The Brussels Post, 1975-02-05, Page 6WhenDoctor says, hospital for, From January,, %1974 tO`
Home Core. serves 469
'Were: 0 20 11
21 " 65 - 178
65 & over- 280
-39 were over 85 years •
378 patients received nursing ..
care from the Victorian Order of
Nurses, 112, Physiotherapy from
Mr. John Westcott, 27,
Occupational therapy from Mrs.
Joy Daymond, 195 homemaking
from certified visiting
homemakers. •
The average length of time
Home Care was provided to each
patient was 29 days.
The cost of service per
was $8.21 per day.,
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you, December, 1974, 469 patients
Don't faint, panic or turn, deep received care' at home. Of these
blue, patients, 45 were from Clinton
Just ask about the Home Care 'Hospital; 40 were from Exeter
s'i plan, Hospital; 55 were from Goderich
You're Doctor knows, "Yes, Hospital; 29 were from Seaforth
fi he's the man," Hospital; 80 were from Wingham.
To tell you how to get the Hospital; 108 were referred
works; directly by the family doctor
Homemaker, physic) or VON instead of being admitted to the
nurse. local hospital. 104 were
As the above little ditty tells us discharged earlier from hospitals
there is an alternative to hospital in London and Kitchener. 8 were
care, for selected patients, on the from. Goderich Psychiatric
decision of their family physician. Hospital.
If your family physician feels The ages
that you can receive the necessary
. care required to make y ou better
using the services provided by the
Home Care Program then you can
. receive care at home.
The selection of patients for
Home Care is based on the
availability of services required,
•, with the resources needed and
willingness of the patient and
their family to receive their care
at home.
Every patient accepted for
Home Care must have OHIP
•„ coverage, the same as if entering
a hospital, then there is no charge
for the services provided by the
Victorian Order of Nurses, the
Physiotherapist, the Occupational
therapist or Homemaker when
the services are needed.
In Ontario in the past year
ending March, 1974, 33,000
patients were admitted to
Ontario Home Care Programs in
lieu of hospital care, and the
length of care was 24 days with an
average cost of less than $10.00
per day. This compares with the
average hospital costs in Ontario
of 8 to 10 times that amount.
In 1974 the Huron County
Home Care Program has provided
hospital .dare at home to 469
patients. The average length of
care at home was 29 days at a cost
of $8.21 per day. The present
costs for a bed in the local
hospitals range from $70 to $80
per day,
Home Care is an alternative to
hospital care for any age or illness
on the recommendation of y our
family physician. When a patient
can be assured of competent care
at home by the necessary
professional, coupled with the
encouragement and support of
the family in one's own
environment, it provides a sound
formula for effective health care,
of these patients
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