9. Cold Mix and Semi -Hot Mix Asphalt .Patching
.Material -r -price per, tonioaded 'on County trucks
. 10. Portland Cement deliYered to; Brussels, Clinton •
. • and. Auburn, Ontario, " • /0
11. Reinforcing Steel Hi Bond deformed hairs., •a%
12. Grader 'Blades, 6' - 0!'• x x' Vg" price each I
for 200 , ° . ' •
• 114. Metal Highway Signs (all: types) and metal sign' •
poe0. . ' • :
b) OnCounty•Tender Forms
.• , able7from. hp Officet-of the4-
undersigned: • .
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1.. Tires and. tales. •
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2. , Gasoline and diesel fuel oiL • U.
'Calcium chloride' '••'7' liquid and flake., . •
4. Ready.Mix Concrete. •
5. Pavement 'Marking.; •
6. Weed Spray Chemicals„ .
7 Cedar Fence Posts. .
8, Corrugated MetalkPipe,„
lowest or any tender' not necessarilr
' 3", W. Brandi,
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Goderich, Ontario.. •
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In a few cases, counties have had
the foresight to establish •basic
standards and the municipalities
within the counties are free to im-
pose additional requirements if it
is deemed advisable.
Notwithstanding this;. the entire
field of licensing nursing homes is
' a dilemma second only to the
hodgepodge Situation in the text-
book field created by the Depart-
ment of Education. There is ab-
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I Nursmg Homes
and Health Departments to study
iiis problem": .
"At no time in, the history of
Huronview, since 'I have been
there," said superintendent' Har-
vey Johnston, have there been so
many people enquiring and wait-
ing to get in." Chairman Dunbar
said,. 'As regards Chronic' patients,
we are not geared to take care of
them, but when there.* no place
else we • have to take them,"
*Mrs. Bernard 'Henderson of Kin-
cardine, who *until a year ago, con-
ducted a hospital approved nursing
home ,there, told council that no
solidely• no uniformity,. • Uniformity • '
is needed. • . •
The province has roughly, . 400
licensed,- private!Y- owned nursing
privately-gdministhred home could
,compete with the per diem . cost
of $3.75 mentioned by. Mr. John,
ston, Confirming her understand -
Willies. Of these 43 are approved in that about half the Huronview
temporarily by •Ontario HosPital residenta are self-payiiig, Mrs,
Henderson .said, "even if you had
a nursing home in Goderich, no- •
body Would go there' when the month te the municipality if the
Huronview rate is $3.75." person is admitted to the county
home. rather than a private. 'ing home.
home.
Services Commission, usually, for
the duration of a year, to help al-
leviate thechronic bed ,situation in
public hospitals where the problem
has becotne acute. In these cases,
Ontario Hospital Services Commis-
sion pays • for the keep . of the
chronic. patient on being removed
frem the hospital to an •approved
nursing 1 home, However if the sit-
uation rectifies itself and the hos-
pital is able once again to handles
all the chronic patients, the tem-
porary Ontario Hospital Services
Commissionapproval to the nurs- number of beds for chronic ,pat-.
ing yhorne , is withdrawn. , ' • kilts. Here we have a very in-
-Many, times, members have: teresting situation. On onehand,
pleaded in' this house that addition- Goderich Hospital Board is being
al capitgl is needed for • hospital told by the government to reduce
construction and I ainGentirelY in the number ofbeds for chronic
sympathy with thein but. failing Patients; the chairman of ..the
this, would it not be good busines.s 'county' hame. board says Oilr Proh-
on the part of the government to, lens- continue to grow as our •res -
extend 0.H.S.C. to private musing ident total begins to get beyond
homes in. order that the many capacity and concludes . by saying
chronic patients who require only that the county home is net geared
care and supervision' he removed tO take care of chronic patients
from the hospitals 'altogether and
placed •in private nursing homes.
.It is felt, and rightly so, that 'the
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Seek Nursing Home -‘
Published the • same day was a
report of a boarid meeting of Alex-
andra Marine /and. General 'Hos-
pital in Goderich at which chair- would like to make Several pro- ,
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man S., Prevett said there was an poials to the* government for their.
obvious need for a nursing home in consideration:
had asked die board to reduce the arldizeThethge6veni
4n1 should stand.:
Goderich., Provincial authorities •
rules and. regulations
governing nursing homes across
the province. Those who .ineet the • .
standards would be licensed by the• • •
Province and those failing to :do so
would be refused a license. This,
of course, would require inspecdon
and • perhaps this coubfbe done•by
the county officer .of health. , • '
2. Extend 0.II.S.C. to the 'prov-
incially • licensed private nursing
homes to • cover indigents and
chronics. who' require Only care
hilt when there is. no. place else 'we • 'an su rvis. icsn• This 'Partichlar
have.to take .them.. point ust be underlined because -•
• Makes Proposals •
In view, of .what I have said 1
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On the Other' band, 'Mrs: Bernard
'govern, ,Henderson who recently conducted not to tuin• private nursing homes
corninimity ? throng') • the
approved nursing home , .
into '' hospitals • • because nursing
ment is morally responsible •for the a 'hospital homes have neither the equipment:
maintenance of our aged citizens told the council that no PtivatelY nor .the staff to do the work. Of a . •
hospital. This is a very real prob- • .
len' and one Which cannot be 'freat-
ed , lightly. However, it' care is
taken to cover Only those who re-.:
quire care and supervision then 2'
the, problem I am gut*. will 'be .
overcome • This would haVe the'
happy. effect of releasing some bad- • •
cotintY homes for the • aged are ly needed hospital beds that -are
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subsidized by the 'government and now occupied by chionics. and it " • -• •
therefore • donot reflect, the true
actual cost of this•„care It is ob-
vious that private nursing homes
or privateindustry if you. Will, can-
not compete sucCessfully against.
an enterprise w ch. is subsidized
administered home could compete
due'. to their inability through in-
adequate means to. provide this
maintenance at a proper level for
themselves. This responsibility is
discharged by private nursing
homes, county hones for the aged
and charitable institutions.
Indeed the growth of county
homes for/ the aged across the pro-,
wince is indicative of, the concern
the community places on the pro-
per care and treatment of our el-
derly citizens. However, I feel that
the soliciting of and admission to
county homes Orpersons with ade-
quate and mOre...,than . adequate by the taxpayer. Thus it is a lud- vote and public hospitals in Ontario
means 'to Care for • 'themselves. •
with the per diem cost, of $3.75.
Mrs. Henderson. pinpointed the
problem when, she said, "Even
if you had a nursing home in God -
ch nobody would go there when
the Huronview rate is $3.75. The
reason the rate is $3.75 is because
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would also help to alleviate the , •
overcrowding• and long, waiting
lists at county homes which.
tually necessitate the buildhig of •
'additions to. these structures. At
,the end of 1963 there were 263 pri
thereby depriving some of our irons situation where. a selected° with approximately 6,365 chronic
few are having their tax dollars beds. .
aged motile without these means of, used• to put them out of business.
This whole matter' has economy .
'overtones because really what I am
saying and perhaps saying rather .
badly „is, — let's re-appraisei. the
health and care needs of older and
ailing residents of—this -province ,
with *the idea of making , the 'best
possible use of all existing facil-
ides., Then and only then can we • /
conscientously embark / on an ex- •
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huge sums of .public money. I feel
this subject is of sufficient „import-
ance to deserve due consideration .
by the house. • . , • .
care in the county homes ,for the
aged is in direct contradiction of
the Principle behind the establish-
ment of such homes for our needy
older citizens. It is apparent that
after many' of these homes for tilt, The- prime minister speaks -in
-aged were built, people with ade- glowing terms about his govern-
quate means Were solicited to as- ment believing in the philosophit
sure that the county homes were that people' should not be socializ-
filled to capacity to justify their ed to the extent that whatever 4
very existence' Frankly feel that) they have' is taken from them by pension
program of those•4" facilitaes
All this has developed and has
nurtured despite the fact that the
goveknment prides 1 itself in the
image, of grandfather to private
industry. •
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the admission to the county homes which involve the expenditure of
the state and handed back by a
of persons with adequate, means
and the subsequent deprivation of
accommodation for others less for-
tunate is one of the contributing
factorsto the alleeed need for
more of this tre of accommoda-
tion thereby putting an added un-.
necessary tax burden on the tax -
:paying public.., •
Need For Chronic Care
One recent illuttration of this
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vance Tiines dated Thursday, Jan-
uary 20, It. 'says "The nee4 for a
Provinciallyapproved . nursing
home or a chronic wing in this area
was so ,much to the fore in discus-
sion last Thursday )that action in
one fOrm or another • 'nay, reason-'
ably he 'expected. An early step
will be'ronsultation with provincial,
officials on the problem.
"We are deeply concerned for
the future ofmany a senior citizen
in Huron," said Reeve Clifford
Dunbar Of ,Grey, presenting -the re-
port of . Huronview board. The
home is running praetically• at cap-
acity and we are' not geared to take
Care of chronic patients. We Are
awaiting instructions as 'to our
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bureaucrat whether in fact they
want it or not.
Not, Paying Actual Cost
What I'm 'saying is wherever.
true and •actual , costs are not
charged to residents' of county
homes who have adequate means
for' self support, the tax -paying'
public is being called upon, to, sub-
sidize thedaily care of ,'persons
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KINLOSS
The kairShea' W.I..will Meet this
who, in many_cages,areAti_a sup4Thursday,--,.-february-i-ba, the—
erior fhiancial position' to thetax-.J home Of Mr,s. • Robt. Gilchrist.
payer.. • , The south group of the Ladies
The unfortunate thing about. this Auxiliary to the Boy Scouts met
is that people , with means often at .the home. of Mrs. Ira Dickie
unwittingly\ deprive our needy cit- on Thursday evening 'to plan the „
'izens of care. '• - menu for the Father and Son Ban
At. the' .$3',75 a day rate charged !pet to be held rebruary • 22nd ...•
at Huronview in 'Clinton, munici, in Holyrood Bali
palities would consider it financ- Mrs. Wmf.. Searle and infant son.
ially good;•butiheSS.to send a de- returned home from Wingham •
pendant of the .municipality •to the Hospital last week and Mrs, Ted
county home for the aged rather Collyer is convalescing at borne
than to a private nursing home following surgery in Victoria :Hal- '
where ,they charge on the average pitato London. • •
$5. The muniCipality is reimbursed Mrs. Robt, Gilchrist was teach -
110% of the cost with the remain- ing alt last Weekat Kinloss Cen-
ing 20% 'being borne by the mutt. tral School for Mr.tinshell, Who •
icipality, Comparing.the 14.75 Tate was' •
of county homes . and the .$5,60 "o• Misd' Grace MacDo4gall entered
da rate of private nursing homes Whigham Hospital ort Priday for
it means a saving of $1.50 .,per trea.tmcnt for •her back,
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