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PAGE 34, WHITY FREE PRESS.. WEDNESDAY, MARICU 14, IM'< ýVi.siting nurses to. serve 29,000 in '90 * By Trudie Zavadovics One cf the major trends 'in health care this era is the demn- stitutionalization of patients from hospitals to their homes within the community. Ini order the achieve this there a steady increase ini nurses who work in the home rather than the hospi- tai. St. Elizabeth Visiting Nurses' Association cf Ontario has offered bedside nursing Mi the home since 1908 and has offered their services to the Durhamn Region since Sept. 6, 1988. The VON is Estons and we're Simpsons,» quipped Joan Les- mond director cf the St. Eliza- beth \isiting Nurses, during a question-and-answer period al this month's Rotary- Club ol Whitby- Sunrise meeting. "The mission of the association is to assist the individual and the family to achieve and main- tain an optimal state of health or a peaceful, natural death. The association is xkost cognizant cf the fact that 'the spiritual is closely tied in with the physical and psychosocial aspects of health and illness.» Lesmond expfcts that tbey «Il serve 29,000 patients in tle region this year. Last month thjeymade 2,54e home visits. Ninety-eigbt per cent of our patients are referred through health care. The mnsr fee is $30.25 ver visit wbile %our true cs s$1.45. We are constaty operating at a deficit. Share e picks up the deficit. No patient is turned down for lack of funds. "We advocate the phiiosophy that the patienl is responsible for bis own w ellness, and we actively involvè the patient and bis faxniily in the treatment pro- cess. "Patients receiving servies muet be under the care of a physician, and the visiting nurse obtains orders for any specific treatment required from the attending physic.ian.»" T'he visitizng car. nurse cares for aIl tyed of patients in the communxty be itmedical care, surgical, obstetrical and psychi- atrc fromn the newborn to the gritri c. Nursing procedures vaiy from cam or patients on ventilators,- to rehabilitating those wbo have had strokes, to the administration of chemoth- # erapy ini the home. Lesmond is taiking to groups such as the Rotary Club to create public awareness of these ser- vices. The St., Elizabeth Visiting Nurses are a. registered non- profit organization. They receive some funding from the --Oshawa, Whitby, Newcastle United Way andhope to become ýa chartered member in the future, Foi more informationcail 430- 6997. ~wait L>ooley expressed a nuxnber cf' concerns with Lascos overal proposal. ney ve got a subsace equal to a tire pile, that's highly flammable. ee tried to get the fire department to do a Sample burn, they wouldn't do it and I don't know why." He also warned of potential pollution problemns wben waste from the temporary dump is moved tc the original site. "Theyll 'have to handle it twice, when they »put it in and take it back ou,» said Dooley. «Every time there is a wind itl be spread over a wide area.» Fially, Dooley accused the environmient, ministry cf «drag- girngut tbe assessment poes «Why has it taken them iv long?" Latsco wonUt JOAN LàESMOND, director of the St. Elizabeth Visiting Nurses, discUsSd the service at last week's meeting of the Rtotary Club of Wbitby-Sunrise. D1eae PeycleT hi esae Bus ervice t be reduoed during peak hours Týransit station. But travel patterns indicate that passengers travelling bet- ween 8 te 9 a.m. and 3 te 4 p.m. are oriented te destinations witbin the tewn sucb as schools, shopping centres and the down- tewn. By trimming peak service, Kuwahara said the travel need cf ahl passengers will stili be met, To offset the loss of Peak ser- vice, council also approved the extension of tbree routes, serving areas nortb of Rossland Road. Drumm predicted that this "means empty buses going ite the subdivisions for some time.. and tbe word around town 18 that oui- buses often run empty.» Councihlor, Marel Brunelle suppod council's action. We're refining the servie te serve'the most people at the best cost,» said Brunelle. By Mike Kowalski Rush hour bus service in Whitby will be cut back by two hours each day beginning April 30. The change is expected te save the municipality $112,000 annually. Town council Monday'appro- ved an operations committee recommendation calling for a reduction in «peak" bus service. Currently o 'rating from 5:45 te 9 a.m. and gom 3 te7:30 p.m, the new service wilI end at 8 a.m. and resume at 4 p.m. "I bave no problem witb cut- ting it off at this point in time, said councillor Joe Dum «Obvicusly it's not be!V, used, so, this will cut our losses. In *a report te council , public works directer Richard Kuwa- hara noted tbat peak servie is centerecl around transporting Passengers te sand from the Go Support. for free t rade FROM PAGE 4 "firm betiever that we as a nation must decide what we want as a nation. "If we believe in sometbing (social programs) we. shoul d remain higbly competitive pro- vided the economic levers are allowed te work. We sbouldn't live in fear that if we don't do as others we won't survive.» Durham regional chairnian Gary Herrema said be was recently in Colorado wbere gaso- lime was 54 cents a gallon wbile in Durham it's 54 cents a litre. "Is this a trade deal or an energy trade-cif?» asked Her- rema. While no one directly answered Herrema's question about the different gas prices, Beigie sid Amorican ,ceste Caudi oxkW4~l pi * ~ na d~'~ oestq U.S. mar-kets. «They want fair access te our natural resouroes and we don't like it, but p ut the shoe on the other foot. They don't like us having free access te their mar- ket." Following the meeting Beiigie expanded on bis su pport of th e fedeal governuient s proposed sales tax. "I don't think any alternative 's rieferable. I can't talk <osit. iveI about reducing the deficit and then speak eut negatively about tbe best way of doing it.» As for free trade preventing a recession Beigie aid normal cyclical Ïoroes euch as inflation would bave produced a recession by now. "<Maybe not like tue one £L 1981Z82,buIt we Wouldbv a one. Fioee trade is the, reason i~an4i~ers. ;Investm.nt ià PROM PAGE i that bermi is now fuît. The demonstration berm bholds about 175,000 tens of waste, and with 300 tons of waste p2roduced daily, the company was foroed te begin filling the temporary dump. Although legal action may be an option open te the Region, Deeth said it was «presumptu- ous» te assume that is what will Silhéstressed that "from, breaking the law, what we are doing is permissible.» Làasco contends that it has complied with the Region's re uest by applying for the offi- ciaiIpan amendment. Wile it intends te go ahead with the aniendment procedure, the company maintains an amendment is not r . ed. Newcastle Mayor Marie Hub- bard, chairman of the Region's planning conimittee, did not return calîs from, The Free Press. Wbitby councillor Joe Drumm, a committee member, said he was «surprised, quite frankly" by Lascos action, but preferred not te speculate on what the Region may do. "suspect there will be the legal argument, but 1 have no idea of what recourse the Region bas.» Drumm added that the Region <'las an obligation te pursue it», but noted that both Whitby coun- cil and staff approved the project. Whitby gave its approval but stipulated that the company must pay for eventual relocation or completé removal of the tem- porary dump. Wbitby also supported a Ministry of the; Environmient recomniendation te waive bear- ings on thedump. E5ast ward councillor Dennis Fox said the dump demands regional council approval. "if tbey (Lasco) don't h ave it, the Region sbould move in and close it down,» said Fox. "I kn7ow it sounds teugh and harsh, but that's how I feel. "I don't think the environmient is being protected. From politi- -clans on down, we'r1jut* pyig l p service te it. Until laws are 'n place we'll always bave this.» Fox was aware of Lasco's warning of job losses but con- sidered that te be a «smoke- screen.» "We try te create a working atmosphere for business in tbis community. If they choose te put aIl their es i one basket and take their chances, fine. «But don't t around and talk about 1ayoffs that's a réal pressure tactic.» 1ieg'ional coun- cillor Marcel Brunelle was not as quik e dsmasthe warning as «We have a 'choice between shutting the plant down and puttinig people out of work or SroceecLing," said Brunelle. <'We ave" no way of knowing for sure.» .Brunelle also referred te pre- vious approvals for the project from the Town, ministry and Region works committee. «Nobody has yet said anyhn alarming based on facts. What do you do, cose it down on rumors?» Brunelie said he would have te see what "rationale» is used before supporting legal action. "I have no problem with it (dump) with wbat's before me now. An interested observer of the dump controversy is Pat Dooley, president cf the Corridor Area PRatepayers Association. NDP leader to attend gaa Audrey MéLaughlin, leader cf the federal New Democratic Party, will bu guest speaker at the tribute evening on April 7 te, honor Ed and Lucille Broadbent. The dinner -dance, tu be held at the General Sikorski EHl on Stevenson Rd. in Oshawa, wiJl be McL.aughlins fIrst appearance in Durham Region since sbe replaced Broadbent as Party leader asat December. McLaLugblin confirmed ber attendance along with ýOsbawa MPP- Mike Breaugh, Ontario NDP Làeader Bb Ras- and United Steelworkers' director' Leo Gerard. Althougb there are a nuniber cf tikt or the event stili available, community support and interest for the evening is strong and it is expected te be a seil-cut. i