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Whltby Free Press, Wedneslay, November 20,-1996, Page 5 's complaints prompted application. CoMfort Cottag home« care operator seeks rezoning By Milce Kowalokj More than two years after opening her business, the owner of a Whitby home care facility wants to make it legal. A rezoning application bas been subritted by Dorothy Hachie to permit continued operation of the faciiity at 1005 Dunlop St. E.' Known as 'Comfort Cot- tage,' the home bas been providing accommodation to women requiring a variety of heaith care ser- vices since March 1994. But as Hachie expiained to members of Town coun- cil's planning and develop- ment cormîttee on Mon- day, furtber use of the pro- perty for this purpose now reuires their approvai. Describing it as, to ber knowledge, tbe oniy one of its kind in Ontario, Hachie said the facility is for women wbo cannot live in a typical nursing borne environmient. ]Residents receive thera- peutic and palliative care services- and assistance in daiiy living frorn six staff members, one of wbom is a registered nurse.' Care is pDrovided on a 24-hour basis and includes a doctor on cail, a labora- tory that does' m-bomne blood tests and a pharrnacy that delivers ail medica- tions. «We have people that basicaliy don't fit into nurs- i ng h o m s , " s a id H a c h ie ' exerence working in the in lusty For exampie, two of the four permanent residents have multiple scierosis, Hachie said, one of wbom mnuet receive constant assistance. «Her mind is aiert, but everytbing must be done for ber,"» she said. «Only Whitby General Hospital couid care for ber, but a hospital is no place for someone like that. She could- live anotber 30 years." Altbough ber referrals corne from doctors, social service ageces and the Ontario Ministry of Health, Hachie refuses government funding. «I don't want to be run by them,"» she said, while admitting ber methods are a littie «unorthodox." WEST LYNDE TOWN HOME - $1 231900. Spaclous 4 bedroom end unit, lage eat-in kitchen, rec. room W, 1 wet bar, wakout ta private area from living room. Blair Buchanan 436-1800 Buchanan Broker Blair Bitchantan "We let them (residq CIO wnat they woulddoa borne," uch as watcbing televi' sion at 2 a.ni. if tbey wisb, Hachie said. «Nursing bornes are too regulated." iSincee home is iocated Hachie said ber iawyer advised ber not to obtain a rezoning unless a complaint was made te the municipa- lity. A complaint was filed, ýents) 'but frnyn,~ source. ~ A U I M a A former employe con- victed of sitealing $21 000 from an elderly resiAent was responsible for notity- îng Town officiais of the horne's eistence, Hachie said., "She put in corn&)aints witb the Town, ministry and everyone else," ini an apparent fit of revenge against ber recent employer, Hacbie said. -zu inoit onîy stole money from a woman wbo was a senior citizen and hand- icapped, but she wanted te stearbher home as weil." Hachie said fire . and healtb department officiais inspect the six-bed faciiity at regular intervals and no probierns bave occurred. Committee members bad littie comment on the appli- cation and referred it 'back te planning staff for furtber processing. 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