The Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-04-01, Page 7W;E;DDNiESDA,Y . APRIS.r .1st, 1959
TIE 'LUCK IOW 'SENTINEL, .LUOKIIOW, ONTARIO
.. PAGE SEVEN
VI/arden Joynt Scans County Home Costs
Urges Adtion To Care For ChronicSenile
(By Warden George W, Joynt)
'At he January sesaion of . the
Bruce County Council, 1959;.
County Council approved con-
struction of
on-structionof a new, 103 -bed wing
to be attached , to the:. present
County •. Hotiie; The cost of the
wing was as follows:. •
,Conatrizction cost.. .. $814,800;
(Cost per bed, $7,900).
Furnishings ,., .., .::, 38,625.
••
Architect's fee.48,888.
Total ,,,;,,, ,,,,,;,,,,,,,,,,,,, $902,313:..
•This makesan overall cost : of
approximately $8,760. per
At the same session, the Cou-,
ray Home Cprn.mittee submitted
• costs `'to County Council :for an
'entire new county haine, This
Scheme called. for a 163'. - gybed.
structure . vvith cost as follows:.
Construction- cost, , including
cost. of tearing down •
County 'Home ,..,.,..., $ 955,300,
(Coat per +bed. $5,890)
Furnishings • . 61,125.
Architects fees >: 57;318.
Overall cost $1,073,743,
This .'makes an overall cost of
$6,587 'per gibed: , • . • • •
• Both estimates were submitted
by Mr. Klein, associate architect
With the firm of Fluff and . Kiuff
of •Toronto, which was "employed
by the County Home Committee.,
• :The Department pays. 50% of
the cost . of : construction and 10%.
of .maintenance costs.' Taking a
corriparison of .'the cost .per' bed
between' the '. two, schemes, there
is a, difference. of $2,020, between
Scheme No..1 And 'Scheme No. 2,
after considering , the fact that
'.the cost of :scrapping. `the present
County Dome is• , included in
'.Scheme No: 2. .
if ,personally feel :th'et . County
Council voted on the number of
'ibeds. that was needed; not en • a
cost `per bed structure, .realizing
the Department would have.:•'a
fixed .approval cost 'per :.bed: .
The .Past fir weeks .I' have
checked on construction" costs of
similar' homes, ranging ;in .size
from, 75 to '200 -be d structures,
and ave found their cost to be
fr $f,200 to '$6,800- per bed,
and this cost includes, everyth-
March 23rd, 1.959,E I discussed
with Messrs..Jaames Band, •Lud.
low and .Ralston of the Depart-
•trent of Welfare, the following
questions:.. •
(1) Relation !between, a • County
Home and Ontario Hospital
Plan : in regard .to chronic
patients: and senile '.persons,
(2) Department of Welfare's• de-
cision• in forcing counties • to
b.ulld, new homes and is' to
their.. size and cost. • •
James Band, Deputy Minister
of the Depar.;trneht• of Welfare,:
elaborated , on the fact that the
counties; within the Province of
Ontario do not realize; the dire"
need for a home of this type, to
'care 'for riot only its chronic
patients, ,but its .senile; persons.
Due • to modern medicine, this
group .is increased'. in•• numbers
upwards to: 400% in the . last ten
to''45 years:, Under the` Ontario
Hospital. Planthis group is ex-
chided from hospital treatment.
The. Department of Welfare does:
not force ,any coupty to build
this type :of hearse., A: county
must decide itself when it needs.
a home ' of this type and also .as
to its :size. '
I asked i1VIr'. Band if it would
be, more. feasible • toY build small-
er .:homes ` in various sections of
the . County, ' I 'is" • answer ' Was,.
administration costs would
be too, ;high.
The'.question.. was "'brought up
as . to whether a', new: County'
Home would -put ,,new
nursing. homes
within the county, . out of exist-
ence. This question was also an-
swered' emphatically "No.":• 'He
mentioned. that there are certain
types of patients, . or persons,
'who would . sooner have nursing
home -Care,' who do. not require
the: .bed care• given... in 'a county
home:: These could ,be, patients
paying their own 'way,' ;or taken
care of by ;municipalities under
the General. Welfare Act. •
Later that day I met ' with
Messrs
Ludlow, 4R,alston. and..
Architects Kluff & Kluff, Plans
were submitted by the architects
to the Department for. a 122 -bed
wing, at an overall cost of $7,900
per bed. .I asked Mr. Klein why
phis •firm submitted: this .plan.. for
a 122 ;bed . wing when . • County'
Council had approved a' 103 -bed
wing.,. This was • not clarified,
Both • 'Messrs. Ludlow . and Rals-
ton told' the architectsthey had
eight meetings with "them, but,
still they had not .:.brought . the
overall' cost per :bed dow'hlf 'to. ap-
prc ;ximately,., $6,400. .The :Depart-
ment heads, told ane . they, use
$6;400 as a., abasic, figure' in det-
erminirg, overall costs • with a
plus or minus of around $300.
depending. on ' the size of the
structure; The architects were
told to prepare' plans. for 103 -bed.
structure at approximately • an
overall, cost of $6,400 per bed.
March 24th, 1959, • 1 met with
the County:Horne Committee:.
They informed .me they were not
aware • what : the ,Department's:
overall • approval, cost was. *per
I inforrned ' the Committee' at
this meeting that ' the • plans and'
costs of all county home projects.
which have been .'approved
the Department' of Welfare, were.
'at- my disposal to. study while in
the Department's ;Office, after
the 'Committee had . stated that
the' Department had been• hesit'-•
ant in 'showing them any' such
'Plena, including cost' of 'same..
• MY suggestion, to ` the County'
Home Committee was to 'instruct
the architects either . to 'getlin:-
mediate- approval frorn the De-
Pertinent 'for. the 103 -bed wing.
as ` .approved by 'County Council
at the January : Session, or. fail-:
ing this, to take whatever steps
are then deemed necessary:.
As Our iio ' i- el
sp to s are over-
crowded with chronic patients,
.let us in..Bruce meet this errier-
gency and build a home without
the frills.- Our patientsneed care
.and 'comfort. 'They are.::not con-
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EZEKIEL PHILLIPS•
DIED I•N : HIS 87th 'YEAR•
•
Ezekiel Phillips, well known
Auburn • resident, died ifi Clinton:
.hospital Thursday . evening. : He
had• been a patient there since
suffering. a fracture of the hip
in a fall. Mr: Phillips was in his
87th year, . • ,
Born in Fqrdyce, West Wawa-,
nosh, he was a son• of the late.'.
Mr. and • Mrs. .Ezekiel Phillips.
Sixety-four years ago she married
Ellen Medd, at unknow. They
had . resided at Whitechurch for
12 years, where' Mr. Phillips had
a. blacksmith. shop. He .continued•
at this trade after. their removal
to Auburn 52„ years. ago. ' He was
a member of St. Mark's Anglican
Church Auburn.
Surviving are his wife, one son
Obert, and two daughters, Mrs.
Tom' (Ellen) Johnston 'and Miss
Laura Philips, Auburn:
The funeral service was held. in
St. Mark's Church ,Sunday. In�
•terment, followed in Ball's Ceme-
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