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Care co-ordinator. If further help is required by the client, it
may be purchased privately through an agency such as Town
and Country Homemakers at a set fee, which may be
subsidized in some cases.
Any questions on the above programs may be answered by
calling the Huron County Home Care Program at 482-3411 or
toll free at 1-800-265-5591. The office is open Monday to
Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Town and Country
Homemakers
Between 1976 and 1978, a group of private individuals
approached county and other agencies with the aim of
implementing a system of home support services within the
county, but could arouse no interest in the project.
Eventually a committee was formed which applied for a
Canada Works grant to implement the service, which was
later named “Town and Country Homemakers.”
Town and Country Homemakers officially began
operation on January 2, 1978, with 45 homemakers; it now
employs over 200 homemakers and home support workers.
The philosphy of the Board of Directors of Town and
The Citizen, Service Guide, Page 23.
Country Homemakers has always been that homemaker
service should be available to anyone in Huron County on the
basis of need, rather than on the basis of an ability to pay. As
a result, service is available to private clients on a sliding fee
scale based on yearly income, and is partly supported by an
annual fund-raising campaign, as well as by donations from
the county, municipalities, service clubs, churches,
businesses, foundations and private individuals.
If a client applying for Homemaker services is eligible for
care under the Huron County Home Care Program, a
program fully funded by the Ontario Hospital Insurance
Plan, a referral will always be made in order that the needed
services will be provided free of charge to the client.
Town and Country Homemakers provides services which
enhance the ability of people to live independently in their
jwn homes. The concept is so simple and so full of common
sense that it is tempting to overlook its importance, but the
strength of the homemaker/home support services is bound
up in the very notion most people have of “home”: having a
‘ ‘ home of one ’ s own ” is a very basic desire to most people in
our society, while to be “homeless” is to be rootless and
insecure.
The aim of providing homemaker/home support services
is to enable clients to maintain the maximum amount of
independence available to them, no matter what the
circumstances, and therefore to retain a sense of dignity, a
sense of challenge, and the knowledge that help is available
to them so that they may maintain this vital independence.
The objectives of Town and Country Homemakers are:
•To assist the individual to establish and maintain a
more liveable home environment.
Will take the
mystery out of DAVID LONGSTAFF
1. The brides-to-be relate their tastes in colours, styles and
accessories to store manager, Jeanne McDonald.
2. Jeanne records the information and soon has a profile of
the young couples' preferences.
3. Jeanne then is able to guide shoppers as they pick that very
special token of affection, guaranteed to please the bride and
groom.
4. The shopper has made the wisest choice for the money.
The lucky couple will be delighted with gifts chosen with
care.
We will select for you a series of co-ordinated gifts for a group
present. Leave it all to Jeanne.
OPTICIAN
Complete Optical Service
• Optometrists and
Ophthalmologists
Prescriptions filled promptly
•700-800 Frames - Designer,
European & Regular Styles
Eye Examinations Arranged
Most Vision Plans Accepted
REPAIRS -
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