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Eimer Woods, Wingham, and Harry Wall, Lucknow, enjoy .a friendly game of cards at
the Wingham and Area Day Center for the Homebound in the Wingham Armouries.
Clients enjoy a number of activities at the center including games, crafts, speakers on '
various subjects and the "highlight of the day" a full .courie meal. [Jamie Friel photo]
Center fills local need
By James Friel
Whatever you do, don't play pool
with Harry Lavis, especially on the table
at the Wingham and Area Day Center
• for the Homebound.
Though the way Harry plays, it's
doubtful that `the center's table poses
arty advantage to the 82 year old Luck -
now man.
He plays in a manner that seems
almost. careless, lining up the shot and
pounding the ball in with a good crack,
but it comes from a long time,
knowledge of the physics inyolved in
this game of gentlemen:
His opponent, JimMcPhee, also of
Lucknow, took his loss with equanimity.
Harry. has been coming to the day
center as a client fora, long time now.
He also acts as a volunteer driver and
will refer the odd individual he feels will
benefit from the type of program
offered.
He says he looks forward to the day
he attends the center,' Wednesday,
because he can do something a bit
different from his .usual schedule.
It's been six years since the program
was started in April 1979 and about 85
people now enjoy the center's activities
during its three day week, Tuesday to
Thursday. This is down from the usual
number of clientele frequenting the
center, about 30 per cent of whom are
from Lucknow and area, according to
Director Rita Rice.
It's all designed "to keep seniors in
their homes as long as possible so they
don't have to go to.a nursing.home'too
early.”•
That, range is part of the uniqueness
and the heart of the center. It neces-
sitates a fleet of volunteer drivers and
that makes the center different than,
say, the informal drop in center held
Mondays and Fridays in Lucknow.
While she recognizes the need for a
drop in center type of program, she.
notes that the Wingham` center is more
able to ,deal with people with limited
mobility. "It's a little more intensive"
as well;
"The clientele is primarily, of people
who can't 'drive. We're not discour-
aging people who can drive - they ,may
have other reasons to come - they may
have lost a spouse."
The center has "a real need" for
drivers in the .Lucknow area. Rice notes
the center pays mileage and provides,
special insurance' to cover liabilities.
Training is also provided.
"Volunteers (about 50 of them) are a
very important part of the program.
Without them, we: couldn't operate."
The need for the program in the area
was first ascertained through a study
done.by the University of Guelph done
in 1977.78.
FEATURE
"Because it is basically an agricul-
tural university, they were doing, a lot of
studies on aging and farmers," said
Rice. They were interested in whether
or not retiring farmers were staying in
the area or were moving to the cities.
The•area was also selected because of ,
the high proportion of aged - 20 per cent
of the . people in Huron County, are
elderly.
University students helped out with.
the surveying of 300 people. The results
they gathered determined the need for
this type of service, in north Huron and
south Bruce counties.
"It's actuallypart of the spin off
effect from the day center in Clinton at
Huronview. They go north to Blyth,
said Rice.
The area the Wingham •and area.
center covers is largely similar to that
covered by the Wingham and District
Hospital. The center's range goes as far
west as Ripley, as far south as Blyth and
north of Teeswater.
The people at the center have come
mostly from referrals. References can
come: from just about anywhere. Rice
notes that in Lucknow, Dr. Jim Shalome
has been supportive of the day center
with several referrals.
Other referrals can come from public
health, word of : mouth, even from.
neighbours.
However, the 1984-85 annual report
noted that referrals were down as of
June 20', 1985 when the report was:
released. ,
`Referral statistics are down this
year. The number of referrals received
totalled 30. Ten of the referrals received
denied a home visit or the referral was
not time . appropriate, meaning the
person was in severe ill ` health or
needing increased health care and not
physically able to attend the day center
program."
It goes on to note that the majority of
referrals came' from clients and not the
community agencies and medical pro.
fession.
• "One goal of the center over the next
few years will be to constantly remind
the other community agencies and
medical profession of, the need . for
proper referral coordination..."
Even with the referrals, there isn't
great'success in getting potential, clients
to the center.
"It isn't for everybody," Rice readily
admits. "0: all the home visits I've
done (to determine the need for this
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