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Clinton News-Record, 1984-09-19, Page 30• Pt* *Air** efforts '11deHowever1ti contlnuing WOO to hnpro e-ppol facilities and services for dying patients and their WAWA. • These are the Mein 91101 „911.8 drawn from the Huron Hospice Pjlot Project which was completed in July under the direction of Connie Osborn, Palliative Care Co -Ordinator -at Alexan. dra Marine and General Hospital, Godericli, The project report and its recommenda- tions have now been sent to Employment and Imr :nition Canada which provided a ;17090 Canada Works grant for the pro- ject last January. Application for the grant evolved through the desire of an area cancer patient who strongly believed there was a need for a free standing hospice in Huron County. A free standing hospice is home -like facility (housed in its on building separate from the hospital) designed to provide support and care for the terminal- ly ill (and their families) so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible during their remaining days. The hospice concept is often provided within the hospital setting through palliative care services. Palliative care offers therapeutic services designed to address the physical, psycho -social and spiritual needs of dying patients and their families. The Huron Hospice Pilot Project ex- plored the needs and problems of the dying and their families in Huron County and Kincardine. In order to do this, project workers used personal interview question- naires to survey bereaved families in the area. They also interviewed people facing terminal illness and surveyed the profes- sionals involved -community nurses, hospital nurses, doctors, clergy and funeral directors. SAVE 1250 SAVE .60 H•';','"' 7 •,„ .• •••• SAVE 3 w 00 •f, .4 , '7'"a . • . • 0„00•••••, .5r 4 / /// yr . • 4.%i14,(0f•-• pEciAl. FiNk. EINE" ,;,Jranulated Granulai d e rt•• SUGAR: CIGAR 11' FINE, GRANULATED White Sugar ALL PURPOSE, VELVET, CAKE & PASTRY INSTANT BLENDING, MINUTE, LARGE FLAKE, OUICK COOKING Robin Hood Flour Old Mill Oats REGULAR & DIET COKE, OR REGULAR & DIET SPRITE Coca-Cola & Sprite 2 KG BAG 2.5 kg BAG 1.35 kg BAG CASE OF 24-280 mL TINS RECOMMENDATIONS Thelaroject report came up with a list of recommendations divided into three categories: hospital, community and general. Under hospital recommendations, it was suggested that palliative care concepts continue to be integrated into care provid- ed in Huron County and Kincardine hospitals; i.e., attention to control of pain and other symptoms, awareness of patient and family needs, flexibility and relaxa- tion of hospital regulations, emphasis on comfort and environment. It was also recommended that volunteer training programs be established to pro- vide family support seryies. called `.`Sup- portive Care Services", consisting of train- ed volunteers to visit patients and families, and to make telephone contacts. Expan- sion of pastoral care services, including the encouragement of training in palliative care and bereavement counselling, was recommended. And it was suggested that a list be established of bereaved parents willing to provide support for newly bereaved families, and develop protocols for stillbirths, miscarriages, and infant and child deaths. Under community recommendations, it Was suggested that a part-time profes- sional be provided with additional training in death and dying to provide bereavement d- counselling to those suffering severe pro- blems with grief; as well as developing self-help groups for the bereaved which could rotate throughout the county to make them more accessible. Referrals could be made to this person who could possibly work out of the Public Health Unit and be funded by the provincial govern- ment. It was also recommended that there be increased education for health profes- sionals on death and dying, the grief pro- cess and pain management and symptom control throughout post 'secondary courses, workshops, libraries, etc. And it was advised that information should be made available at all times to in- terested community members on the disease process, death and dying, and the grief process (i.e. pamphlets could be made available in health facilities, through video presentations, speakers, etc.) The general, recommendation made by the report was the establishment of a for- mal communication network and pro- cedures to improve communication on behalf of patients and families between county hospitals, doctors, community set - vices and out -of -county doctors and health facilities. The project report made some in- teresting observations about death and bereavement as it applies to Huron County and Kincardine. It found, for instance, that this county's deaths caused by cancer are too few to justify the maintenance of a hospice. In 1983, only 71 cancer deaths occurred in Huron County hospitals and not all of these would be able to use a hospice. Based on statistics gathered from other hospices, this number is too low to operate a free standing hospice here, keeping a minimum number of staff fully untilized. Current provincial legislation also does not allow the operation of a free standing hospice. A hospice would be classified as a private hospital and would have to be licenced by the Ministry of Health to operate. To attain licencing, the feasibility of a hospice must be proven, but such a facilitiy is not feasible in Huron County so that licencing would be impossible to at- tain. THE BEREAVED General characteristics of the bereaved in Huron County, based on a survey of 79 people in the project report, are that they are over 65 years of age, predominantly female and 53.2 per cent were either widows or widowers. The , data revealed that 78.5 per cent of the deceased covered in the study were over 65 years of age with Turn to page 9A (Bale of 10-9.90) (Limit 10 bags f mily purchase) (Limit one case per $5.00 purchase, excluding this item Maximum 3 cases .er family purchase.) 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