HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1963-10-10, Page 2THURSDAY, OCT. 1001, 1963
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ployed as homemakers. Miss
Moore said the Red Cross, op,
erating 26 homemaker services
in Ontario, has a training pro-
gram, but the department does
not as yet. Hemeniakers are
'just "mothery women, such as
your mother," and "there does
not seem to be any problem
getting homemakers."
'We seek 'middle-aged wo-
men," Miss Moore added. "With
a young girl in the home, the
husband goes to the hospital
arid tells his wife What a good-
looking homemaker he has, and
then, we have a domestic prob-
lem."
Miss Moore explained the ob-
jects of the hotnernaker sere-
ices, somewhat as already set
forth in these coltunns recent-
. ly. Primarily, it is to hold
family together when t h e
mother is ill or incapacitated,
whether she is in or out of
the home; also to enable a man
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The project of homemaker
service in Huron, or sections
thereof, will be the subject of
a report later by county coun-
cil's warden's and personnel
committee. It was advanced at
the September session only to
the extent that council heard
the service explained in detail
by Miss Doris E. Moore, Reg.N.,
supervisor of homemaker and
nursing services, Ontario De-
partment of Public Welfare.
James Deneau, welfare officer
at Wingham, was also called up.
on, The discussion revealed
that the degree of need for
homemaker service could only
be determined after it was of-
fered,' Miss Clare McOowan,
local director ot the Children's
Aid Society, said, there had been
three cases in the county in
the past summer in which home-
maker service would have help-
ed, and in two instances saved
children from being taken into
care by the society.
Reeve Frank Walkom, Gode-
rich, enquired if there was
training provided for those cm-
provide homemaker service or
nursing service; 0.) by buying
the service frOm an established
agency, such as the Victorian
Order, or (2) by employing a
reliable woman to carry out the
duties of homemaker or nurse.
Applications would be made to
the welfare officer in the mun-
icipality. The province reim,
burses up to $8.00 per eight-
hour day, and 50 per cent of
the cost of a registered nurse
up to $2.50 a. visit. One hun-
dred and Uvouty-five municipal-
ities are receiving such suhsi-:
dies, . • •
"As you do not have a nurs-
ing service, there woUld seem
to be a great need," Miss
Moore said. "Yon might linen
est the V.O.N. in a nurse serv-
ice, and they might; consider
supervising a homemaker serv-
ice; otherwise, ypu would have
to employ your homemakers,"
Wentworth was cited as a
county that has gone into coun-
ty administration of homemak-
er service.
Replying to the warden, Miss
Moore said: "Yes, it works well
in a town, but we are anxious
that people in the outlying ar-
eas get service. You have good-
sized towns like Clinton and
Seaforth, and if you have cen-
tres there they could come back
to a central body. Then if you
pick it up on a case basis for
six or eight months until you
see how :many cases develop
that are eligible for subsidy, I
do not think it would be a col-
ossal thing. There might be
more persons able to pay for it
than Otherwise,"
'It seems closely allied with
C.A.S. work," said Reeve A. D.
Smith, Turnberry. "If the C.
A. S. had two or three home-
makers, could not the supervi-
sion of them be worked through
the C.A.S.?. It seems too bad
to set up another organiza-
tion."
"The staff is working over-
time now," said Miss McGow-
an, "and cannot possibly under-
take any more,"
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