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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-09-26, Page 2f e 2 Times -Advocate, Se . tember 26, 1984 t 't"ilee44.000 1 A TONY WINS AGAIN — Tony Bedard, the deputy -reeve of Hay township was the winner in Friday's corn eating contest at the Exeter Fair. Above, he and his daughter Lori receive the trophy from fair president Gord Jones. Bedard was the winner a year ago of the wheat flailing contest. T -A photo Plans continue for change of Goderich area facility The former Bluewater Regional Centre for the Developmentally Handicap- ped in Goderich, which was closed in November 1983, will be converted to a young of- fenders' facility that will house up to 120 young people from the western region of the Help to control Seaforth brawl Members of the Exeter OPP and town police joined about 20 other officers in breaking up a brawl involving about 75 youths and young men at Seaforth's main in- tersection early Sunday morning. Policemen from Goderich, Clinton, Seaford) and Sebr- ingville were also called to the scene and four or five of the brawlers were jailed briefly. Seaforth Chief Hal Claus said those arrested were released after they cooled off. He said the police action "nip- ped things in the bud before they could get serious." Claus said he will study reports to see if any charges will be laid. "It was mainly just a lot of farm lads yapp- ing," he said. Be Ready • for • • Thanksgiving • • Pumpkin Pie • Spice • • •• • • LP 59. (ss g.) • 599• �(lOOg.)• • • * Gr. Cinnamon i • $'99 • • (227 g.) 0 •$ 1 09 lip • (1008.) • • IP Cinnamon • Sticks 554(40. • s Poultry 0 Seasoning w y- 0 Sage, Thyme, 0 etc. for your 0 dressing Bulk Mincemeat : i 99 Lai lb. 0 container 0 1 Nutrifil'Ci $2" (1 litre) In your own ministry, Correctional Ser- vices Minister Nicholas Leluk announced today. The youth centre is the first post -disposition facility in On- tario to be established by the Ministry of Correctional Ser- vices to meet the special needs of young offenders under the new Young Of- fenders Act. "After carefully analysing the requirements of the act," said Leluk, "the ministry has developed a comprehensive plan that will provide separate facilities and programs for those 16 - and 17 -year-old offenders who remain our responsibility." The act, proclaimed by the federal government in April 1984, sets the maximum age for young offenders in Canada at 17, effective April 1, 1985. "Extensive upgrading of the Bluewater facility is necessary to meet our physical plant requirements and programming need's," added Leluk. Renovations will include mandatory upgrading to meet fire regulations, perimeter security fencing, conversion of dormitory space to 66 AT PLOW MATCH A number of area plowmen are participating this week in the International Plowing Match in Wellington County. They are Bevan Shapton of Stephen township and Clare and Jim Paton from Lucan. In additon to participating Clare Paton will be coaching the Middlesex Queen of the Furrow Margaret Giles. Parking edict is extended The two-hour parking limit on Exeter's Main St. has been extended to include the area south of Huron St. The approval was given by council last week on recom- mendation of the public works committee. Reeve Bill Mickle indicated the action was taken at the re- quest of some businesses in that area in view of the fact some people commuting out of town have been parking vehicles near their stores throughout the day. The recommendation was accepted despite the question of how much the parking limitations are enforced. Also approved was the com- mittee's recommendation to purchase 25 Norway Maple trees for planting on town pro- perty to replace trees that have been removed for various reasons. single rooms and changes to the educational, vocational, kitchen and recreatonal areas. The 120 bed spaces will be distributed among four units. "The conversion of Bluewater to meet our needs is an example of the ministry making use of available resources to fulfill the re- quirements of the Young Of- fenders Act without incurring unreasonable costs to the tax- payer," said Leluk. The $10.4 million for the renovations will come from the Ontario government's Board of In- dustrial Leadership and Development (BILD) as part of its continuing job creation initiative. Along with the traditional services such as health care, dental care and basic educa- tion services, all youth facilities will provide com- prehensive and flexible pro- grams that will help a young person to deal with the per- sonal problems.and situations that led the individual to come into conflict with the law. Important components of the programs will include identification of learning disabilities, life skills and employment training, in- terpersonal relationships and family interaction. Staff resources will include psychologists, psychiatrists, educators and social workers, who will assess and deter- mine the appropriate pro- grams for residents, along with line staff and supervisors who will ensure the security of the facility and maintain its day-to-day operation. Leluk said that the em- phasis will be on providing professional support and rehabilitative opportunities for young people who, in the opinion of the courts, need to be housed in a secure facility. The conversion of the Bluewater Centre, located 5 km south of the Town of Goderich, will have a positive impact on Goderich and sur- rounding communities, added Leluk. The renovation phase will create many short-term jobs for construction and related industries. When the facility is opened more than 150 staff will be employed, including a number of staff formerly employed at the centre by the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Represen- tatives of the Ministry of Cor- rectional Services will be meeting with them in the near future to discuss employment opportunities and training plans. Report says hospitals provide needed service Nuron County doesn't require hospice By Joanne Buchanan There is no present need for a free standing hospice in Huron County because hospitals are providing good care for dying patients within a clinical setting. However, continuing efforts should be made by hospitals to improve upon facilities and services for dying patients and their families. These are the main conclu- sions drawn from the Huron Hospice Pilot Project which was completed in July under the direction of Connie Osborn, Palliative Care Co - Ordinator at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich. The project report and its recommendations have now been sent to Employment and Immigration Canada which provided a $17,090 Canada Works grant for the project last January. Application for the grant evolved through through the desire of an area cancer patient who strongly believed there was a need for a free standing hospice in Huron County. A free standing hospice is a home -like facility (housed in its own building separate from the hospital) designed to provide support and care for the terminally ill (and their families) so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible during their re- maining days. The hospice concept is often provided within the hospital setting through palliative care ser- vices. Palliative care offers therapeutic services designed to address the physical, psycho -social and spiritual needs of dying patients and their families. The Huron Hospice Pilot Project explored the needs and problems of the dying and their families in Huron Coun- ty and Kincardine. In order to do this, project workers used personal interview question- naires to survey bereaved familes in the area. They also interviewed people facing ter- minal illness and surveyed the professionals involved - community nurses, hospital nurses, doctors, clergy and funeral directors. Recommendations The project report came up with a list of recommenda- tions divided into three categories: hospital, com- munity and general. Under hospital recommen- dations, it was suggested that palliative care concepts con - tine to be integrated into care provided in Huron Coun- ty and Kincardine hospitals; i.e., attention to control of pain and other symptoms, awareness of patient and family needs, flexibility and relaxation of hospital regula- tions, emphasis on comfort and environment. It was also recommended that volunteer training pro- grams be established to pro- vide family support services called "Supportive Care Ser- vices", consisting of trained volunteers to visit patients and families and to make telephone contacts. Expan- sion of pastoral care services, including the encouragement of training in palliative care and bereavement counselling, was recommended. And it was suggested that a list be established of bereaved parents willing to provide support for newly bereaved families, and develop pro- tocols for stillbirths, miscar- riages, and infant and child deaths. Under community recom- mendations, it was suggested that a part-time professional be provided with additional training in death and dying to provide bereavement counselling to those suffering severe problems with grief; as well as developing self-help groups for the bereaved which could rotate throughout the county to make them more accessible. Referrals could be made to this person who could possibly work out of the Public Health Unit and be funded by the provincial government. ' It was also recommended that there be increased education for health profes- sionals on death and dying, the grief process and pain management and symptom control throughout post secon- dary courses, workshops, libraries, etc. And it was advised that in- formation should be made available at all times to in- terested community members on the disease pro- cess, death and dying, and the grief' process (i.e. pamphets could be made available in health facilities, through video presentations, speakers, etc.) The general recommenda- tions made by the report was the estahent of a formal communi network and procedures to improve com- munication on behalf of pa- tients and families between county hospitals, doctors, community services and out- them, with the clergy being been running self-help groups ot-county doctors and health the most frequently used for bereaved parents and facilities. service. widows and widowers. There The project report made Results of the survey also is presently a waiting list for some interesting observations showed that the bereaved new groups to begin. The about death and bereavement received the ,,most support bereaved parents who attend - as it applies to Huron County from their families at the ed the first self-help group are and Kincardine. time of death. In addition, willing to act as resource per - It found, for instance, that sons for other bereaved this county's deaths caused parents. One of their goals is by cancer are too few to to educate professionals on justify the maintenance of aways to reduce the grief pro - hospice. In 1983, only 71 cess by the development of cancer deaths occurred in protocoals surrounding the Huron County hospitals and death of a child. On this sub - not all of these would be able ject, the project report came to use a hospice. Based on to the conclusion that when statistics gathered from other you combine this information hospices, this number is too with the high infant mortali- low to operate a free standing ty rate in Huron County, there hospice here, keeping a appears to be a need for a minimum number of staff ful- bereavement program in the ly utilized. county. Current provincial legisla- Other conclusions tion also does not allow the From the demographic operation of a free standing data collected for the projecct hospice. A hospice would be report, it was shown that classified as a private Huron County has a higher hospital and would have to be number of deaths per thou - licenced by the Ministry of sand population than the pro - Health to operate. To attain vince on the whole. The pro - licencing, the feasibility of a ject concludes that this may hospice must be proven, but indicate that there is a need such a facility is not feasible for some kind of service for in Huron County so that licen- the terminally ill and the cing would be impossible to bereaved. attain. It says some of these needs are being met by community services, hospitals and clergy. And while Alexandra Marine and General Hospital has the only formal palliative care program, many of the palliative care concepts exist in varying degrees in other hsopitals surveyed. It con- cludes tat this is an indica- tion of why most people surveyed were satisfied with the hospital care they receiv- ed during illness and at the time of death; while in con- trast, professionals recogniz- ed specific needs and further action to enhance the quality friends, neighbors and clergy were a source of help and comfort. It was also discovered that a key support for widows after the funeral was all over, was another widow. Based on those people surveyed, the project report found that there seems to be a limited need for a bereave- ment program in Huron County because communitY spirit enhances the palliative care concepts by reaching out to the bereaved. What the professionals said According to the profes- sionals who are working with the terminally ill, the needs of patients and their families in this area are not being fully met. The few completed inter- views of families of the ter- minally ill, although not con- clusive, reinforced the presence of problems and gaps in services. Professionals surveyed for the project report saw a need for a hospice as part of the hospitals, preferring first a palliative care unit and secondly, a palliative care service. Administrators saw the need for the develdpment of trained volunteers and a co- ordinator. At present, there is only one formalized palliative care service in Huron County and that is at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. The survey showed confu- sion over the meaning of palliative care. Suggested ways to increase expertise in palliative care were to budget for clinical nurse's training, advanced education for doc- tors through medical associa- tions, and to encourage several doctors from the area to advance their knowledge on pain management and symptom control by spending a few weeks working in a teaching palliative care unit and, upon their return to the hospitals, they could act as consultants. The palliative care service at the Goderich hospital has The bereaved General characteristics of the bereaved in Huron Coun- ty, based on a survey of 79 people in the project report, are that they are over 65 years of age, predominantly female and 53.2 percent were either widows or widowers The data revealed that 78.5 percent of the deceased covered in the study were over 65 years of age with most of the deaths being expected (64.9 percent) and 27.3 per- cent being rated as "sudden". Three-quarters of all deaths occurred in hospital and the population surveyed saw the hospital as the place to be when someone was dying and were satisfied with the care received there. The survey showed that problems arose with care and poorly explained procedures in out -of -county hospitals. Following treatment, patients returning to their community are in need of assistance in getting information about •their condition, prognosis, treatment and ensuring that their family doctor has this information. The bereaved families surveyed showed that they knew where to contact com- munity support services and that they also made use of PART OF LEGION WEEK -- The Huron -Middlesex Cadet Corps participated in Saturday's Exeter Fair parade as part of Legion Week. T -A photo Reception at Huron Park Retiring director feted Ross Waddell, the director Huron Industrial Park of industrial parks branch of manager Jack Malone was in the Ontario Development Cor- charge of the reception and poration is retiring shortly introduced Kaye MacMillan and a reception was held who will replace Waddell. Thursday in his honour at Waddell paid tribute to Huron Hall at Centralia Malone who is in charge of the Colle:e. local industrial park which provides more than 1,200 employment opportunities and a tax base of 525,000 for the township of Stephen. Ile added, "Jack and his very competent staff make a tremendous contribution to the success of Huron In- dustrial Park." The retiring director con- tinued "When the RCAF sta- tion was closed, the township lost $18,000 in grants in lieu of taxes. This park has been developed into a self suffi- cient, revenue producing community including an education and recreation complex which is an asset to the township. CHANGE AT ODC -- Ross Waddell retiring director of industrial parks for ODC is retiring. Shown at reception Thursday are Huron Industrial Park manager Jock Malone, new director Kaye MacMillan, Ross Waddell and Bill Copfer, manager of finance and administration. RENEW ACQUAINTANCES - wos at Huron Park Thursday Waddell. Above, Lavier chats Ford. Pres Lavier, manager of on industrial park at Cobourg for reception for retiring ODC porks director Ross with Doug Parsons, Tom Patterson of Dunlop and Bill Representing Stephen township were reeve Allan Walper, councillor Tom Tomes and clerk -treasurer Wilmer Wein. Walper said his council en- joyed working with Waddell and "we are proud of this park and the way Jack Malone has been handling the operation." Ontario Development Cor- poration is in charge of two other industrial parks. They are Sheridan Park in Mississauga and Northan Park in Cobourg. The manager of the Cobourg park is Pres Lavier who spent many years at RCAF Centralia and Huron Industrial Park. Also attending the recep- tion were Exeter Mayor, Bruce Shaw and reeve Bill Mickle and representatives of many of the Huron Industrial Park tenants. 1 We'll Do the Job Right... Ready -Mix Concrete FREE ESTIMATES Residential. commertcol and farm. found() tions. floors. slobs. stdewolks, driveways manure tanks. etc form rental',. equipment rentals For quoronteed strength qunlhty controlled and service call C.A. McDowell Redi-Mix Ltd. Controller. Ontario Plant: Exeter, Hwy. No. 83 wrist 2352711 Office: 228.6129 Aftnr hours: 228-6780 • of life for families suffering through a serious illness and loss. The project report alto con- cludes that there is a limited need in Huron Coutny for any type of bereavement support because the community spirit enhances palliative care con- cepts, giving comfort and support to the bereaved. Thus, only those who have no support in the community, as well as the 10 percent of all bereaved who have severe problems dealing with grief, have specific needs for pro- fessional counselling. The report says bereaved parents, widows and widowers without any support could benefit from the skills of a bereavement counsellor working out of Public Health to assist in the formation of self-help groups and in- dividual counselling, as bereavement follow-up is a form of preventative medicine. The primary objective of the project study was to determine if there was a need for a free standing hospice in Huron County. 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