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THF HERALD April 11 Page 13 Elderly citizens need challenge according to UWCs speakers IIN1I stuff The elderly need challenges and stresses just the some as younger people according to the Senior Citizens Depart director for Niagara He If society becomes them senior citizens find life to hardly be worth living DH told a seminar aging Coeur Parish Hall recently and sponsored by the University Women Club Prior to coming into senior citizens homes nursing homes the residents had to face nil sorts of situations he said Moving into one of these facilities doesn I their capacities nor docs it their need for and When well meaning family friends and social workers try to pate all the problems a senior will and them tor him they wind up smothering his initiative and make him feil useless and frustrated We I old people and still expect Ihcm to lead normal lives he said Mr said that in stead of building nursing homes and trying to put elder citizens In a place will wait on them hand and foot communitiesshould be looking Optimists trip winner The Georgetown Optimists trip of the month dub winner to was ton who is presently relaxing in Florida The consolation prizewent to Mono Milne of Georgetown At their recent meeting the Optimists heard a guest speak from Ihc Milton Optimist Club Optimist Logan who is the manager and year member of Milton spoke on the construction and financing of a new building Thanks Opt Al and we hope your tion will help us in our plans for the future at increasing support thai will enable the elderly in Ihcir homes as long possible HOT MI- Services like Meals on tilth which provides one hot mcil day are a yea help to senior citizens who find cook ing ffieull Having someone take care of heavier house keeping tasks like moving fur future or scrubbing floors might be all another senior citizen needs to be able to continue living in his I Another senior might need medical attention of ihe ipc which eould be pro by a Victorian Order hut be perfectly capable of living alone so long as this i Still others need nothing more thin a daily contact to check on the slate of the r health Willi such support mors could continue in their in homes and would be much hippier doing so he said Mr said that in Region attention Ihc needs of the elderly his been in evolving process for years and thus many are already in place which communities ire jusl now to consider Among these programs he listed a vacation care program v enables elderly deals living with their rela lives come to one of the region nursing homes for periods up a month in length while younger members of go on vicitlon Not only does this give resident ind his family a break it lets him discover first I what life in one of the homes is like and prepares him for possibility of even ng his permanent Ml prognm allows sc mors to come to the homes for iporlionofcachdayandshare meals health care and recrea lion the dents of home then return lo l heir own homes for the Our elderly hive wealth of knowledge and experience to give if we will allow them do Mr and thus residents in the Re homes take part visits to schools and entertain classes who visit the homes Thcj ilso help youngsters in nursery school and kindergar im by reading to and hearing them read as well is sharing their games and siory limes One of the homes has a day care center operating In It part time while residents travel to school the rest of the lime Interaction between the very young and very old both groups he said Sum loneliness and bore dom are the biggest enemies of ihe elderly residents in tic imes are encouraged to par impale in many activities Cnfl rooms have been lire set up for mile residents en stiff members found them reluctant loonier a craft full of women doing the more traditionally female things like crocheting or knit He explained how residents in the homes help those still living on their own through a program called Talk A Bit whereby resident round POINT pointed out the of elderly Georgetown residents who must remain in active treat beds at Georgetown has after they hjve had illnesses like i stroke iven though they have recov ired sufficiently lo enter an extended facility He said keeping such a patient in an ictlve treatment bed costs the Hospital Insurance Plan St daily while kecpii person in nursing home bed would only and why Georgetown las reeuved no replay Us request for some extended earc facility in the community lalks to him each day be sure how he is If they got no inswir r they notify someone to check if the person wis ill Doll coordinator of the Georgetown library shut in service explained that leers lake books re cords ind all of material from the library out shut ins from the handicap ped child to the sick or elderly adult Peck president of the United Senior Citizens group Ihe problems seniors hive in getting to medical appointments as well as meetings and shopping be cause there is no public trans porlation in Georgetown She noted that while some 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