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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-08-17, Page 6Homebound co ordinator Ann St. Jean 4 IN. DIAMETER UP OUR EXPERIENCE WILL ALL WORK GUARANTEED SAVE YOU MONEY DEPENDABLE WILLIAMS WELL DRILLING FREE ESTIMATES R.R.1, LISTOWA, ONT. Phone 291-3457 'Collect Evenings Dlasi on of Modern VICTOR, VG GREY rid G Homebound will help. -.HUtahr elderly 6—THE BRUSSELS POST, AUGUST 17, 1977 by Wilma Oke Help is, on the way for older people in Huron County who are, sitting in their homes because there is no place to go and often no way to get there if they wanted to go. A group of interested people concerned about lonely elderly folk have been holding meetings $ to find how they could be helped. A grant from the Ministry of community and social services for $40,289.60 has been received to start this Outreach program which is being called Projectt Homebound and will run froni August 1, 1977, to August, 1978.i The.. grant is 80 per cent of th6 sum applied for of $50,362 andl will be repeated a second year. Ann St. Jean of Auburn has. been hired as co-ordinator and. 'activity director of this H uron' Outreach program--Geriatric Day Care--and a committee has been formed. Mrs. St. Jean, wife of Earl St. Jean, United Church minister at Auburn, is a warm, cheerful woman sensitive to the needs of the elderly. She has a son, David, at home, a Grade 13 student at Goderich and a ' daughter, Elizabeth, in Toronto, working at the Recreational Centre for Chil- dren in the Regent's Park area. Mrs. St. Jean gives great credit to her husband for his under- standing and help at home which enables her to work with older people. Mrs. St. Jean has had previous experience working with senior citizens in various centres in Ontario, where her husband has been a Minister such as Osgoode, Victoria Harbour, Manitowaning, and Lakefield, where she was instrumental in starting progfatns 'for ' the homebound. She is working at present at the Maitland Manor Nursing Home_in Goderich, and will start her new work toward the end of August:. She hopes to have a staff of two ,part tiine workers, one a driver. She wants to aid people who are shut in and who can be encouraged, to come out for activities of a social, physical and recreational nature. She will work aut irom Huronview at Clinton where facilities will be provided for the program. programs suggested include crafts such as rughooking which is popular with the older people and other similar' crafts to be carried on for a brief period, perhaps one to one and a half • hours, then socialization programs such as billiards, shuffleboardand card games for a brief period and even a swimming program or lawn bowling in the summer. Dancing was named as a popular recreation for the, elderly. It was 'suggested that the hairdressing and barber shop facilities at Huronview might be used by those wanting to. The noon meal will be provided. ' One suggestion brought the greatest enthusrastic response from all present--Oh, Yes! --foot care. Someone who has had a stroke could be gis4ti suggestions on how to get dressed more easily and they could be taught to get nutritious meals. The Day Care program would have flexible hours, perhaps from 9 to 4. Volunteers will be required from across the 'whole county to drive, the participants to Huronview and to help with theA: programs. It is hoped that drivers*i will• volunteer perhaps one day a week or, even one a month. Mileage 'may be paid. Huron Home Care Admin- istrator, Betty Cardno of Seaforth said the hardest part will be to convince, people to come out. She r said the first to be contacted would be those on waiting lists to get into Huronview or some other nursing home. Raymonds surprised on , anniversary A wine and cheese party celebrated the 25th. Wedding Anniversary of Bob and Doreen Raymond on Saturday evening. The surprise party was arranged by their family and Bob's sisters and was attended by many relatives and friends. It followed a family dinner at the Stone Crock in St. Jacobs. Bring all your money problems PERTH FARM SYSTEM IS DOING IT AGAIN IN 1917 ANNUAL HARVEST SPECIALS ON STEEL STORAGE BINS AND ANCILLARY ,NRIIPMENT * Everything picked up and delivered on our own Trucks. * Erection lifting jacks or poles available, to Perth Farm Systems customers only, at a nominal fee. Not just your savings — not just your loan problems — but every- thing to do with your - money management, from home ownership plans to retirement savings plans to' your estate executorship. V and G is here to serve you with under- standing and expertise in all your money needs. TRUST doikArsAi:iv 1'889 D.N.LetebVitt, Manager tititb*eli, Ontario NOTE: This popular vein storage *tee will: not, offered at these special Mat Agile this you,. ALSO ON k bin dry SAVE ing; unloading equit5 Metit, CALL COLLECT FOR THE BEST 'PRICES ANYWHERE 51945954182 •IWTONONT.