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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-06-21, Page 33Homemakers available to everyone 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, • sppKe 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 in- dependent 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 ap- par-en.t that many persons in the county required homemaking but did not qualify for 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 membership, 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, Social Services, Family and Children's Services, Cancer Society or by private individuals. In order to keep the fees at a reasonable cost, ad- ditional funds are required," she said. Mrs. Cardno sai ! 'nv resident can buy the services of a homemaker or a home helper on a private basis. Jean Young, ad- ministrator, in her report spoke, of the number -of people who have looked to the Huron Town and Country Homemakers for ideas in starting similar agencies in their areas such as Nova Scotia and many places in Ontario. Mrs. ' Young stressed the need for fundraising, "In many ways, we are not only at the front line in providing direct ser- vices but we are in the forefront of responding to the new mood of our r society. As our business is increasing very rapidly, I think the challenge for the new board will be not only to continue providing the services now provided but tofind. ways of augmenting the funding of the service so that more persons in Huron County can receive bur services." Linda _ Young ..of the_ Wingham association, showed slides to illustrate the many facets of care available in the county. She said there is a field worker who assesses the needs of the client, and she described the homemaker as someone who has been trained in a three-month course on giving personal care, getting meals and special diets, bed baths and -other light housekeeping work needed to maintain the client' in the home. She said a homemaker always works with a professional person such as a , -nurse --fir--� physiotherapist. Other services provided are by a group - of workers called Home Help, including house cleaners and handy men; hairdressers, barbers people who will provide transportation - services, do friendly visiting, provide sitter services for the elderly and han- dicapped and sitter ser-viee in a e-r-rsis. By caring for people in their homes where possible rather than being in hospital, Mrs.' Young estimated the savings in Huron to date ase-$l-148,,�52: There are about 90 homemakers and home helpers in Huron County now. One idea provided for fund raising was to en- courage people to make memorial donations to Homemaking and Home Help Services in Huron County in memory of someone who dies and these memorial cards are in funeral -homes. it was suggested that the gift certificates be used too -- perhaps as a mother's or father's day gift, or a special gift at any time that would help provide 4 funds for the Town and Country Homemakers. Re-elected for a second term of office to the board of directors were: Mrs. Elizabeth Cardno, Seaforth, chairman; Beverley Brown, RR 1, Bluevale, vice-chairman; Catherine Walsh, Goderich, secretary; Jean Young, Wingham, treasurer -administrator. Others elected _to the board of directors: John McKinnon, Goderich; Helen Terich, Clinton; Jean Adams, Goderich; Gwen Whilsmith, Zurich; Lois Hodgert, Seaforth and Lossy Fuller, Exeter. Donald Eadie of RR 2, Wingham, the reeve of Turnberry Township, is the county council ap- pointee to the board. (Huron County Council has promised a grant of $3,000 for 1979.) New.music booseto church The contemporary Christian music, that began in the Catholic Church about 10 years ago, is doing more for church renewal than music has done in the past, says Carey Landry, a priest of the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisianna, renowned in North America for his special music ministry. Father Landry, who appeared in concert in Oakville on May,)20 before 450 people will be one of the main participants at the Fourth Annual Ontario Catholic Charismatic Conference at Hamilton's McMaster University August 17 to 19. He explained that the contemporary music, an offspring of the folk music used in the late sixties in Catholic liturgy, is spreading very strongly in the United States and parts of Canada. One of the in- novators of the con- temporary music, Father Landry, 34, says that the music being used before he started writing was more at the level of children; it had ' little depth and was more detached. The new form of music being used of- tener in the liturgy, is more people -oriented. Father Landry reports that, "Many people are using it as a form of prayer by recordings in the home wher.e it's aiding family life, family prayer and Christian education." He believes it is a part of everyday reality and stresses that it is not just intended for the Charismatic community but for the whole church and it will continue to grow and develop. In concert, Father Landry of French ===ZZ=Z uu========z Can 500 People Be Wrong Acadian ancestry, has a serene appearance with a wide infectious smile that lights up his whole face. He has written more than 100 songs and recorded eight albums, including children's songs. His first song, The Spirit Is A-movin' evolved out of a Folk Mass at Catholic University in Washington in 1967' where he was Studying for the priesthood. Most of the songs he has written are scriptural songs taken from and inspired by the Word of God and by prayer. It was as a priest based in Lafayette doing parish work and university campus ministry that his music ministry spiralled. Juxt recently, with permission from his Bishop, Father Landry concentrated full-time on his music ministry. Carey Landry has done as much in contemporary Christian music for the Church as Gordon Lightfoot has done for the folk music scene. His future plans include giving workshops more extensively on the use of music in liturgy, spiritual - renewal conferences and Charismatic conferences in areas of family life, liturgy, religious education and youth. • Father Landry bels that music is a power ul way to renew and deepen people's faith because it has the power to take the spoken word beyond to a 'deeper level. He says: "If people are singing a prayer, they are more deeply involved with that prayer and the song becomes a deeper prayer." He believes the power of music touches the heart enabling the in- dividual to get in tune with the areas of his or her life that need healing to produce inner healing. Father Carey Landry will be bringing his special musical talents to the conference where he will participate in the general sessions, lead the Saturday afternoon mdsic festival and present a workshop on music ministry. McMahon appointed Deputy Minister .of Agriculture. and Food Ken Lantz has announced the appointment of Robert T. McMahon as associate director of the Agricultural and Hor- ticultural Societies Branch. Mr. McMahon will be responsible for the agricultural societies and will also serve as assistant secretary - manager of the Ontario Plowmen's Association. A graduate of MacDonald College, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Mr. McMahon worked for 13 years with the United Co-operatives of Ontario at Thamesville, Elmwood, Markdale, Kcm-ptville and Dundalk. 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