HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-11-04, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1987.
One-stop
access
program
adopted
Organizers of the new One-stop
Access program planned for Huron
County made it very clear last week
that everything in the program
would be designed by Huron
County residents for use by Huron
County people.
“We have absolutely no pre
conceived ideas as to what should
be contained in this program,''
said Dr. Maarten Bokhout, new
Huron County medical officer of
health (MOH), w ho chaired the
meeting held at the Clinton Town
Hall on Thursday.
“Everything is right out on the
table. We are asking you what you
want to see in the program; we
need your input and advice.”
The “made-in-Huron-County”
thrust of the program was stressed
over and over, as individuals and
members of community groups
and agencies asked questions of
the panel of organizers of the new
program which will get underway
in the county in 1988.
The program is designed to
improve access to all the communi
ty and social services w hich elderly
and physically disabled adults in the
county need in order to remain in
their ow n homes. By co-ordinating
and making it easier to contact the
services already in place in the
county, and by identifying what
other needs exist, it is hoped that
the first call a client makes to
One-stop Access will be the last call
he has to make, thus eliminating
much of the confusion and duplic
ity which exists within the system
today.
InHu ron.theBoard of Health
has been selected as the local
authority for the program, respon
sible for the planning, develop
ment and management of the pilot
project. A contract has been let to a
research team from the University
of Guelph to assist with the work.
Huron County was one of three
Ontario municipalities chosen last
spring as pilot projects to test the
new concept in home care. The
local mandate will be first of all to
meet the needs of the elderly, but
as time and funding permits, the
program will expand to meet the
needs of handicapped adults, and
possibly other groups of disad
vantaged citizens, according to
Mary Silver, policy advisor for the
MinistryofSeniorCiitzen’s Affairs
a nd project leader for the One-stop
Access program.
The University of Guelph team,
headed by Brenda Fraser, has
established an office at the Huron
County Home Care facility at
Huronview. Interested individuals
and organizations may meet with
the team there to discuss their
needs and priorities.
Blyth 4-Hers
hold party
The sixth meeting of the Blyth
4Hclub, the Crispie Crunchers
took the form of a party at the home
of Christine Stadelmann.
Mothers of some of the members
attended the party that included
dinner, followed by coffee. The
group played three games: word
scramble, a variation of bingo
about fruit and vegetables and
who’s who in Blyth, using clues to
identify people around Blyth.