The Huron Expositor, 1978-07-20, Page 8roblem a
THE 911rr, 1978
Jack is Jottings
Underfundin
A GREAT DAY FOR A PICNIC — Residents of
Seafbrth Manor enjoyed some time out on the lawn
Friday when the staff thereorganized a picnic, the
first outside meal the nursing norne has had for all
residents. Good food and pleasant weather made it a
day to remember. (Expositor Photo)
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Joan Louise .Coulter. a
universi ty of Waterloo student, is
'spending her sumincr taking a
travelling library to campers in
Huron county. '
reading. Campers can borrov:
books from the touring library as
they would from the library back
home.
The mobile library, now in its
second year of operation, allows
-holidaynutkers to ket.sp up their
funds, , and the inadequate-
number of personnel allbeated to
the prevention program,
in 1965, provincialiegislation
imposed on Children's Aid Socie-
ties the responsibility of prevent-
ing suffering before it could turn
into tragedy. Since that date.
these societiesave been increas-
ingly conscious ollthis special and
important responsibility. Yet
heavy caseloads have not been
matched by provincial grants. For
a number of societies, this has
meant that some front-line case-
workers must take up to SO cases
at one time. As a result, only
emergency situations receive at-
tention. Files must be closed on
othr cases which have passed
out of The crisis stage, although
the circumstances arc still poten-
tially explosive.
- There has been considerable
publicity about the Ministry's
move towards 'de-institutionaliz-
ation', yet this has virtually no
hope of getting off the ground as
long as the Government continues
to under-fund home support
services for the elderly: - the
diSabled, the mentally retarded,
troubled children and adults.
The concept of 'deinstitutional-
izationriS excellent.; conjuring up
notions. „rinds.
pendence and new ',..lifestylest
which are preferable because
they. are more 'normal': thus
• society as a whole can more.easiVy
recognize and respond to the
needs of those who require
assistance. Deinstitutionalization
is also appealing because it is less
expensive to the taxpayer to offer
treat ment and support services in
the community.
However, the manner in which
the • Government has promoted
the idea of deinstitutionalization
to the public has been simplistic
and naive. Ultimately. the gov-
ernment'S policy could be harm-
ful it' not actually cruel-to the very
*people we are trying In assist .
Only one-half of the equation has
been filled-fOrcing people to leave
expensive institutions-but alter-
Ms. Coulter is only one of three.
students hired... by the Huron
County library under the. Exper-
ience '78 0111)10y Ment program
devised by the Ontario 'Youth
Secretariat and the Ministry of
Culture and Recreation. Others
helping with ,the touring library
and- the organitatiOn of library
programs are Marian Dou cette. a
Fa I I Oa We college student. and
Susan IrVin, who is also at'
Fanshawe.
native programs to help them
function once they are back in the
community have not been
developed.
For example, the elderly have
'had their institutional options
narrowed in the last couple of
yealS":"by —the .freeze on nursing
home bed aVailabifity, by the
selectivity' of admissions to pri-
vate nursing homes. by a'
subsequent overloading of
chronic care facilities and the
relatively -high . cost' of senior
citizens' residences. The fact that
fewer 'healthy seniors are
entering institutional care is. on
-the surface, 'encouraging'. But
where is the support to help them
function in the community?
Reviewing the Ministry'S' per-
formance last year. ‘ve can see
that the budget was under-spent
for Homemakers .,and Nurses'...
Service by 24' percentfor
Family Crisis Intervention - by 81
percent; for the Volunteer Pro-
gram for Seniors - by almost 33
percent. Combined operating and
capital grants for Elderly t'ersons
Centres will actually receive
$30,000 less this year than was
estimated in 1977/78. Transport-
ation for the physically handi-
eapped, a vital community
support service has had its
budget increased by a paltry $100
compared. with lakt
We all acknowledge the need to
.control and ,ratioiralize Vast ex,-
penditures in the :social services
field. However. the need for .wise
use of our financial resources
does not justify budgetary-
practices which permit additional
expenditures for administrative
purposes which far exceed those
for program delivery. Corn-paring
the Ministry's interim figures for
this year's Estimates, we find
that administration has been'
allocated an increase of 26
percent, while the Social and
Developmental fields and
Children's Services will receive
increased budgets of 5 -percent.
'10 percent and , 12 percent
respectively,
by Jack
The debates on the Estimates
of the ,various Ministries tend—to
be overshadowed by day to ,day
events in the. Legislatures Shortly
before the end of the session, the
Estimates of the Ministry of
Community and Social Services
were 'under discussion, which
involved a review of the past
spending recerd of a Ministry
which expects to spend this year
about 9 percent of the total
government. budget.
Since 1974, the Liberal Caucus
has been urging the Government
.to—rationalize 'quality and care'
and public funding of the Pro-
vince's social services, and we arc
particularly concerned about
changes in administration policy,
especially as they relate to
attempts to reorganize, this Min-
istry into units which consolidate
services to the children and adults
ofOntario.We are pleased to note
that' some positive steps are
finally being taken to reassess
and revamp areas of this Minis-
try's responsibilities. -
However, information which, is
now available has raised some
grave questions about the Minis-
try's commitment to the preven-
tion -of child abuse in Ontario. - As-
our-. social _Services, . Critic. Paul_
Blundy (M PP-Sarnia), pointed
out during the Estimates debate,
originally the Ministerial briefing -
material contained no specific —
fugures for the child abuse
prograrn. but we • were able to
learn subsequently, from a Minis-
tgry Financial Officer, that last
year only $182,900 was spent .of
the $376,000 designated for this
purpose. The Child Abuse Office
continues to he seriously under-
staffed, yet it hits not been
exempted from the, Ministry's
hiring freeze.
Gfri'tttf ....,afat+,Ontario has
become a question of increasing
public concern,. yet we -cannot
realistiCally expect the Ministry.'s
program to be any more effective..
this year than last, given the lack
of emphasis which. is apparent in
this non-utili/ation of -available
Girls learn how to
can vegetables
Iby FrancitieVisseri this demonstration.
• Do you know how to can fruits The proper methods. of canning
and vegetables? Well, this is funs and tomatoes, vegetables
'what the MeKillop II Uncanny. anti jellies. jams a nd .piek,ICN were-
Canners learned at their fourth discussed. The discussion was
meeting which was held Tuesday. then enforced by a slide presen-
July 11 at Carolyn Thompson'.s tation called. "HoMe Canning.
house. Fruits and 'Vegetables which
At -this meeting the,girls went covered everything about home
to 'the garden and picked beets, canning.
then prepared the „beets for A Seaforth Club led by Mrs.
pickling; Four jai's of beautiful
Helen McLean joined McKillop II
pibkled beets were the results of
in viewing this presentation.
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