The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-12-07, Page 31
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 7, 1994 — Page 3
`It used to be a home; now it's an institution'
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of time to get in 'there," Drennan
said.
Koornneef said there are currently
two vacancies.
"I used to be able to go in and it
was a home; now it's an institution.
I don't blame any of the help; 1
blame it right at the top end," said
Drennan-,
- Janzen talked about the recent
accreditation of the nursing home.
He explained that the process is
completed by an independent agen-
cy, where a council places an as-
sessment on a hospital or nursing
home. "Accreditation helps with the
credibility of a facility and in ob-
taining funding," said Janzen. "It is
a very important indicator of how
we are doing."
Janzen said Pinecrest was ac-
credited for two years in 1992, with
the possibility of a further year's
extension. When the surveyor came
in February and found some earlier
concerns had not been addressed,
another accreditation was needed in
October, he said.
"You may have trouble getting
accreditation if people aren't hap-
py," said Ruth Bell, whose mother
is a resident.
"Don't you have to have a happy
staff behind the administration?"
was directed to Janzen, who agreed
saying, "Yes you do."
Janzen said money .had nothing to
r do with using the services of Para -
Med. He said the difference in the
cost between the home employing
RNs and using Para -Med was not
much when you consider the wages
and benefits paid to RNs.
Various concerns, other than• the
recent firings, were brought up. One
woman; whose husband is a
resident, wanted to know why she
wasn't informed until four days
later that her husband had been
taken to emergency. After venting
her frustrations with the continuity
of care, she ended with "The care
up there is rotten. I wouldn't send a
dog up there."
Other areas questioned were the
poor location of handrails in bath-
rooms, the large screen TV being
moved, flies, early risings and
making residents take part in
functions when they didn't want to.
Reeve Stuart Reavie, spoke from
the village's perspective.
"...Pinecrest is an important
employer and we'd like to sec them
stay there. It sounds to Inc like
there is a real problem of com-
munication; it doesn't matter
whether it's staff or people who
have their loved ones in there. I
wonder if we could cone up with
some sort of -game plan for a
solution; sit down and cone; up
with some suggestions."
Leo Murray, chairman of the
meeting, asked Janzcn, "With the
communication problem right across
the board - staff, administration -
would it be advantageous to have
some sort of an advisory commit-
tee, similar to a -health council, to
sit with you people on an advisory
basis and give some ideas along the
very lines of things that have ,been
talked about .today?"
Janzen replied in the affirmative,
saying he thought it a was very
good idea.
There's been a' lot of concrete
questions here today," said Don
Bell. "...evident there is a pretty
wide communication .gap between
administration and staff that could
be rectified without too much of a
problem. We have to rectify this
problem. 1 do not want to hear 'I
want to die' when 1 go in there (to
visit) - and 1 have (heard that)".
Reavie and Murray will act as
facilitators to get the advisory com-
mittee in place and running. Sug-
Pinecrest is a community asset as well
as a private business, chairman says
Leo Murray, who has no direct
connection with. Pinecrest Manor
Nursing Home, chaired last
week's public meeting. He has
no direct connection with the
home or any of its residents.
Murray read from a prepared
statement. "A major part of the
health care in this arca, the
influence of Pinecrest Manor
Nursing Home is • far reaching.
The economic influence is felt in
many parts of our community
including the local pharmacy and
the medical clinic and ' many
local families whose income is
derived from various types of
employment at this 61 -bed
facility.
"In my opinion, Pinecrest is a
community asset as well as a
-private .business. We have a
democratic right, in our opinion,
especially on issues affecting our
community, and a responsibility
to do something about issues that
affect us. We also have a
responsibility not to" violate the
rights of others; therefore, we
arc not here to discuss • any
financial details, or management
rights associated with a privately
owned business. Also we are not
here to discuss employment
standards or labor laws. We are
here to obtain facts and to state
opinions about provincial
policies governing the operation
of nursing homes and provincial
policies governing the level .of
patient care."
Christina
Countdowns,
"3 Weeks Left" F
gestions from the floor were that
staff - not administration - should
sit' on the committee with two
members from the •community at
large. Pat Weir, Janice Van Osch
and Gloria Symes were nominated
as the employee reps, with Mary
McIntosh and Pat Gibson, beth
RNs, to sit on the committee as
concerned community citizens.
The organizational meeting of the
advisory group is set for Dec. 8.
Bargaining.
will resume
in. the next
few months
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the new collective agreement.
She pointed out that the agree-
ment only runs until the end of
this school year which means the
two sides will be back at the
bargaining table within just a
few months.
She said she doesn't want to
jeopardize those talks by making
public cornmcnt on issues that
could be on the table. '
There are 4.78 clemcnury
teachers in the Bruce board and
Bastian said she was satisfied
with the level of support shown
in Friday's vote.
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