Times Advocate, 1998-10-21, Page 39care- and support' fr'uin
• the health .care teats."
Curren explained. ••
Nancy Keat ti'oni Park-.
wood Hospital• in London
is helping to develop the
program •atld, 11.11-1 staid
have attended courses at
Programs
implemented
in different
• _way-
Mi'Tciii.:I.I 'I iv,
schools are implementing -
tlu•nt•w kart) Learning .
1)ppurtunitiI•s. prog't'alt)s
• in tw( different ways.
instead ef.choosing-to
implement junior kinder-
gartelt. 1- pper f tante.
l:letue nta+ S1'ho0l.
Mitchell,• -and North
l-:asihope I'tiblir Schoi►1
near Shakespeare. opted
for the new • progratl't
focussing attention on
students froth senior
kindergarten to Grade 3.
,North Fast1iope Public.
School is providing ' addi-.
clonal resources for the -
primary • . students. •
Meanwhile, - Upper
"Thames has hired addi-
tional support. staff to
work with the school's
youngest students. -
• "I was excited .to. see
the two angles the schools
are going at it. _1t will
show which is better.".
'said trustee.Leslie Wood.
Superintendent of busi-
ness Marilyn Marklevitz,
said the board's $176,000.
grant for the program has
been guaranteed by min-
istry otiic:ials.
Parkwood.
Tlie team . of .: pro-
_fessionals and volunteers
will. have the 'skills. ex-
pertise and .coinpassion
to help the_ patient. and
'family cope with physical
- symptoms. psychological
and spiritual issues, loss
. and grief.
Curren, said lie has re-
• ceived very positive ;om-
tnents froze families who
have_ already used the
room.
•
tItl
Exeter Timms -Advocate
Community
Wednesday, (k1ober 21. 1998
Palliative care room ready for South
" Huron patients and their families
By Kate Monk
77MEs•Ativex:A'n. STAF-1
EXETER -- The new
palliative care room at
South Huron Hospital is
designed with • [amliies in
• sliced.
The public received a
first-hand • look at the
• newest improvement to
•Sllll during last Wednes-
r day's open house.
Located on the main
floor. the palliative care
room was created .by
e•onvertitcg two hospital
roosts 'Mut one large.
1:041111 with a sitting area
fur families and friends::
•t cot is 8151) available if
people need lo.sta) over-
night with', their fancily
nteniber. •
• "14'e • .recognize. • that.
families iieed te► be part.
- i►I' the .team which pre-
0
re-
m_ ��dti•* omfort— -arid sup-
port to their loved ones."
d" explained -SI111 ad-
- nlinistrator'Don (Turrell. -
The hospital felt mak-
- Mg the physical environ-
- trent as• comfortable •as
possible • would help the
'fainilies as well.
The first initiative was
the renovations which -
were' completed and fur-
nished.. through the use
• of • individual donations
•front • patients and lam-
tties who have used the
hospital's se'rviceS.. The
liuspital. auriliar' also
Helped, frith the funding.
Financial
relief for
school
board
by Michele Greene •
! here 1). smite linanrial
14110. (oliiittr, ti► .the :von.
\laatiand -District Scheel
goat d froln the province_
List Tuesday night.
`Marilyn Marklevitz said
the board will receive an.
•'.ltiditional $285.00)0 for
• transportation, which
-reduces ••the! original
shortfall of $440.0t10.
It was -a 'pr•oblettu ter
all boards. t\ e weren't
814190 in our coticplautr-,
ucg."- she said.. •
The board also learned
there will' be additional
inoneV to help cover the
rosts.of.gratuities paid out
to retiring teachers.
Markievitz said the
amount of the funding is
unknown and couldrange
from $100',000 to $1.5
million. Marklevitz said
she expects the board will
pay out $3.3 million tq
• retiring• teachers .this
'school -year. More teach. -
'erg are retiring than
expected because of the
province's 854actor pro-
gramming, offering teach-
ers an early retirement
option:
able
The palliative care team gather on the sofa in the 'new palliative care room at South Huron Hospital.Frorn left, Anne Klein R.N., Bev Moir
R.P.N.:Ann Wernham R.N., Marion Cornish R.P.N. and Bev Walkom,RN. Absent are Nancy.Hodgert R.N. and Donna Bennett R.P.N.
The team is specially trained to care and support patients and their families.'. •
•
- e're Very fortunate
to receive. donations
which allow us to int -
prove programs." Cur'r•ell
said....
•
liut -the physical sur-
roundiugs are ottl) part.
of the effort.••
I tucan judged to be in bloom
The second phase. -.of
the project was the tor-
mation (if a quality Palli-
ative Care "lean) com-
posed of. BNs and R1'Ns .
who have taken palli-
ative care courses.•
"Families else need-
I.H:•1N --- l.ucttn's green thumbed •residents have
SUnl(!thtttg newt° crow about.
`The village was given three Weems by Com-
munities 1n 13luon) jtuiges.and. just missed out qual-
ifying .for
ual-i1'ving.fur the '99 national competition.
Locan finished with 791 points out of 1.0(10, nine.
-points awa) from achieving four bloom status. The
only run)mui)itin l,ue:;tr.'s population categur) to
rete iie four blooms was Mitchell. -Loran s other•.
.untpetitors. (:at'dit)al. Schreiber and Colborne.
also received three blooms each.
- ,fudges Ted Blows and Russell Bole's gave i.ucan
'the highest rating for its focus •ui) heritage with a
90 out of 100 score. The village received 87 out of
100 on tidiness. 84 Biot of 100 00 environmental el-.
•• lert. 87 out of 100 .on community involvement. 1 1 1
out of ) O on tirban forestry.- 120 out of 150 on
landscaped areas.• 101 out of 150 on floral ar-.
rangentents and 1 1 1 out_of 150 00 turf areas,
Here's a synopsis of what the judges had to say
about Lucien after they toured the. village on, Aug.
-4. .
"A- clean and tidy village with a good heritage
base: special 'kudos to the children's efforts in the.
paper flower project;_ -encourage garden. en-
thusiasts to get involved in a bigger way...goud
start with the perennials exchange and the garden
competition-." •.
I.Ucan • Communities in Bloom - organizer/
councillor Perry Caskanette said a - committee
should .be formed to organize and execute the con-
test if council decides to enter again. He also ad •
vised plans on making Lucan as beautiful as pos-
sible for next year should start now rather than in
the spring.
Communities In .Bloom ' is a national and pro-
vincial competition that is dedicated to improve the
quality of life in municipalities through promoting
greener communities.
Hensall not happy
with fire board
request for $5,000
1-if•.NSALL — Councillors ha%e agre Od to give
$5.000 to the Ila) -1de•nsall-Turkersrnith Dire •
committee but they aren't happ) about it.
Themenet) is being give's tu.the fire committee
alter �tttf• comn)iu.ce passed a_ metit4Ur1 seeking
$10,000 ie+ total, fron),Ilensall. Ilay And Turk'-
ersmllh for new e+quiptnent and testing en ex
isting -equipment. I' oder the comtiettee's ree'-
emmendation. flit) and' 1 urkersmith would pay
+2.500 1.81:1 and,liensall would pay.$5.000,
At the- fire committee's Sept. 30 meeting. it was
recommended that !hretenew self-contained
breathing apparatus (SOBA) bottles be bought
and two -SCBAs be bought. 'Tests on live' existing
SCBA .also .need to be done. according to the rec-
ommendation. and a 27 -)ear -old portable pump
needs to be replaced.
Council agreed to give the• • money to the com-
mittee but wasn't- happy the request carte after
the village's budget had been completed.
Coon. Dave Amen, while voting in favour of
giving the money to the fire committee, worried
about post -budget requests coloring before coun-
cil again; . - -
"We •don't want to set a precedent:" he said.
Coun. Rod Parker said he was -unhappy with
the committee's request but. since it was.a safety
issue, agreed the committee should have the
money.
"if they have to have this stuff they have to
have it."
In addition to granting the tire committee the
$5,000, council advised the committee no addi-
tional money will be given in the future after
budgets are set. •