Times-Advocate, 1983-03-30, Page 28Page 28 Times -Advocate, March 30, 1983
Employees union charges
Residents.. being moved out of Bluewater Centre
Residents of the Bluewater
Centre for the developmental-
ly handicapped in Goderich
'are already being moved out
of the home in preparation for
its closing, the Ontario Public
Service Employees Union
charged Tuesday.
"They're starting io move
the residents out of
Bluewater. They're sott of
spiriting (hem out, one a
week, maybe one every two
weeks," union staff member
Jim Clancy told a news con-
ference at Queen's Park.
The same thing is happen-
ing at a similar home in
Brockville which is among six
centres scheduled to he clos-
ed in the next five years,
Clancy said. In both cases. the
residents being moved have
no families or friends who
would protest their transfer to
larger centres, he said.
Residents from Bluewater
are being taken to the
Midwestern Regional r'entre
in Palmerston, he said.
Clancy said he had no exact
number available because in-
formation is not being divulg-
ed by the ministry of com-
munity and social services,
but he.ekpected at least 50
residents would be moved
from Goderich to
Palmerston.
George McArthur, ad-
ministrator of the Midwestern
Regional Centre, said in a
telephone interview later
Tuesday he is expecting to
receive some of the
Bluewater residents but so
far, "we haven't got one::
William Gregg, ad-
ministrator of the Bluewater
centre and Frank Capitano,
London area manager for the
ministry of community and
social services, whose area
includes Goderich, were
unavailable for comment.
Huron -Middlesex Liberal
MPP Jack Riddell said in an
Rural seminar
by Jack Hagarty, Mapager
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cent R.S.V.P. "Rural
Seminar for Vital People,"
They were asked to read a
series of expressions from dif-
ferent people who were in
some difficulty. These people
were looking for leadership -
someone to guide and assist
them.
Following each expression
was a series of five possible
leader responses. Each per-
son attending the seminar
had to choose the response
which seemed to be the most
apt....the one they would use
in such a situation.
An example of an expres-
sion from a 27 -year-old man:
"I've come to the conclu-
sion that if I'm not happy in
the work I'm doing. then I'll
get another job. That's what
it adds up to. I've hung .on
because I spent four years in
college getting ready to do it.
Now I think I'd be a lot hap-
pier if I chucked the whole
thing and entered this other
field - even if it does mean
starting at the bottom and
working my way up."
1. You feel that you'd be a
lot happier if you could just
escape your work and start
out in a field where you are.
more adequate.
2. Whether this is the field
in which you'll end up no one
can say, but it seems to me
quite sound that you are coun-
ting more on yourself.
3. Have you thought of the
possibility of working out a
combination line? It seems a
shame to just toss out all
you've lined up so far.
4. You've decided that
you'd do better to change. Is
that how you feel?
5. How much study have
you given this new field?
Which response would you
have checked? Let's identify
the different leadership
styles.
The first response indicates
the leader's intent is to teach,
to impart meaning, to show
this young man something.
The leader has implied what
this young man ought to
think. This is an interpretive
styles.
In the second response the
leada's intent is to reassure,
to reduce the intensity of feel-
ing, to pacify. The leader im-
plies that the young man need
not feel as he does. This is.a
supportive style.
The third response shows
the leader making a judge-
ment of relative goodness, ap-
propriateness, effectiveness,
rightness. He has implied
what the young man ought to
do. This is an evaluative style.
The fourth response is one..
showingthe leader trying to
see if he understands correct-
ly what the young man is say-
ing, how he feels, how it
strikes him. how he sees it.
This is an understanding
style.
The fifth response shows
the leader seeking further in-
formation, prompting further
discussion along a certain
line. He has implied what this
young man might profitably
develop or discuss a point fur-
ther. This is a probing style.
Which style is best? At the
R.S.V.P. seminar rural
leaders -were encouraged to
use supportive, probing and
understanding styles. These
styles tend to keep the chan-
nels of communications open.
Rural leaders who seek fur-
ther information and show
understanding and support of
individuals within their com-
munity are, as the seminar in-
dicates. "vital people."
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interview that he was aware
the residents are being mov-
ed but had no figures. "It's
hard to get a handle on it."
The Bluewater Centre •St
Thomas Adult Rehabilitation
and Training centre, and four
others are scheduled to be
closed in the next five years,
with the residents being mov-
ed into the community.
However, parents and other
groups have protested that
many of the residents are in-
capable of living in the com-
munity and will be shifted to
larger centres.
Riddell said the Goderich
towncouncil, planning board,
and local association for the
mentally retarded are trying
to arrange for group homes in
the community, but the
Bluewater is scheduled to be
closed by the end of 1983 and
the rezoning process for
group homes will take at least
a year.
"They're going to start
pushing people out of
Goderickbecause there're no
group homes for them to go
to".
Clancy said the ministry is
picking on those without
,relatives first because there
will be less fuss over their
transfer. "They refer to then
as citizens of the world.
They're the most
vulnerable."
The union called the news
conference to show a
15 -minute documentary film
entitled Who Cares? which it
-wiil show et public meetings
at the six centres, as well as
the Oxford Regional Centre in
Woodstock where beds will be
significantly reduced.
Narrating the ilm, Toron-
to journalist Betty Jane Wylie
- whose son is developmental-
ly handicapped - accused the
provincial eabinet of not car-
ing about the residents and of
degrading the mental health
care system.
- In the film, Jim Kidd.
father of a resident at the Sl.
Thomas centre, related that
his daughter has made pro
gress for the first time in her
life thanks to the .care she
receives there. - •
Fred• Baird, parent of ei
resident in Bluewater, wag
• shown rapping Minister
Frank Drea for announcing
the closing without consulting
the communities concerned.
"This is no longer a
democracy. It's a dictator-
ship... just because a bunch of
knuckleheads don't know
whether they're coming or go-
ing," said Baird.
Ontario Public Service
Employees Union executive
member Sean Usher told the
news conference that parents'
groups have become organiz-
ed quickly to fight the clos-
ings. "There is great frustra-
tion, anger and anguish.
There has been a notable lack
of planning in the whole
process."
The volunteer eonimitlee to
save St. Thomas centre has
called a political" forum for
March 31 at Parkside Col-
legiate in St. Thomas at 8
p.m. which will include
representatives from
Bluewater, the Oxford
Regional Centre and parents
from other centres.
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