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16 The Acton Free Press Wednesday March 29 1978 Services come to the patient How care program can shorten your stay in the hospital Although people are grate ful for the care hospitals give them when theyre sick possibly the most frequent question they ask doctors and staff is When can I go home For several years now the Ontario Ministry of Health has operated a program called simply the Home Care Program which allows select patients to shorten their hospital stay and In some cases to avoid hospitalization altogether Blanche suffered extensive burns to her left New quotas arm when the sleeve of her caftan caught fire as she was cooking dinner After two weeks in hospital Mrs Soullicrs condition had Improved but she still required the large dressing covering her arm to be changed every other day and a blood sample to be taken weekly Wllh the support of her family husband John was going to do the laundry and daughters living nearby would help with the house work and provision for nursing services Mrs Soullier was able to be dis charged from hospital to tho home program A stroke put Lillian Twlsa in hospital last November After weeks she was more than eager to come home Husband Jerry wanted her home as well It was pretty lonesome here without her he said Mr Twtss who is retired has always done a lot of the work in the home and had been going to the hospital daily to help in his wifes care His assumption of the household responsibilities Fewer shoes available for spring retailers People buying footwear this year will find fewer shoes according to retailers who along with leather manufacturers predict higher prices too Between retailers and leather makers there is an often sharp debate on the ad vantages and disadvantages of the import restrictions quotas placed on shoe im ports In December Ottawa cut the number of shoe pairs to be imported by million About 38 million pairs may be Imported this year Leather Industry spokesman such as Peter Dunham president of the Tanners Association of Canada and of and Company see the quotas as a boost for the Industry and employment Local retailers like Swetmans Shoes acknowledge quotas as a help to workers I dont think quotas are hurling the consumer in the long run If they are providing em ployment Alma said last week However Swetmans Shoes and JT Sports will both likely experience a decrease In purchases Swetmans placed orders for sandals and summer shoes prior to the December quotas Suppliers seem to be able to honor those orders but once Ihe stock Is gone that will likely be all there Is Adidas of West Germany and France is probably the worst hit according to Terry Cole of Sports Mr Cole predicts Adidas will swing away from specialized footwear such as for boxing track and field and parachuting to shoes for walking Fashionable Imports will jump in price some by per cent because of the Canadian dollar devaluation and also because of the added value restricted products bear according to The Financial Post March The price of domestic made shoes Is going up too because of higher hide costs percent more tlian a year ago according to The Financial Post Leather manufacturers were operating at per cent capacity according to Mr Dunham so there will be no shortage of leather However the Canadian Shoe Retailers Association bulletin of last December feared that domestic manufacturers would be unable to proeuce enough shoes to fill the gap left by quotasby spring Canadian manufacturers say they will produce anything the Canadian consumer wonts but it will be months before they are ready CSRA executive vicepresident M Payne told the Financial Post The picture drawn by the retail association may not be all that black if store Is taken as an example Normally it receives between per cent and per cent of lis orders So far this spring per cent to per cent of the or ders have arrived Mrs said However SwelmanB caution suppliers prices may change Suppliers used to be able to keep prices firm In four years of business the price quoted by suppliers was honored Mrs Swetman said Recently though indications arc suppliers will not be able to guarantee price she said Mrs Swetman confirmed what the retail association has contended about summer shoes and stylish footwear Swetmans have been unsuccessful in their bid to find a Canadian manufacturer who can make shoes like the ones from Italy People want a lower price summer sandal and this can be produced at less cost In Brazil India Spain Taiwan and else where Consumers object to high prices In summer footwear because it tends to be a one season item Mrs said Mrs said it will take two to three years for Canadian manufacturers to produce high style fashions for evening and the low price sandals for summer Swetmans strength is their continued business with suppliers who did business with Swetmans predecessors Eugene Braida and Bill Benson In addition to the suppliers such as Kaufman Savage and Susan Shoe weve added other Canadian shoes and attempted to buy Canadian as much as possible Mrs Swetman said was Instrumental In her early discharge said physio therapist Carolyn Hepburn who visits dally Mrs Hepburn carries out a treatment program designed to get Mrs walking with a walker and able to use her right hand to write and to eat The weakness brought on by the stroke made It impos sible for Mrs to manage an ordinary bed The home care program obtained a hospital bed for her through the Red Cross Mrs Hepburn then figured out a procedure which would let Mrs get In and out of bed with a minimum of difficulty Since Mr is a member of the Canadian Legion Legion loaned his wife a wheelchair In addition to the physio therapist the community health nurse visits weekly as does the family physician Being together with family and healthy people seems to make recovery faster said Helen administrator of the Hoi ton Regional Home Care Program Prolonged hospitalization can be depressing Mothers for Instance like to be at home supervising their child ren and the running of the house she said Under the home care program mothers who have hod surgery can convalesce at home with a visiting nurse calling to change the dressing on the Incision and a helping wllh meals and light household chores Patients suffering frac tured hips are another group whose hospital stay has been shortened by the availability of home care Admission to the program directly from home prevents disruption of family routine People suffering mild strokes and certain kinds of pneu monias are less frequently hospitalized now receiving care at home instead Also increasingly choosing to stay home are the term inally 111 Last year In terminallyill people elected to spend their last days at home With services provided under the auspices of the home care program they con be kept comfortable at home Moreover living with the dying person helps the other family members cope with their grief Ms Isaak said At one time newly- diagnosed diabetics spent lime in hospital getting their treatment regimens organized By contrast today many receive this service at home Illness In one family member produces a stress on the entire family Ms pointed out Visiting In the home the health worker can note excessive stress and offer assistance to tho family necdlnK it Home care Is not for every body however The patient has to want It and family support is essential Ms Isaak said If theres a lot of tension at home recovery might be better in Home core is not replacing hospital care she dressed Over years hospitals have taken on treatment that could have been given at home Cost of operating the home care program in Is roughly per day But a direct comparison with per diem hospital costs cannot be made Hospital per diem rates take into consideration all treatment service and labor costs said Dr Robert King the ministrys home care program manager The patient eligible for home care is not In need of highly inten sive or technical and the cost or maintaining him in hospital is at the low end of the spectrum he said The per diem cost for an active treatment Milton District Hospital Is for a delivery of a in Georgetown neal once a day five days a In Acton twice weekly The home care program is in Milton a potential money saver Dr Equipment from canes to King said But Ihe potential hospital beds Is borrowed saving has not yet been from the Red Cross loan cup- realized because province board or rented from a too many hospital beds vate agency Dressings and As long as the beds are medical supplies are pro- there people will fill them by the program as are Dr King commented adding certain drugs that some of the patients The Job of the homo care using the beds shouldnt be program Is to coordinate ell there the services mentioned Although the program la With the exception of the administered locally it Is service which funded 100 per cent by the Is timelimited the home Ministry of Health through care program continues monies services until the patient is Professional services able to manage on his own provided under the auspices until his condition becomes of the program are nursing stable or in the case of ihe physiotherapy occupational terminally 111 until death therapy and speech therapy The average stay on homo Auxiliary services include care is days meals on wheels medications Patients whose condition is and medical supplies sick- stable but who are unable to room equipment laboratory care for themselves have continued care and If neces sary for financial coverage But there are people who fall in between who cant afford to pay for their care themselves but dont qualify for financial Their condition may deteriorate as a result and may be required If there was a home care program to look after chronic patients these people would likely be able to carry on at home Ms said No means test would be required for the program Currently three pilot pro jects in long term home care arc underway in Hamilton Thunder Bay and Kingston The home care program originally administered from the Oakville offices of the VON began serving North in 1S72 In the program was put under the administration of the Regional Health Unit Lost year 144 cases were referred to the program In Milton and Halton Hills Of these referrals were from local hospitals and from the community and other hos pitals tests and The program purchases nursing service from the Victorian Order of Nurses Community nurses from Ihe regional health unit provide counselling services Home- maker service Is purchased from Ihe Red Cross Since there Is no speech therapist in this area and the call for a speech therapist is minimal North resi dents who do need this therapy must travel to or Oakville hospital outpatient departments Volunteers provide trans portation when the patient is unable to go on his own In North physio therapy is purchased from a private physiotherapist occupational therapy from the Community Occupational Therapy Association In Toronto lab technician service from a private Toronto laboratory For patients who require every day the program can make other plans for their RM Construction Corner 24 and 25 Sand Gravel Excavating Trucking Fencing Landscaping Tree Removal Ralph Reinders Phone TEDDYS AT A Stone father Odd Teapots home- baked Cheese Buns Rubber Tarts and hand- churned icecream and lAwu on and ioe be to 1 send the menu ox- bo pet DOUBLE HAPPINESS RESTAURANT J Store proposed in Limehouse An application to open a store selling woodburning equipment and handicrafts In the village of was referred to the Niagara Escarpment by planning board tills week The land is in NE C development control area The proposed store was a grocery store from to 196 and is on the Limehouse road In the centre of the village The property in two parts has one and half storey house and structure where the store Is proposed on the northern sec Hon and the southern section has a frontage of feet on the road allowance between Lots 22 and Houses surround the 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