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Need for homeloctking services shown
BY WILMA OKE
Homemaking services established in
Huron in 1977 are available to, any resident
of. Huron County if the need, is there, was
revealed at the first annual meeting of the
Town and Country Homemakers in, Clinton
last Wednesday. —
Board. chairman, Elizabeth Cardno of
Seaforth, spoke of the increasing number
of requests . for the services. She said this
was due to more people living longer, the
desire of people to be as independent as
possible and the emphasis of Government
to provide more assistance to allow
,residents to remain in their homes.
Mrs. Cardno outlined in her report that..
all costs for Home Care, initiated in the
county in 1971; are funded by the Ministry
of Health if the patients are insured by
OHIP. She said as the Home Care Program
expanded, the need soon became apparent
that many persons in the county required
homemaking but did not qualifyfor Home
•Care and no professional service was
required.
As a result, the Homemaking agency
WAS established in 1978 with the aid of two
Canada Works grants with the funding to
end in July '79.
"Fund raising stands out as the priority
needing to be considered by the member-
ship„Mrs. Cardno stated. "As a non-profit
incorporated agency, there is no direct
government funding. All funds to support
the agency are dependent on the fees
received for the services provided, whether
purchased by the Home Care program,
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1979
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BY BARRY WENGER
The question of bed closures at the.
Wingham and District General Hospital
was brought before a new and different
forum last week when delegates from the
local board again presented their case at
Queen's Park..
Early this year the local hospital was
ordered by the Ministry of Health to close
out 14 beds as an economy measure.
Failing to do so by the required date, the
hospital board was informed that -a budget,
penalty of $168,000 would' be charged
against the monies forthcoming from‘ the
Ontario Hospital Insurance Nan for the
fiscal year.
Following an angry public meeting and'
almost weekly meetings of the board, a
local delegation met with Health Minister
Dennis Timbrell in Toronto six weeks ago
in an attempt to clarify the' situation. At
that meeting the minister and his assistant
deputy, Dr. Allan Dyer, asked the board to
designate the 14 active treatment beds as
chronic'ire accommodation and- then use
.them for active treatment as needed.
It was also urged that. the Wingham
board seriously consider the formation of a
Health Services Organization (HSO), undet
• which an entirely new system of health and
medicar care would be set up. The
delegation'. left the, "meeting .under the
distinct impression that large scale finan-
cing would be provided by. the ministry for
necessary changes in the hospital's
physical structure Would be forthcoming if
the HSO plan was carried through.
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Two weeks late/1)r. Dyer and several of
his. assistants met with members of the
board and the citizens' action committee in
Wingham, presumably, for a discussion of
details of Ithe HSO proposaL At that
meeting the ministry spokesman denied
that designated chronic care beds could be (
used In cases of necessity for active
---treatIllerit. He also rejected any assuiripm
tion that the ministry would assist in
financing changes or additons to the
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McGibbon in. Ripley
Pauline McGibbon; Lieutenant Gov-
ernor of Ontario addressed the 75th
anniversary meeting of the, Ripley
Women's Institute at St. Andrew's
United Church, Ripley on May 30.
Mrs. McGibbon spoke of her respon-
sibility as the queen's representative
in Ontario and answered questions. .
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Drown proofing
A booklet, How to Drown Proof
your family, has been printed courtesy
of Signal Star Publishing, Goderich
and will be .available free of charge at
•the Lucknow'Sentinel office. The book
gives concise directions anj4 illustra-
tes drown proofing, a method to
prevent drowning if you cannot swim.
— Copies will be mailed out if you send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to
the Sentinel office.
Jewell the circus elephant pulls a main slat into place when the Mirth, and Downs circas
Put up their "big top" on Thursday morning, School children In idndergarten and grades
1 . 5 walked down to the fairgrounds to watch Jewell work, The circus WM In town May 31
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