WHITBY FREe PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25;.,197.PG£ The Law and You Q. 1 bought a vacuum cleaner from a door-to-door sales- man. The next day 1 found out he charged me too much. 1 signed a contract for monthly payments. Is there any way 1 can get out of it? A. Yes. Under the Consumer Protection Act you. can cancel a signed sales contract if you write a registered letter to the company concerned, or del 'iver it personally within two days of receiving your copy of the contract Verbal or telephone cancellation is not acceptable. Q. When I first came to Canada 1 was looking forward to a new start. But my wife died in an autoinobile accident, an d I was so badly injured that I don't 'think l'Il ever work again. I1 have a son and a daughter living in Ontario, but they refuse to help. 1 don't need a lot of money - just enough to make ends meet. Is there any- thing I can do? A. Yes. There is a seldom-used stat ute in Ontario called Parents' Maintenience Act. Under it, a parent who is aestitute or unable to maintain himself because of age, disease, or infirmity may apply to the Provincial Court (famnily division). A sumrmons is served on his children, and the court may order the children to pay up to $20 a week toward the parent'support. Q. A friend of ours left last year for two years work in Africa with a goverament sponsored development pro- gram. He sold off most of what hie owned except for a very expensive stereo system which he boxed and left with us. We put the boxes in a dry corner of the basement, and thought nothing of it. But last week our house was en- tered through an unlocked window while we were out for dinner. The burglers took some cash, two T.V.'s and the stereo svstem. We wrote to our friend immediately, but we are worried. The system cost over $2,000. Are we responsible to our friend for the loss? A. A person who keeps property for another may under some circumstances be liable for the loss or theft cf that property. The degree of care you rnust exercise to protect the property depends basically on whether you store the goods gratuitously or for some reward. If you store them for a reward you must exercise that degree of care that a reasonable man would exercise for the protection of his own property. The standard of care is rather high, and if the goods are lost through your negligence, you will be liable. However, if there was no reward or benefiît to you stor- ing the stereo theri you are only hiable if the theft was due to gross negligence on your part. Q. When we were first married the future looked bright, and we didn't mmnd getting some boans to buy the furni- turc and cookwear for our apartment. But then the baby came along, and my wife had to stop working. It was a struggle but I kept up with the payments. But then I got laid off at the plant, and now I've got judgernents against me. 1 want to pay al these debts off but with the judgements it seems l'Il have to pay it off in a lump sum - or 1 don't know what will happen. Is there anything 1 can do? A. It is possible that you can apply to the Small Claims Court or District Court in your area for a Consolidation Order. You are given a form at the local court office which lists your income and its sources, your family and other obligations, and the judgements against you. This application goes before a judge, and the judge decides how much you can afford to pay to your credi- tors e Ptac wek. You pay is amoun t te outAd Professional home care often better than hospital by David Woods pares with average hospital costs of eight to ten times that amount. Buit while economics makes a compelling case for home care, there are other advantages both to t hé health care system and to the in- dividual patient. For instance, the person who doesn't actually need a hospital bcd - and who can be assured of compétent care at home - can free that bed for someone who really needs it. Moreover, continuing home treat- ment by professionals, coupled with the encouragement and support of the family in one's own environ- ment, is a sound formula for effec- tive*health care. Not only that, but home care also hands back at least some of ýthe responsibility for ther- apy to the patient and the patient's family, making them participants in the therapeutic process. But home care doesn't replace hospital. care. It's an alternative to hospîtal care that only works where doctor and patient agree that thc home provides an environment that is better than, or at least as good as, the hospital. Let's face it, nobody thinks they actually want to go to, hospital. But some of us assume we oîight to be in hospital if we're sick enough to need professional nursing, and often that's true. But not always. Health planners are becoming increasingly aware that hospital care is not only highly expensive, but that it may also im- pose burdens beyond the illness it- self. For example, unfamiliar sur- roundings and disrupted patterns of day-to-day living. And many times the patient only needs professional nursing for about an hour each day. An încreasing popular alternative is home care. Obviously, there's no way you're going to have a team of surgeons operating in your own bedroom, but there are certain health problems that can be just as cffectively treated in the home. Among these are post-surgical care, and various forms of rehabilitation and convalescence. How does home care work? WelI, first, says the Ontario Ministry of Health's principal program adviser on home care, Dr. Robert King, any- one insured under OHIP is cligible. But it's available only on the recom- mendation of your physician. Ontario now has more than 40 home care programs, and most of these are administered by local boards of health or by the Victorian Order of Nurses. Among the services providcd are physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy, diagnostic and Iab- oratory procedures, and visiting nurses and homemakers. The homemaker secs to the smooth running of a paticnt's home during the treaiment pcriod - and may look after children or elderly people who normally depend on the patient. For more tblan 33,000 patients ad- mittecj to Ontario's home care pro- gram in the year ended Iast March 31, says Dr. King, the average length of stay was 24 days at a cost of less than $10 a day. This com- CH-EF 0 REDDI-CIIEF BIBLE SCI40L - 9:46 a.m. BSESUVICE PROVIDED rVOICE OF FAITH - cow 9 p.m. l $a 3wd Sunday each fm REDDI-CHEF e REDDI-( e Thi The Corporation of' the Town Of Whiatby "#TESTIMONIAL EVENING FOR HARRY W. JERMYN"F The Council of the Town Of WhitbY wiII be hosting a Testimonial Evening in recognition Qf Harry W. Jermyn for having served the people of Whitby in many capacities, iricluding Mayor and Provincial Court Judge. The function will be held at Heyden shore Pavilion Friday, October l8th, 1974 startin at 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served, followin which, entertainment will be provided by Kay Turner of the T.V. programme, "The Pig & Whis tie". Tickets are available from the office of the Town Clerk for $7.50 per person. Wm. H. Wallace, A.M.C.T Clerk, Town of Whittiy, 405 Dundas Street West, Whitby. Ontario Isaiah: The Prophet' Mssion... 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