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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1964-03-04, Page 11WEDNESDAY•,:fMARCH4t0, 711.0 A'ssiciat. THE 1 LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO_ : .__. PACE ELEVEN. , ursing' Homes Boar Of Directors Replies To • Interview Article By Bruce County Home Committee. Chairman . The following press release "Is- payers must be made aware that ation off the home. It is .further .mission. be authorized to accept, ;tied by .The Ooard of Directors,. .ssociated Nursing Homes Inc.. ntario, has . been received by rhe Sentinel, in common with. ether Bruce County newspapers, they are s bsidizing residents of means :in BruceleaH . - a ve n to' the tune of some . $6.00. a • day or'. so, be those tax dollars coming. from the County pocket, the Provincial according to. an accompanying; pocket or the Federal pocket. They etter signed by James E. Fisher still haveto be paid out of the )f Wallaceburg,• president oto the -same suit of .clothes: It. must also" kssociation, ". ` . • beremehabereci that, all the grants, Wallacebur g,,; '.Ontario, subsidies etc. that "The Depart- _ Febi uary 27, 1964, ment" uses to ; reduce the County costs, thereby' increasing our Pro- vincial costs, are not free `gifts' that :materialize. out of .• nowhere, They must be paid for, too, from each or all of the individual' tax- payer's several pockets, „It might also be pointed out that the out - of -County, costs to • keep all resi- dents for a full year, assuming full occupancy of BruceleaHaven, amount to nearly a QUARTER MILLION' DOLLARS annually ov- Associated Nursing Homes Inc,. )ntari9,the only, incorpora.ed' and 'epresentative organization of ,Nur'- ling Homes ' in the Province of )ntario, is aware of an interview 'onducted by .Mr, Clayton Schaus, he Editor of the Chesley Enter- prise, with the Chairman of the 3ruce County Home • Committee, Ind . thisawarenesshas been harpened .byexpressions by other axpayers •in Bruce Coutny felt that whereever true and ac- tual costs are not. charged to res - i ,County Homes who have idents of adequate means for self-support. THE TAX -PAYING PUBLIC ...IS BEING .CALLED UPON TO SUB - as •. residents to the Manor, only: indigent persons .or applicants with limited assets'. who cannot .;afford to4stay elsewhere: - • • Question 12 and 13 have been treated above, but we againpoint out that .,the brief did not' raise the question of County Homes caring only. for indigent, patients, Carried" leaving those with , means to: be cared for by Other agencies ••We Still further to this' and further; do not, necessarily hold' that if these'. patients have, means p .. . _ they should go to. .a . Nursing. Horne (Where they' may 'very well not belong) but stay in a County' Home if they are indigent.' As we have stated before, Nursing limes care for many ,igdigent patients who be- long.. in no other .-place • but a Nursing, Home, receiving a spec- ialized, personal service in a home- . like not institutional .atmos- phere. ,We don't `pretend to be an •institution, nor ado we want to be. A Nursing Home 'is' not, a place ufacturing, fishing, mining, rale where nurses live; it is home to e, patients, and in -many ' cases we are the'only family they have.. We, on behalf . of, all taxpayers; ourselves.included,' hold' that if a ' person chooses to live in: a County Horne, be ;should pay • his . `fair, •FULL share of the . cost .6f 'keep ung him there, and not expect the .taxpayer to 'subsidize. him ' in Born- parative luxury. Another. conten- tion .might be that when persons of means. are. occupying accommo- dation ; dation that is required for „ wait- ing needy' . persons; those 'persons. of means should be' .'advised to make other arrangements for their care, thus w making: accommodation." available for the most needy.. eneral' public; bydevelopment of We strongly deplore the lack: of g p p human feeling and 'understanding. information leading;to. better pa- exhibited 'in the referencen •to: our tient care, the solution of prob- older, ailing . citizens as "oldlems common : to Members , of the.crocks," as.expressed in Question Association." .' 'At : the . time of its 14 of , h interview. ' are all .. t e They. , birth, we fully' realized' that there human beings, demanding and de - were . many undesirable features , STv in the dignity and respect, to be eliminated from some homes . g g Y ' in e�.Pr in '• :I 1959sympathy and understanding that the- ov ce. n. the work we allwan ex n ed'. to ourselves. k to d had just begun, and quite. rightly Since • this : issue of the abuse of the Department of Welfare:..was taxation in ' the subsidizin : "of per - not justified .in approachiing . the. g 1 sons. of 'means in County Homes • Association to .seek hielp. in scaly- l is a very PUBLIC one,'•this Board. ing • . the chronic ;• problem of the takes 'streinuous ob'eetion to this J SIDIZI THE •DAILY CARE OF. to Question 9 in . the interview, PERSONS, ' WHO, IN'_ MANY thins is, not purely a Bruce County. CASES, ARE IN A . SUPERIOR condition. It is the same type of FINANCIAL POSITION TO . THE situation in Huron County as .well TAXPAYER~ I.t is. submitted that as . others' in Ontario. The daily this was not the intent, when Coun- rate . charged at. If uronview is ty • Homes, were established' As :most attractive. to•a person mak- can be seen, again, nowhere are' ing. as decision as to where; ,he will Nursing` •'Homes mentioned, and be cared, for, and, since • it, too, nowhere is. any' `public. sympathy does' not reflect all the costs • of being solicited,' nor support sought "operation, it: immediately becomes for the Nursing; 'Homes of the unfairly competitive with private County.-: To further correct. this ' industry that must consider ALL: anis-statement of.claim, in Ques-costs in its operation be it man - tion 8;we again .quote from- our brief . to. Bruce County Council. Para. ' 6 "It is further felt that In- our brief submitted to Bruce' ' er and above those revealed..These by. admitting residents • with ade- u dollars must be aid • •'b the tax- quite means to County Homes at. ax ay ers 'in. the Coutn the sub- payer from: somewhere'• inaccurate and unrealistic daily' vision was made that "Hos .i Therefore, in: all fairness to' the rates, accomodation. has thereby ars, Nursing Homes, and County taxpaYer, let us do as the Com- been denied to a'.'similar number. Tomes all. have' their place," . mittee Chairman suggests "Bringof Our needy older residents in. gg Ontario. It is felt that these per= hereby .. precluding ,the need for' in -your accountants • Let us have :ontrovers or disputation. utation. ,we sons with adequate means ailing Y P tressed .: emphatically' i n' para ;raph 8 of Oar brief; ;to Council he need for' a "spirit of full co operation among. all health" ' and them consider the costs' from all levels in health or otherwise, ARE NOT: County, Provincial and . Federal. Let them calculateim- THE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY, I but the .responsibility of the= per. - partially, �: from � a purely business ;son himself who is .being' admitted: point of view, what it actually does . !are agencies in our communi-: cost to keep1 person 1. day, - at It is,also known that these • same, P les," : in "order to'best serve' the Four County Home 'Let them make persons, ` with adequate means can • iealth , and care .needs of : our :itizens.. This we still hope may le the spirit in which these needs ire, best: served. full, use of ALL cost' fi . es from Cared for more than amply in ALL `level OnlyOther . ways s. in, this :way will . 'the .taxpayersrealize ho h pp Further to this. in para.. 5, of . our �i : much submission. , it is. stated -. that ` in has been hidden from him and We submit that, as is so often .how =chile really .does have to I order :to. Justify the expenditures Oc- he, , interviews f this pay out. of his several. tax• bills. of public money, for, .and the ex • ' Homes, an • admission policy' which 50%, hi'gher „than the rates .paid.. y also disregards the: physical: con by O'.H:S.C: for the care of a - .' . • , dation' of the applicant, has been patient outside's a . hospital, we can: / receive some small •comfort from adopted' in .some; Counties,. includ mg . Bruce, :. with. ' the result that the County.. Homes are,..: in part. becoming " Government sponsored nursing' homes,, in direct compe- tition with private enterprise,;and• subsidized' by the tax dollars of this same' . private enterprise.' This • welfare patient:. • This wag ',Prim- t. o ` 'being . , question ,reduced., by the ; unsavory, distasteful; andunwant- arily the public responsibility '.Home '. Committee Chair- ed , aspect, of 'government, that of the responsibility , of • ',caring fora man, Countyto one of personalities by direct, competition with. private en- chronically :i11, indigent' oar. wel-!• the mrs�staternent ' • of ' information � , terprise in the same field,•has in fare patients . - and - quite ;:rightly:c -n oncerni g 'things' that happened, some ' measure , been discontinued' the ;County : Homes were approach-las as ``recon 1 " as 1961: 'This Board ty h , ed to assume what'was only their ;•however, .• has • no.. 'desire a moving duty .to ,:assume. _ . Y ; .•, this'.• issue` out of as rightful -place • Today, five years later, the plc- as a public'question, • vi •to P . tat ture is vastly different. Many in- ::every tax ,a: er .. m the . Province, digent patients are Y P Y. paid dor by the •Department of ..Welfare in.lie-, eased Nursing Homes all • across the . Province of Ontario:' .We ' have, e case In m rviews o this istence of these' new County .and, ' the . side, of : a question fav- While the true rate is high, nearly lured by.. the'..interviewee is us- rally : put in the most favourable ight, with .the resultant omission • r downplaying .of other aspects uhicb " cast: a truer dight on the. the information that in some coun- vhole. picture. As:. suggested: by •ties the true :daily rate. to -keep he Chesley : editor,. "we would•a resident , in their homes runs want to be coniPY letel .fair: in this as high" . as $11.00: per day and: up - natter, and.: so would the: press •wards: 1 Bruce'- County." (See •'Q. '17). The 'Association takes strong' 'herefore, we:;'wouldwant to. point `issue with Question 17 •6f the' inter- ut : that in no place in . our sub- view, in : its. effort to discredit nssion . to the Bruce County Coun- 'the. motives behind the 'submission it was any special favour or con- of its -, brief to Bruce County Coan ideration • sought on: behalf of any cal,. by the.' twisting of the claim f our ` members; We have, taken made in our submission. The -brihf ,o' stand to' create .'a "contentious • did : NOT claim that "in order to: ;sue" of •'County Homes vs. Nur;. fill up County Homes; people •.have. ing :Homes' assuggested in ;the been '-'solicited:to•o'there and thus nswer to Q, 19' :: of the. interview.. ;deg � . , .. prive Nursing:.'Homes ; of ;pa- 'his •contentious issue is the tients.". This can not be construed rain -child of t h .e ' Committeeas editorial or poetic license: It 'hairman, alone and 'need •not.be is plain distortion of the facts,and aised 'now,. nor in the future, if we ,quote from. para. 1 of our.. brief !lespirit of co-operation which we to 'Council: ' "It is , : felt that the trongly advocate is. t0' : exist: • . soliciting • of, '' and admission • to In order "to be completely '•.fair County ,Homes of . persons .with n this . matter,'" and : in order ado nate and .more. than .adequate.. hat the 'people, .of. Bruce County. means le care ' for " themselves, e given ALL the information on: THEREBY DEPRIVING • SOME zis matter,' we submit the, follow- OF OUR AGED PEOPLE WITH ng .facts to clear up. any .disfig- OUT. THESE MEANS, OF : CARE, ration or omission of information tat bears' on our main submis-' IN : THE COUNTY HOMES FOR ion THAT :THE TAXPAYER,' AGE IE HE 'COUNTY, PROVINCIAL' IR FEDERAL, SHOULD NOT BE ;XPECTED TO SUBSIDIZE, RES- DE�V'�S f N COUNTY" `HOMES itIl TO,PAY HAVE MEANS, .A 'OR -THEIR -MAINTENANCE OR A E ELSEWHERE: THESE .ESIDENTS.OF 1VIEANS SHOULD .E 'REQUIRED TO PAY THEIR ing cattle or picking apples, or merchandising, without. having ac - .cess to . unlimited,.deficit budgets' - of public money., and.without hav- ing the ability to write with 'gal- lons of'red ink. .The answer to Question 9 is, 'therefore, no answer at. all. • With• referenr'e to the°•press : re- lease alleged in this manner,' the Association would point out ,that 1959.was the years' of its birth. It'. was : formed . as a professional, `or- ganization : to "Promote good stan- dards of care: in all. Nursing Hom- es of this Province;'. by adherence to a Code of Ethics.' among: its members, community agencies, professional personnel, and the y . some County Councils The followingquotation tation ' frdm . para. q 4 �. . p .,Y of our .brief shows . one . example .of the..effort to 'disassociate Gov; -ernment agencies from' direct com- petition ' with private : • industry, which is 'the backbone of our way. :o£ life. •' . "A":.'resolution passed by ,tie and ' still are,:striving . to dentin Council of: the Corporation. of 'the. 'County , of . York. • . ,WHEREAS. there . are only vac- ancies for :a limited number of residents , to be ' accepted' at York us. We have also received unto d Manor; benefits from. the 15 years' :exper- •ANDWHEREAS , it has been' the nonce; of • the '• American Nursing Home Association and we have policy to :accept residents ,•regard- .been extended membership . • ' " less of their ' financial tat a p in uously, improve the . health care provided for . our ailing " citizens. We. have a :history of 5 .years' hard; concentrated` effort .ehin 1� D, IS' •IN .:DIRECT' CON- , e s us T A'VENTIO•,N •OF . ' TH zAi;,: PRIN- CIPLE AND WHEREAS there is nursing � home accommodation for personSTAB-• L• ISHMENT,• ' OF. SUCH HOMES with the ability to`, pay; FOR" OUR NEEDY, OLDER CIT- THEREFORE BE. IT ' RESOLV- IZENS. "' Nowhere are, Nursing ED THAT the York : Manor Com- the case today as he infers the Ontario .•Hospital Association. Therefore, what the Committee Chairman . insinu- ates by inuendo as being an un- palatable solution in 1959, is not ASHFIELD • • Mrs. Emile Norgaard of Chicago. is visiting her brother, Bruce Mac- donald., _ Mrs. Alex Macdonald .who spent the past few ' ` months with her daughter. in .Windsor, is home.. Mrs. George, Kitson is home after -a month in Wingham Hospital with pneumonia. Mrs. :Colen . MacGregor • return- ed home. last week from • a three month visit in • Arizona. The children of the church ' met , on Monday after •school. in •' the church 'basement, ti a owhere is �.. _. -_H.omes men �n d and _ ": ublic .sympathy -being solicited" i:•1t•••ti•••i••r•X100-•.••••0•f•.0••••••6i0••••••••••••0•IU•0rii 00••••••••• • except ' for the . taxpayer: himself, ora whose, behalf : the brief was • submitted, This solicitation ' is 'a 2 'ULT.,COST OF CARE AND fact 'and might prove to be most • ' [AI? ENANCE, W ft H DUE. � . • •• • • • Gs''1' BRF� w ••' O. 2 • . • . .s ••. • • : •. embarrassing if publicly aired, but • vvailrr,tLA1'1ViV VP ALL LVa1a it is a known'fact;• and it occurs. ►1' THE COUNTY HOME ' AT Inmore. than ' one' County. L L LEVELS.: OF GOVERN - (ENT, IF THEY CHOOSE TO We . also take strong • exception .ESIDE IN A COUNTY HOME. In.. treating this • question—of—costs. L the eentirelinancing.-andLop tion of Brucelea Haven, the an- , vers. to ' questions `2, 4,. and '19 • i the . interview skirted' or omit- :d some of the pertinent facts, building. and operating the County nd only gave the:cost to the tax- Horne, and therefore people go to ayer at the County ':level. This is . the County Home , who should be• rily half a picture and to get the in: Nursitg Homes, as they are' 'hole, one must consider the rest able to pay, their way." To correct • r the costs at Provincial or Fed- this attempt at discreditation of I•. ral ' level too,'before the tax'. the Association, the quotation from • ayer really, kows just'what it our brief to Bruce County Council.: oes cost' him, •And.' since. these of ,'the• claire 'as IT' ACTUALLY • dditional costs that have riot been WAS • MADE' is here submitted' ••• '-Vealed in the interview, when Pa1'a. 4, ` "It is. felt that when a • dried. to those alreadyubliciied, resident of Ontario is admitted to 0 • pore than double thdaily rate a. County' Home for the 'Aged,, and • $4.55 quoted, as being the coat he has means Wherewith to sup- kee a residentrt himself,, a realistic daily rate . • , p an Brucelea Po 'his ,. • , 'Avon for one day, they are not for his care must be charged •. welt on.. The Association feels rongly that all the other tai' ire prethree good reosons ..... .or care in choosing your .herd: sores to the m'is-statement of claim in. • estion . :,.aquestion which. did •. Qu 8, not receive . a direct- answer. This question "It is • claimed counties . • are quoting bargain:rates.which do not include the full cost of • i. • 1-: 'YOUR. CALVES FOR. 196,5 • YOUR YEARLINGS FOR 1966, 4. YOUR .MARKET CATTLE. FOR 196/. • To uicrease the value of your beef herd ::as. calves, 'yearlings, Or • market• cattle you. can rely on W.C.B.A. beef sires, chosen "'for good body type WEHAVE TWO WATERLOO rap economical id n o cal .. gains gqins •. CER'T'IFIED MEAT SIRES IN SERVICE;' A'V'AILABLE AT .SY..ICHT EXTRA COST:: TATTLE BREEDING ASSOCIA' II .. against this resident, . and;: one a • .....,.... , , ,, , ...�. .. ,..: . which ' ancludcs all costs of • oper 00••i•*••••• •i••••••••••••0••aN0••0••$••••••i••44 iSii0•••el••:00011•• + 0 • • • • •. ,i.•'. • • e • 0 • • .• • • 0 • Y`. 0 i' 4 z • 9 •