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The joint effort will see the networking of health and community
services in Huron County to better meet the needs of seniors and
the disabled. One Stop Access is being co-ordinated by a diverse
group of people including (front row, left to right) Board of Health
members Grant Stirling, Betty Cardno and Martha Chown. (Back
row) University of Guelph field worker Brenda Fraser, Huron
Medical Officer of Health Maarten Bokhout, David Harvey of the
Ministry of Health and Joe Pickering of the Ministry of Transporta-
tion and Communication. (Shelley McPhee Haist photo).
One Stop Access - Keeping seniors at home
By Shelley McPhee Haist
CLINTON - A central information centre,
providing senior citizens and the disabled
with assistance in health and social services
is the aim of a pilot project being under-
taken in Huron County.
One Stop Access is the name of the in-
novative new concept, and Huron County is
one of three regions in Ontario where this
new government service is being launched.
A public meeting was held in Clinton on
October 29 to discuss the broad scope of this
program.
One Stop Access is an inter -ministerial ef-
fort being jointly co-ordinated by the
Ministry of Community and Social Affairs,
the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs and the
Office for the Disabled. The aim of the pro-
gram is to provide easier accessibility of
community health and social services to
senior citizens and disabled adults.
One Stop Access will provide a single
point of referral and information to those
who are seeking out services. It will work to
co-ordinate the variety of services now be-
ing offered in the county and will improve
the accessibility and delivery of the services
through the One Stop Access approach.
In Huron County such services as the
Home Care program, Meals on Wheels,
Horne Support, Integrated Homemakers,
VON, adult day centres, day hospitals,
geriatric clinics, rehabilitation programs
and self-help groups will be included in the
initial program.
The mechanics of the One Stop Access
workings will be determined by the com-
munity study. However it appears that the
basic plan calls for a central office, whereby
people may telephone and obtain informa-
tion regarding personal health and personal
needs. Case workers at One Stop Access will
work with each client to determine what ser-
vices may best suit their needs.
Mary Sylver of the Office of Senior Affairs
explained. "One Stop Access will work to
eliminate the frustration that people feel
who are trying to get services. The initial
call should be their last. Case managers win
handle the information from there."
One Stop Access aims to assist the elderly
to live independently in a community and to
provide community services to them, be it
nursing care or housekeeping assistance.
The program will also work to effectively
deliver services to people, to make max-
imum use of the services and to make peo-
ple aware of the assistance programs that
are available in Huron County.
Betty Cardno noted, "The people . in the
community have a hard time determining
what services are available, how much they'
cost and their eligibility. One Stop Access
will help work through this."
"To get into One Stop Access you won't
need- a physician referral," Mary Slyver
added.
One Stop Access will only be a telephone
call away. From that point, people will be
directed to the services that will best meet
their needs. It will basically work as a
resources centre, networking the various
health and community services that are
available in Huron County.
The specifics of the program will be
developed through a study team that has
been commissioned from the University of
Guelph. This independent study team, in-
cluding Dr. Anne Martin Andrews, Brenda
Fraser and Dr. Ahthony Fuller have been
hired by the Huron County Board of Health
to carry out a public consultation program.
Their research will become the model of
One Stop Access in Huron County.
Brenda Fraser will be working out of
headquarters in Clinton over the next few
months to gather information and specifics
regarding the model for One Stop Access.
When asked if the One Stop Access head-
quarters would be located in Clinton, Dr.
Maarten Bokhout, Medical Officer of Health
for Huron County said that the board of
health had no preconceived ideas about the
specific mechanics of the program. He sug-
gested, "We're trying to figure out what is
best for the county. We want you to tell us.
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Research will tell us what the location and
what type of model is best. It may have one
(central) office or it 'may have ,case
workers working out of several
municipalities."
Government guidelines regarding the
establishment of the access programs in On-
tario have been given a broad scope of
development in an effort to successfully
facilitate programs in various regions.
Huron County is one of three areas where
the programs are now being developed, the
District of Cochrane and the Regional
Municipality of Waterloo being the other
two.
The program will be administered by the
local authority and will work in conjunction
with a local consumer advisory committee
that will include representation from the
seniors' community and the various service
organizations that are included in the plan.
The Huron County Board of Health is in-
itiating the program although it has yet to
be determined if this body will carry out the
actual administration. The research study
will determine the preferred administration
process to be used.
It will cost some $,111.000 to $20,000 to
develop the model for the One Stop Access in
Huron County. Funding to administer the
project will be available from government
sources.
Some concerns at the public meeting
focused on the financial aspects of the pro-
gram, in particular where the funding would
come from and how much the program will
cost to run.
Dr. Bokhoutsaid that the study will deter-
mine funding specifics. He said that in spite
of th' money it will take to set up the pro-
gram, he anticipates that the long term cost
savings will be worthwhile.
"One Stop Access is designed to be ettt-
cient and to avoid the duplication of ser-
vices," he noted.
Mary Sylver further noted that the prr
gram aimes to allow senior citizens to liv
independently, whereby reducing the neeu
for hospital care or homes for the aged
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