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Times -Advocate, May 6, 1998
Page 3
Huron receives a big boost for long-term care
Johns announces Huron's share of the province's $1.2 billion plan for health care
Katherine Harding
T -A Repor)fr
EXETER - After a lot of belt
tightening, health care in Huron
County is finally getting a break.
Huron County will receive $5
million for new long -tern care
funding as part of the provincial
'government's $1.2 billion expan-
sion of services in home care, com-
munity support services. and Ions,
term care fa, otitis*.
Huron MPP. Helen Johns made
that announcement- on May 4 at her
constituency office.
The new funding means that Hu-
ron will. receive 20 new' Tong -term.
care beds and. an enhancement of
community services such as Meals -
on -Wheels, hoinemaking. in-home
nursing and therapy over an eight-
year period •
"These:local benefits are part of
the largest expansion ui' health ser-
vices in Ontario,. and the first addi-
tion of long -tont care beds since
1988," said Johns. •
"We will ensure that quality
health care services will be doers.
for everyone in Huron. when they
need , it -at each stage of their
life...this is a good news announce-
ment.
'i`own and Country Support Ser-
vices .Executive Director, Jean
Young is pleased with the re-
investment. .
"In Huron County demand for
more community-based -core has
been increasing. The number of
people clirihle for a variety of ser-
vices provided
a►ph the Co-
ntunnity ('are Ac-
cess Centres for Hu-
ron County grew
19.9 percent . over
the previous year."
said Young. ,
Sheadded, "1
"
Johns explains that the government
was able to make these re-
investments because of the recent
restructuring of the health care sys-
tem
"We've taken money from' the
hospitals in the beginning and said
that there needs to he more focus
put on long-Icrni care aspects;" said
Johns.
"These local benefits
are part of the
largest. expansion of
health care. services in
Ontario, and the first
addition of long-term
a e ' care beds since 1988 "
.Huron County, .this
connitn►cnt means
that we will be able to plan for the
changing- needs of our citizens as
they age." -
Exetcr Villa owner. Tom Kan-
nan►pur.h is also satisfied with the
govei nn►ent's health care plan.
"It is the hest thing that the gov-
ernment could have done because it
will alleviate the pressure being
placed on hospitals;"' said Kan-
nantpuiha.
•
She added, "the
money is corning
from dollars that
were once spent
on administration
and . bureaucracy
at the Ministry of
Health. We have
changed the way
that the ministry
• allocates dollars
and those dollars arc being put into '
the front Zinc of patient care."
Johns -is concerned that even
more restructuring needs to be.
• done.
-"They . (hospitals) have - done
• sorra restructuring. hut we arc
looking for some kstructuring in
administration through all of the,
hospitals. throughout the -count-y. ' •
commented Johns.
"We have less than 250 beds and
we have five administrators, so we
are looking for that to change."
South Huron Hospital 'ad-
ministrator, Don Correll disagrees
with Johns.
"She should study it more, it is
too easy to say that," said Correll.
Correll added that both Huron
and Perth.Counties are working to-
gcther on a soon-to-be-eleased re-
structuring proposal that deals with
administrative restructuring.
Correll is also concerned about
the government's reinvestment into
long-term care.
"While I'd like to see more more
details about - the proposal, .1 don't
know whether that is the'most ef-
fective place to put it...hospitals
are also ouching consideiahly,"
Correll. •
Ontario's Tong -term care system
is designed to provide a range of
health services and support that im-
proves the quality of life of seniors,
people with continuing, care needs.
and children with disabilities.
The major components. of this
system are: services in noising
homes, , community services, and
,.Community Care Access Centres.
Going over the numbers. Huron MPP, Helen Johns is seen
here giving a presentation in front of her co.nstituency.office on
May -4 regarding the state of health care in the county under
the Harris government.
Residents encouraged to compost during National Composting Week
Mayor Ben Hoogenboc.m sees composting as a win-win situation for ratepayers
EXETER - .The Town or Exeter
has joined -communities across Can-
ada to declare May 4-10 -National
Composting Weck.
Mayor Ben Hoogenboonr said the
declaration was a natural decision
for council because contpo'sting has
• been "a win-win situation for Ex-
eter residents and the landfill site.
New soil. Exeter Mayor Ben
Hoogenboorn composts his
house, yard and flower shop
waste.
• ,"There are a lot of materials that
used -go into otic garbage •and int()
-'the landfill site." he explained, add-
ing people who compost also'fx r-
e�d.
In the late 1980s. Exeter's first
phase of the iandffll site was get-
ting close to capacity. prompting
council to introduce the user pay
hag -tag -.sten► to reduce the
amount of waste that entered the
. land! ill site.
Hoogenlnnnn thinks it has been
successful.
"Wlien we' went Io the tag systemr
and blue box, we diverted up to 7.5
pet cent of the material that his-
torically went ,int, the Landfill site."
Hooperilu ,nr said.'
. He has heed composting house- he held across Canada to promibtc , possing - Cquncil of Canadaand a. soil -like 'product called humus or
Judd. •yard and tllo wer shop waste -•the value of.composting and eom-, well-known media gardening 'per- , compost. Iry Canada. 30-50 per
for several years and is pleased post. sonality. "Successful gardening de-. cern of the materials thrown'out by
vitlt the results. 'The' composted All types of composting'-- from pends 'fin the quality. of the -soil. Canadians are organics. Some corn-
- m:ucrial is used in his (lowerfieds "do it'.yourscll" composting in your Gardeners- typically enhance, their . , munities -have already incorporated
and gardens. - -. backyard -- to large- - soil , with peat .: composting into their .waste man -
He . believes coinposting has scale, community "Co%npost moss, commercial agement program resulting in a
caught on with Other -Exeter res- wide composting arc fertiliters or top- - lessening dependence on landfill
idents who arc seeing the benefits.-. being promoted. - P ' is the , soil. But these are sites. P.
- . "Thcrc;s nd ' question the • rat, The impgrtanoe of . - just suiastitutes for "With over 5.5 million tonnes or
epaycrs in ' Exeter are' par- the use of compost,
foundation the' real thing-- - , approximately 550.000 garbage
iicipating." he said. . - for 'strong., healthy �� compost. trucks of organic materials still go -
The Composting Council of Can-'- plant growth will e of good soil. ,. Composting is ing to landfills every' sear. the op-
atia is encouraging:ove� 15.ntillion , strongly - em nature's way of re portunity remains to increase the
cycling. It trans- amount o> composting 'throughout
forms organic materials ,such as .Canada'." Said - Susan Antler.-
wilted.
ntler.-wilted • flowers. banana . • peels. ecutive Director of The . Com-
leaves. soiled paper and wood into' posting Council of Canada. ,
Canadians return to their roots and
compost ,during National Com-
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-Throughout the week. cvcnts will
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"Citmpbst is ,the 1 foundation of
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