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Laurie Swan left her secure position ..with
VO to join Community Nursin Services,
" awe it sots dedexciting, challenging
an Twill have morelresponsibility..: I feI rt 4
was an excellent `oppor..tiuuty to make a job`.
chianige;" �s
°Home Care wasvery supportive, but in-
itially, some doctors.. were apprehensive.
Responses have been excellent," saysMrs.:
Swan. "Withus being a smaller agency,
co . unication will be ., better and we're.
really gung-ho aboutit. •
..a Horn, Care; P ,:es r;pa-
ti:. hog not o not require lo
term hospital or:.:nursing home •care. The
Home Car's`; Progra Bron County was
allotteda $631,369 budgetf t om October '83
to March . Home Care administrator,
Bethp . flO "estimates a yearly budget of
1
over 1 ion.
`�Hoine is responsible to see that nur-
sing Bare i 5givefl to those who require it,"
says Mrs:.:' Cardno. "There are quite a
number of 'People who can ftinetion longer in
their cOMmOnity with some help rather than
going to a :-nursing .home: But our young
adults will need the5greatest amount of help,
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IN THE HEART Of DOWNTOWN YARNA
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Community llt!using Services is a' new Huron
Linda Knight of Beigrave. Visiti ng patients
the fuhlre, says Mrs might.� LaurIe.8Wan of
(defile :agency: '(Photo fry Ron Wassii h
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such as multiple sclerosis victims."
TRENDS CHANGE
Nursing care trends are changing to in-
home-filleting
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home-rrsing as compared to hospital care. 1
"It's the trend of the future," says Mrs.
Knight. "It's an alternative.to keeping peo- -
ple in hospitalslonger.
Huron County was one of the last counties
in Ontarib to receive .chronic eare,funding.
."There will be an increase in patient volume
because of it." •
Although money wasn'tthe issue. for Mrs.
County. omevareai a eney: oed
inVltlnatiorn Home
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gmrasewill beiorkln
I ught leaving the ° VON, she said: the
orgtionx. ,,will be stiff" competition
beea ',theu�. erelong established. er'rates
are only 30 cents r hour 'less:'tha " VO
"We hive the s e coats if we tint 10, Or
3,000 patients. It's the mileage at 20' eentS' a
kilometer that really. kills you -S smetinies
the Mileage costs are higher Wan the actual
cost for the visit, Mrs Knight says.
But working in' a ,patient's home. Offers
satisfaction "Patients get to know you so
well that you almost feel part of the family.,
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no says Mrs. Knight "is e y+gOod nurse".
With two nursing services in tote county, she
expects nursing should give a little improv-
ed service. It should :benefit the patient in
the end."
"All I want is adequate service land good,
quality nursingcare," says Mrs; Cardno.
"And I .believe -free enterprise."
••"We,have the 'College or Nurses;tcanswer
to and we have to keep'the doctors;'patients
and Hofne5`Care happy, '• says Mrs Knight.
, "I'm taking a bi chit in' salar�yy tett in a
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sense,1'
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will work. out 'thatVON' and us can work
welitogether."' .. -
"Before, I was iist one: small voice," says
Mrs. Swan. "Now if I `have concerns, I can.
discuss it with Linda and that's a big plus.
The first year will be a lot of public relations
work for us, but: I think Community Vursing
will balloon." ` "
Services ~
"So far it's worked out well," Mrs. Knight
says. "ft's just the way the' health tbei healtKfleldis go.
ing.There are more people who 'Want home
care health ft' ei'r area teat's opening up.
The -big Hingis- that.we re small:.,We 'don't
went'too getiost h(the bu eaucra" c: shuffle.
f'rh enjoying musing now and it's'working."
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