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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-31, Page 2Mtge 2—Luelmow Sentinel, Wednesday,October 3l, 1979 Public health nurse retires..... *from page 1 She laughs when she recalls that when she came to Lucknow, she did not know a concessionfrom. a sideroad..People always gave her directions in concessions and sideroads and she was on her own fromthere to find the home. "If the cows could only talk", she saysas the remembers driving around country roads looking for people's homes. Miss Thompson sees preventive medicine as the most important aspect of public health care. "Preventive medicine is public Business association elect executive Lucknow Business Association met Wed- nesday,_.October 24 to elect a new executive and .discuss Christmas plans. Tony Johnstone of Sepoy, Stationery . Was elected president and Ken Harman of Char -man's is secretary -treasurer, The association decided to purchase more street decorations for the main street in conjunction ' with the Lucknow • District Hort cultural. ' Society and the Lueknow. Village Council with the cost being split three ways. FREE SKATING The association will sponsor free skating at the Lucknow arena on Saturdays in December prior to Christmas and they will help to .sponsor the Christmas..party for Lucknow children when Santa visits, in co-ordination with the Lucknow District Kinsmen:' • • CHRISTMAS`HOURS Christmas hours will be the same as last year. Lucknow stores will remain open. until 9 p.m. Friday nights in December. Stores will be open for Christmas shopping conven- ience every night the '.week prior to Christmas. The association is donating a trophy to the Noisy Ladies baseball team to be awarded at their. tournament which they are planning for next :summer: They .also decided to place a hitching .post in the parking lot behind' 'the Main : street businesses:,south "of the main street, for the Lucknow area ' Amish community to use, health," she says. Public health is always changing she points out. Bottle feeding a baby was recommended and now breastfeeding is stressed. Changes in mental health care are rapid and public health nurse has to keep up with the trends. Miss'I'hompson had little time for leisure reading because she was buy reading nursing articles to keep up with changes in preventive -medicine and, ndw methods of care. Changes in public health will continue according to Miss Thompson and they will reflect the times. There will " be more geriatric care in the home in the future and public health nurses will do more geriatric , nursing. We can no longer afford to care for all the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals, she observes. There is a family obligation to care for ou'r sick in the home she says. "To a certain extent this is right." . "So often we just shove the elderly out. The sooner we can get them into a nursing home the better." She is saddened that so many elderly people are in nursing homes and their families never visit, even though they live nearby. Even if it . seems they are , not responding when they are visited, "who knows what's going through their minds?" she. wonders. . Miss Thompson points out thereare advantages for the entire family, if an elderly person is living in.the home. It is good all round development for a child to know an older person: It teaches a family tolerance. to . have someone, other than the nuclear family living in the home,. who may have : special needs: . It can also be a financial advantage. Miss Thompson thinks of all homes in Lucknow where only one person lives: We cannot afford the financial cost or waste of energy to heat all these homesall winter long for only oneperson, she says. It. would .be ' a beneficial experience for the elderly and for families. to : have elderly people live in their homes for the winter. The elderly would, have companionship and their housekeeping needs satisfied and the family could have an extra bit of income to help with the cost of their winter heat bill, Miss Thompson has no definite plans,.,for. her retirement: ` She plans to stay'' in. Lucknow; it is' her home and her friends are ` • here. She enjoys sewing and hand -crafts and plans to catch up:..on, her reading: She does not think she has read a book for pleasure in four or five years. The reading demands for her jobalways kept her busy whenever she had the chance to read.. nze: With Clothing From Char -Man's Work Clothing Bell. 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