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By ROB KELLY Special : the Beaver Elderly chronic care patients are being shunted out of Halton Region because there aren‘t enough beds to Chronic care patients being forced out of Halton Your Personal Reminder Service Helping you remember those important dates Birthdays Anniversaries Special Days Any Day For More Information Phone or Fax us at Gentle Reminders (416) 639â€"6771 keep them closer to home, the regional health and social services committee was told Monday. Judy Donnelly, the executive director of Halton Placement Coâ€"Ordination Services, appeared before the committee together with board chair Carol Gooding to present a glum picture of growing demand and dwindling options for dealâ€" ing with the problem. The two women didn‘t request speâ€" cific action from the committee â€" all they wanted to do was red flag what they see as an emerging crisis that will gather momentum as the aged populaâ€" tion swells. "Our board and staff felt we had an obligation to bring our concerns and observations to the community," Donnelly said. The group helps the elderly and disabled find care and (Continued from page 1) them registered through Phone Alone. Votes were also taken at Pick of the Crop in downtown Oakville, and the Oakville Free Press Journal. The final results of the Name the Mascot contest are as follows: Seamore JakeFrom The Lake Rudder Elliot (Total) Oakville Beaver 148 216 36 51 451 Pick of the Crop 22 13 2 19 56 Oakville Beaver Pick of the Crop Free Press Journal Totals Jake wins by a landslide Totals 179 229 38 70 . 516 The winner name, Jake from the Lake, was submitted by threeâ€"yearâ€"old Natalie Oliver. She wins six Meal Deals from Sammy Shark‘s Restaurant at Sharkey‘s on the Water, and a $50 gift certificate from Oakville Place. ks The Oakville Beaver has been named the official media of the Oakville Waterfront Festival. This year‘s festival is planned for June 25th, 26th and 27th, and for updates, call Phone Alone, 845â€"5585 and punch in Box Number 5900. In Halton, there are 880 longâ€"term care beds, 776 in homes for the aged and 104 in area hospitals. That is the lowest ratio of beds to people over age 75 in the province, Donnelly pointed out. 3 appropriate accommodations. While Halton averages 112 beds per 1,000 seniors over age 75, the provincial average is 150, she said. We are in seriâ€" ous deficit." The situation is not much better in neighbouring municipalities. Peel is second last and Hamiltonâ€" Wentworth is fourth from the bottom, Donnelly noted. "These areas are not able to help us." In 1991â€"92 the waiting list for beds averaged 373 per month, and of the 418 people who secured accommodation, 101 (24%) had to go outside Halton Region, Ms. Donnelly said. That 24% figure has been climbing in recent months, and by late fall the outâ€"ofâ€" region placement was a full 39%. â€""All the longâ€"term beds are filled. Only with deaths are beds available," Donnelly said. Given the crunch, "other regions are becoming quite territorial with their Many of Halton‘s elderly are placed in Haldimandâ€"Norfolk, Wellington County and Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, Donnelly said. Families frequently have little choice but to accept the distant havens. "Very often it comes down to a crisis situation and they will take anything, anywhere. We try to get these people back into the community, but we are not making any promises." Burlington councillor Doug Greenaway said the lack of focus on longâ€"term institutional care could be "disastrous. To suggest we can have fewer beds for more frail elderly is just not a reality. The problem is moving on. It is increasing and we as a community are not addressing it yet." 2 1 1 "HADDOGK ONLY" DAYS JUNLN3D AdVMIHL 1JDVSSVW NV ASLVIHS 11IMMVO 125 Lakeshore Rd. E. Suite 304 (at Navy St., above Pier 1) We have been "Frying" since 1967! Longer than any other "Chip Shop" in Oakville. At Art‘s Fish Chips 1500 Sixth Line, 844â€"9209 Tuesdays are * Loblaws » Food City «Canadian Tire * Kmart +«A P * Miracle Ultra Mart * Miracle Foodmart « Savâ€"Aâ€"Centre * Longo‘s * Re/Max Specialists (2) * MM Meats * Cruise Holidays Home Delivery Daily From 5:00 p.m. Telephone 845â€"9742 or 845â€"3824 Regarding any delivery problems: iC 467 SPEERS ROAD OAKVILLE * Partial Delivery