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Photo by Ontario Dept, of Health
Senior DepartMent of Health officials inspect a patient
'rehabilitation ' project in one • of the, Ontario -Hospitals.
Dymond Discusses Health in Ontario
ole of work ri
abilitation` of the
Mentally
Article . II of .a
Matthew: B.Dymoncli MD, CM.
'Ontario Minister'of Hoalth • •
Patients , in mental hospitals are
encouraged to. 'maintain contact
tyith'the activities and realities
of the community : life, as far as
possible, through various social
s n d occupational • • programmes,
,This' is an important part •of the.
'rehabilitation of patients back.
into the everyday Working world
Last week ; I 'discussed ,some
patient occupational activities.per-
taiining , to hospital :maintenance,
such . as housekeeping, , food Pre-
paration, gardening, laundry,, .etc.
Work iii• these areas permits . the.
patients :to be occupied' but 'some-
:' timee: it is found. ;that there its .no
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incentive 'to relate. 4:bospitalt ♦ work
programmeswith a.. return to use-
' • • fol • employment .in • the coo
mni ity ;:
Therefore, industrial,• activities
have been developed , in ,a '•small
, ray.at some .of. the Ontario Hos-
pitals. • These work, programmes
`are related 'to local .industry, . and
though. still • carried on within: the
hospital, :attempt; to, ,give ,the
patient some feeling of the reality
• of working conditions in the .com-
munty. They also>. offer ;the staff
an opportunity . to ;a's'sess;" ' the
patient's progress and capabilities.
There Aire three, s u'c,h pro-
. grammes at .Ontario . Hospital,
Whitby.. ' Industry. supplies the
material, the patients 'form an in-
dustrial: group and process the
material, and for their work re-
ceive some pay. In one project
they salvage and 'sort small:metal
parts which are again made avail.
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able for.industry. Another ,group
produce a special corrugated car-.
ton which is'used in an industrial
plant A third • group , are periodi-
callyavailable for performing one
of the. steps in' the 'manufacturing
of cardboard producte..:A snore,
recent 'project .was designed to.
activate :some. of the regressed
'patients, and with sandpaper, wire
brushes :'and: rasps, driftwood is
fashioned into a 'piece of art,
These : projects in the sheltered.,
environment of the.hospital.affofrd
an opportunity'for the patients to
develop 'appropriate' attitudes too=:'
ward productive work, in the
hope 'that it will be an incentive'
to return to work in the
rnunity: •
Many:, patients after treatment.•
inry'hospital do not :require• special .•
'assistance to return to •work. . How-
ever; some younger patients -re-
quire
re-quire.further academic training
to ; improve themselvea'•.Others.
needvocational and •apprentice -
eh p training. At Ontario..Hob-•
pital, Whitby,. a ,programme• of
vocational assessment through toe,.
Department•... of Psychology. has.
been developed and through tests.
an, evaluation can be made of `the
patient's- ability and=epti:tude for.
various occupations. '
The prime step inthe patient's •
rehabilitation hasthus been cov-
ered and the .social workers and'
social nurses.place patients°in the:
couimunity,`in..trade schools; ap-
prenticeships or other • job traiin:,
ins . programmes, and eventually
place them iii full time' employ-
ment., •
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'GUEST 'SPEAKER ! DR,, ° S. J. HAWKINS. •
• • Superintenndenit of .Freeport Sanatorium A
• Kitchener, •.Ontario •
•10` J• ' E McKinley, Zurich ,Mrs:' J, H. Mussell,. Seaforth
President Executive, Seeretary
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IEWS BRIEFS
ROM NEARBY
Few more than half the 3112
eligible voters cast their ballot
in a recent :plebicite ;in Blyth in.
connection; With a. Propose sew-
age . system, . The plan was re.-
j eeted 96 to 69,..
O P•P,' constables have been
doing some }patrolling and had
a 'radar trap in operation: at
13:lyth, " as an of festive way of
curbing speeding in t!ha:t village..
Many' motorists were apprehend-
ed.
Residents of. the Port Elgin
area' • 'were' incensed by 'the ac-
tion of a trigger-happy gunmen.
inthat community who shot a
rare bird, . the wild whistling
swan. • .
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Clintons dump . :has ' .been
locked until . fur.ther notice and.
council pare presently consider
,ins sorne 'sway, by, 'which the-
premises will be. stnpervised• be.
fore it .will be ..again, opened,
sf or public use Tile 'decision re-
sulted from• careless :disposal of
refuse: •
A 10.•-4nit motel is. being ' built'
on'" theBluewaterHighway • at
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Bayfield, •
Huron. • Federation
Debates Value 'Of
Piowing. Match ..
:T11e Huron County Federa-
tion of Agricultu. re held an . in,
terestiw, .dtiseussion into the- val
ue the'. International :. Plowing
Match" will ',have in regard 'to
agriculture •• df . 'int comes .to. Hur-'
on • as tentatively : 'Scheduled in
:1966.. •
However, at ' their 7' .iesday
meeting, . they passed .al 'motion
stating they mere in &favgur . •of .
the 'showing .snatch even corn
ins to B+uron; hut .the Motion
also carried",; the:' stipulaution . that
they were only. in favour of it'
'itf.it will ,he ' of an advantage
to , ' the' : fanning: community, an
the County.
The . discussion was 'opened
when 'president, Elmet . Ireland
reported he +had been •approach
ed' by • Roy Adair;:. W sham,
-c,hairrnan of •.:,the .county i coon-
ei�l's . agriculture committee, to-
suggest. a site in Huron for the
1966 match::
Doug Miles, agriculture. rept;
reseritative,. ' ,then. •asked for . a'
discussion .,iby the . `members .to
learn, :if they . •felt, the ,match'
would contribute 'any :value to.
agriculture • in : Huron.
Charles Thomas,. Brussels, • a
vice-president of . the :.F. of A,
said he didn't think the match
.would. do much for agriculture
and .suggested it .was :tiow more
of =a •trade 'fair than': an agr'i
culture' ' event. • '
"Everyone sspends, irnoat , of
their time in. • the tented city,"
W. .K.. McNay, Ashfield Presi-
dent
resi=dent'agreed.' . •
George Grenier, Hay, replied
that .'there. ' was little: 'interest, in,
plowing, noting :if ' he had . 'to
plow' 'as slowly' as the compet-
itors ,,herl(1he Hive • years
• behind in, his,. work.
Means Work
Mr. Miles .addressed 'the ,group
•pointing out he :was • in' no ,pas,-
ition tomake 'comments .as to
whether or not Huron should
have the Match, bit pointed
out that farm people 'in .the
,county would have to do con-
srdera!ble work , if . the Interna-
tional was held here. .
• "It will mean',frorri three to
four weeks 'work foie a lot of
people," he "sugge'sted, "and
there has to be , inueh more eti-.
thusiasm than 'just. to have peo-
ple- say it's, a good thing."
He alsci explained that the
1966 event would .be much dif-
,ferent than the One held near
Goderich in 1946. In reference to,
this he said the • budget for the:
1962 event 'Was $20,000 and he
said someone .yin .Huron would
have 'to collect .this arnount.
The only eVeritue'cofning' =bac
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WEDNESDAY, ;MAY' 22nd', 1963.
Notice-
NDERGARTEN.". REGISTRATION
Parents desiring to have • a child .attend
Kindergarten during the 1963.64 School•tertm
are requested to register with Mrs. Helen:
Hall, ..at ,the . Lucknow Public School, on
Tuesday, May 28th—. -from 24.00 to 3:30 p.m,.
Proof that the child. will be five years.
of age before December .,51st, 1963, is re-
quired . and the ` child should accompany
parent at time of registration.,
Tuition fee $15.00,'. for non-resident.;.
children, payable at time of registration..
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directly to the local •comm.ittee-
in `,charge of ,the event is the
proceeds' : from 'the 'parking.
He noted as ...well that con-
siderable amount ,of organza
.tion would _ have to. be Looked
•after•; hr. regard to police for
the heavy trafP,ic, ,•gaud the 'vast
number .af tractors • aneeded for
the conpetiboz s,
Mr°: Miles. admitted' that H,ur
on was almost la certainty to
get 'the match unless there was
strong oppositign, but statod.
that the local .committee would
not have the .•say in, regard to
the site in ;the . county
= Clinton News Record'
"What ails this country .is .too
many workers who don't: thtk
and too many thinkers who don't
work."
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