Wednesday, October 20, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B1 FOURTH LIN E AUTO OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR OF THE OAKVILLE WATERFRONT FESTIVAL Focus ' For A li Yoiir Car's N eed s Drive Clean Emission Testing Government Safety Inspection Tune-Ups · Brakes · Exhaust · Cooling Systems CAA Approved Shop 559 Speers Road 842-3001 In Business in Oakville Since 1979 Oakville Beaver Focus Editor: WILMA BLOKHUIS 8 4 5-3824 (Extension 250) Fax: 3 3 7 -5567 Personal Support Workers B ringing hope and friendship the personhood of each unique person. Uncluttered with the need to know detailed pathology, it is the Personal Support Worker who is the prime contribu tor to life in the absence of others or even, at times, in ersonal Support Workers are saluted this their presence. K U week. Formerly trained as Health Care Aides, Few professionals honour personhood to the same Home Support Workers and Homemakers, degree. Few recognize its critical importance in helping K their new title underscores their vital importhose with mental, physical, spiritual or other losses live J L . tance to many vulnerable citizens of all ages life to its fullest. in our community. Mostly women, Personal Support To be a personal Support Worker is to be privileged to Workers help bring hope to the lives of many who are the sharing of many personal life experiences, to reflec struggling to remain at home -- their chosen place, sur tions and feelings about life, dying and death. rounded by personal precious belongings, the tapestries of To be in the home o f another in a caring role is to see their lives. families at their best and at their worst. The Personal For many, the Personal Support Worker is their only Support Workers understand family challenges as they friend, their only help. strive to provide the best possible care for their loved Personal Support Workers (PSWs) can influence a per ones. son's decision -- that of wanting to live or to give up. The Care in the home involves a myriad of important tasks clients that the Personal Support Workers see are varied in to lighten the family members' load. Besides providing need and personality. personal care Personal Support Workers, also do laundry, Madge is 96. Her only son lives in Singapore. She has light housekeeping, meal preparation, and provide family a number o f chronic health concerns -- arthritis, which with rest periods and time for themselves -- essential to has left her hands nearly useless, loss of sight in her right be able to carry on with their lives in good health. eye and difficulty, at times, with swallowing as a result of Personal Support Workers, like mirrors, offer reflection mini strokes. on accomplishments, strains, fatigue, joys and pleasures. Fred is 89. He is doing his best to care for his wife They are often responsible for passing on stories which who has cancer. Their only daughter helps whenever pos may result in needed laughs. sible, but, she works full time to support her family and To have a good PSW is to think that only your own contributes financially to the care of her granddaughter family matters. To know the multiple situations they deal who is mentally challenged. with in a day is to realize how very special these capable Martha is a young mother. Her son, one of four chil jugglers are. dren, has cerebral palsy. She cares for her son alone most They must be highly skilled organizers in their daily of the time, as her husband travels for business. roles, for their schedules are highly demanding, their care Too often, the skills, talents, and interpersonal strengths situations extremely varied with unexpected surprises fill of PSWs go unnoticed and unrecognized, yet they are the ing many a day. cement of caring for families like these in our communi As the New Millennium nears, and our population ages ties. as never before in history what is needed most by increas I have witnessed their expertise, their caring and con ing numbers of families is the extraordinary worker, the cern for my mother and for myself for over six years. My human being with the attributes, skills, and responsiveness mother, age 94, is very frail and unable to bathe, dress, necessary to inspire a will to live in spite of frailty, pallia walk or eat by herself. Strokes have robbed her of much tive care situations and in vulnerability. of her recent memory. Many nights, she is sleepless, which takes its toll on her and on me. To become a Personal Care Worker, one enrolls in a Yet, despite the losses she .has experienced, she is community college where theory and practical experi happy according to her words and with good spirit. My ences are learned. Ongoing education opportunities friends are now her friends as she is the only survivor in abound. The shortage of Personal Support Workers at pre our family. She lights up when `my girls,' her term for our sent is extensive due to increased need. An opportunity to team of PSWs, come. enjoy a career like no other exists now. Mary Buzzell, a health care educator and nursing consultant understands the What do they bring? What do they offer? Among the To those who are in the field -- Hats Off To You. role of the Halton VON's Personal Support Workers - they help families care for things they bring are caring, continuity, courage, hope, May these words provide partial thanks for your enor loves struggling to stay home. Buzzell is taking care of her 94-year-old mother. knowing, patience, and a keen dedication -- their work mous contributions. To those who aspire to join the ranks ethic appears to be to put others before themselves. A strong for that which we are needed, what is wanted from us." of the PSW -- welcome to a field where opportunities abound. attribute is the ability o f these persons to help the client to use pre The words of an American speaker, Dr. Jacqueline Wexler echo Mary Buzzell is a health care educator, nursing consultant sent abilities, often find new abilities and lend strength in times of Angyal's words. She stated that the "need to be needed is perhaps and family caregiver. need. This is a critical contribution. the greatest human need of all." Helping others feel needed and VON Halton presents a four-part Family Caregiver Education able to contribute requires the fact of a diplomat, the insight of a As the writer, Andras Angyal, eloquently described, "We, our Series titled `How to be a Caregiver . . . and Survive' with Mary selves, want to be needed. We do not only have needs. We are also detective, the patience of the biblical Job, coupled with keen obser Buzzell, on Oct. 28th, Nov. 4th, 11th and 18th, from 1:30 to 3 strongly motivated by neededness. We are restless when we are not vation and self-reflection. p.m., at Lakeshore Place Retirement Home, 5314 Lakeshore Rd., needed, because we feel `unfinished,' `incomplete,' and we can The career must be able to ask what might bring out the Burlington. Learn about reducing stress, handing guilt and only get completed in and through these relationships. We are remaining potential or capabilities of the person's life. In order to anger, and how to stay in control o f your life. Call VON Halton motivated to search not only for what we lack and need but also answer that question, it is imperative to know the person in care -- to register, 827-8800. 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