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Lack of facilities for
Alzheimer's victims

By JUDY CREIGHTON
The Canadian Press

Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth most common killer
after cancer, heart disease and stroke, but people know
more about AIDS than Alzheimer’s. And that troubles
Len Fabiano.

The problem is exacerbated because we “rarely see
Alzheimer’s di as the cause of death,” says
Fabiano, a consultant to Canadian nursing homes and
counsellor to the elderly and their families.

Alzheimer's is characterized by a deterioration in
memory and thinking abilities, and people suffering from
the disease often need constant care. It occurs in two to
three per cent of the population over 60 years of age, and
in more than 20 per cent of those over 80. There is no
known method of prevention or cure.

The changes associated with it occur in the proteins
of the nerve cells in the cerebral cortex — the outer layer
of the brain — leading to an accumulation of abnormal
fibres.

Under a microscope these changes appear as a tangle
of filaments. These tangles were first described in 1906
by Alois Alzheimer, a German logist.

Fabiano, who lectures across Canada on caring for
Alzheimer's victims, said in an interview that we are only
seeing the “tip of the iceberg” in the number of people
with the disorder.

DEADLY DISEASE

In Canada, it is estimated that at least 10,000 deaths
a year are attributed to the disease and as many as
100,000 to 300,000 people may be affected to varying
degrees.

Fabiano, a registered nurse who studied aging at the
University of Michigan, says he is concerned about the
lack of facilities to treat victims of Alzheimer's disease.

ially in outlying ities.

“It's particularly troublesome because many people
choose to remain in or retire to rural areas, where health
care services are limited. This puts the burden of care on
the victim's family — if he or she has one.”

Fabiano, whose office is in Seagrave, Ont., west of
Peterborough, said that most nursing homes are bulging
at the seams” and find it is a real “struggle” to admit yet
another patient with the disease.

In addition, victims need a special type of care.

“Many programs were developed between 1978 and
1981" to train staff in Canadian nursing homes in
recognizing the various stages of the disease. But
Fabiano said he's “always amazed by nurses’ aides who
are usually so good with victims of the disease they seem
to do it by instinct.”

HONESTY NEEDED
With families of victims, Fabiano said it is important
n and honest.
° ants them as much information as possible on the
disease and try to help them deal with the guilt feelings,
because no matter what options you give families there is
no way they'll walk away looking good.”

The families he’s dealt with say Alzheimer's disease
is a “living hell,” but most are willing to cope.

“It helps if they can share their fears and resent
ments with family, friends and professional counsellors.”

‘Anyone caring for an Alzheimer's vietim may need a
wide variety of assistance through the course of the
disease, he said.

Fabiano would like to see local hospitals and nursing
homes admit Alzheimer's victims for short periods to give
the families a respite.

“Most families in this situation are working at their
maximum. They are exhausted by the often 24-hour care
victims require and need a break.”

Fabiano also said families should periodically assess
their ability to continue providing care.

“If, after an open discussion with all family members
and friends, the decision is to try institutional care, it is
essential to plan in advance since desirable facilities
usually have long waiting lists,” he said.

And he advises families to contact local chapters of
the Alzheimer Society of Canada, where they will meet
others who face many of the same problems.

WEALTH OF
THE AVERAGE
FAMILY SOARS

OTTAWA (CP) — The average wealth of Canadian
families and i — the di what
they owned and what they owed — was $85,344 in 1964,
84 per cent more than in 1977, Statistics Canada reports.

But the surge of inflation in the late 1970s and early
1980s robbed them of most of that new-found wealth.

Inflation increased by about 80 per cent over that
period, reducing the increase in real wealth to a mere 4.3
per cent.

The latest survey of the wealth of Canadians
conducted in May 1984, the first such survey since 1977,
also shows, as expected, the wealth of families varied
dramatically depending on family incomes.

Familes with incomes of less than $5,000 had an
average wealth of $24,028, and for more than half of those
families the average wealth was less than $1,000.

In contrast, the average wealth of families with
incomes of more than $60,000 was $293,468, with just
over half reporting wealth of $150,000 or more.

And as in earlier surveys, the home was the major
asset of families, accounting for 43 per cent of the total
value of assets. A further 21 per cent of total assets were

d for by i: in i farms and
professional practices while liquid and other financial
assets accounted for 22 per cent.

TAX SHELTERS POPULAR

Registered retirement savings plans and the now
abolished registered home ownership savings plans were
popular places for families to stash some of their wealth
with 30 per cent saying they had either one or the other
or both of the savings tax shelters.

And 28 per cent of families held Canada Savings
Bonds while only 14 per cent had some ownership in a
business, farm or professional practice.

On the debt side, mortgages on homes accounted for
nine per cent of the liabilities of families, the largest

Misogyny not uncommon

By KIRK LaPOINTE
CP Lifestyles Editor

He had sculpted, movie-star features, he was brilliant
and captivating, and he was p ing love. On their second
date, he proposed marriage — how could she resist?

In marriage, he remained publicly affectionate. The two
of them were, it seemed to others, a match made in heaven.
But privately, puzzlingly, he started subtly chipping away at
her confidence.

She dismissed these swipes as out of character. No one
this Formdntically demonstrative could be a monster. Slowly
but-surely, however, he was skewering her self-esteem.

His weapons were words and moods — contemptuous
brow-beatings whenever she seemed assertive, constant
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MONTREAL (CP) Now

many more will suffer eye
problems, possibly even
blindness, says a Montreal
eye expert.

Dr. Alain Rousseau says
diabetes, which affects about
five per cent of Canadians, is
now considered the leading

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self-doubt, she would bend backwards to please him, even
spend hours rehearsing servile conversations so she
wouldn't upset him.

This form of psychological abuse is called misogyny,
derived from the Greek words for “hate” and “woman.” and
Los Angeles psychologist Susan Forward believes it is not
an isolated social phenomenon

Little has been written about it, but Forward’s research
suggests that misogyny may occur in as many as two of five
relationships.

Forward champions the cause for victims of misogyny in
a new self-help book, Men Who Hate Women and The
Women Who Love Them (Batan, $19.95). Through her
private practice and radio program in the United States, she
has encountered countless such troubles.

But the case she best remembers is the aforementioned
speedy marriage to the handsome romantic. The case was
her own.

“I was blamed for everything,” Forward said in an
interview. “And the more he called me selfish and uncaring.
the more I apologized, capitulated and sabotaged my career
for him.”

Just as she learned to please him, new demands would
be made.

“The signals are always changing,” she said. “It's like
running a race with no finish line. No matter what I did, it
was never enough.”

Certain family patterns establish misogynists and
women who will stay with them.

Usually, Forward said, women-haters come from
families whose fathers are either passive or frightening
whose sons are dependent on their mothers. That reliance
and its accompanying fears, frustrations and conflicts are
later transferred to the women in their lives.

“The women tell me: ‘Give me physical abuse anytime

that can be handled, that is predictable,” Forward said
“This isn't.”

But why do women endure misogynists? As girls, their
parents’ marriage becomes a model on which their
relationships will be based. If their fathers are abusive.
Forward says, girls learn that women submit and tolerate
anything to hang on to their men

What to do about it? An easy answer is to leave. But
Forward’s book tells women how to modify a man's behavior

without necessarily modifying his attitudes, which are
pretty much entrenched — and to preserve the relationship.

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single form of debt owed by families.

Fifty nine per cent of families owned their own home,
which had an average value of $71,588, and 49 per cent
still had a mortgage to pay off, with an average of $29,197
outstanding.

The 1984 survey also shows that families headed by a
person born outside Canada had an average wealth of
$101,971, 15 per cent more than the $81,158 wealth of a
family with heads born in Canada.

A breakdown by region reveals that on average
families in the Prairie region are the wealthiest in the
country, reporting a net worth of $111,507, and families in
the Atlantic region the poorest with $58,343.

Company keeps
sexes separate

THAMESVILLE, Ont. into soap pads or cutting and

(CP) — Martina Navratilova
and Bjorn Borg don't play
tennis together and a spokes.
man for Thamesville Metal
Products said it's equally
incongruous to think of men
and women working should
er-to-shoulder at this plant

General manager Robert
Schieman said the 27 union
ized men and women who
work at the steel wool manu
facturing plant in this com
munity northeast of Chatham
perform different jobs for
different pay

Schieman said he wouldn't
want his wife or daughter to
work alongside men in a fac
tory

“I can't stop these men
from this rotten, dirty talk,”
he said. “I don't think it's a
great situation. I don't know
why any woman would want
the job.”

Under the last contract the
men received $8.60 an hour,
while the women got $6.40.

packaging it.

Walker said although the
jobs are different, the women
work as hard as the men and
should be earning at least as
much

He said one of the factors
stopping women from apply
ing for the higher paying jobs
is that there's no set training
period to ensure they have a
fair opportunity to prove
they can do the job as well as
men.

The work includes adjust
ing heavy equipment and
moving steel products that
can weigh more than 660
kilograms.

“It took me a full month to
learn the job,” Walker said.

“There are women in there
who are stronger than I am.”

Schieman said in his 32
years with the plant he's
never had a woman ask for a
job in the higher paying
section. But Walker said he
knows of at least one female
employee who would like to

Quebec mood upbeat

By DENNIS BUECKERT
Gone are the days of self-pity or futile anger — Quebec

agree

climate in the province has undergone a profound change
since the days when separatists reigned and head offices
fled.

Tangible evidence of the new mood can be seen in many
areas — from Montreal's current construction boom to the
Quebec government's improved credit rating. It is seen in
the success of the Montreal Exchange and in the flood of
Quebec companies going for the first time.

It is seen most of all in the attitudes of Quebecers, who
are no longer leaving in droves for Ontario and the West but
are staying home to build up their own economy.

“In the past 10 years there has been a dramatic change

Ltd. of Toronto, says ’ pr

the same point last year. And property values in some areas
have doubled in 12 months.

‘The situation could hardly present a sharper contrast
with that of 10 years ago, as the Parti Quebecois
began ing its policies and
preparing for a on ig

Statistics Canada figures show the net outflow of

to other provinces in 1977-78 totalled more than
46,000. The population hemorrhage continued at an averge
rate of nearly 27,000 people annually over the next five
years, and was accompanied by the departure of numerous
corporate head offices.

Royal Bank of Canada economist Reza Ghaeli predicts
that in 1986, for the first time in a decade, Quebec will
experience a net inflow of population from other

Not surprisingly, there was jubilation in Montreal when
Ultramar Inc., recently announced it was moving its head
office back to the city, after having left for the Toronto area
in 1979.

CUTS INCOME TAX
Ultramar president Jean Gaulin said the return was
based on business, not political, considerations but he did

is being replaced by their itnerest in business and making
money.

Letourneau adds that in the past four or five years,
Quebec has turned out more graduates in business adminis-
tration than any other province.

Quebec Chamber of Commerce figures show the
province has gained 10,000 new businesses annually in the
past four years — those figures are net, after failures have
been subtracted.

Probably the most concrete evidence of the new
dynamism in Quebec is the construction boom in Montreal.
Statisties from the city’s development office show that
commercial] cafstruction in the region at the beginning of
September was up by 45 per cent over the previous year.

The residential sector is even stronger, with
construction so far this year about 54 per cent higher than at

Most top

ledge the decision was made easier by cuts in
personal income tax introduced by Finance Minister Gerard
Levesque in last May's budget.

Gaulin said there used to be a 10 per cent difference in
the marginal tax rate between Quebec and Ontario, and now
it is only five per cent.

Letourneau says Premier Robert Bourassa has done
much to improve the climate, but he also notes that the
ground was prepared by the Parti Quebecois.

For example, he said, the PQ requirement that business
contracts be in French led many large companies dominated
by anglophones to put francophones on their senior staff.

On top of that, the exodus of anglophone businessmen
and managers created opportunities for francophones who
moved into the vacated positions, where they were quickly
recognized as a “new breed.” -

executives
are men

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP)
— A survey of top officers of
U.S. corporations shows that
they're mostly in their mid
40s, married, slightly over-
weight and take home $175-
000 annually in salary and
perks.

Mostly, they're men, says
the 16th annual survey by
the University of Michigan.

“This year’s results recon-
firm last year’s finding that
the number of women pro-
moted into the highest execu-
tive ranks was dropping off,”
said the four professors who
conducted the study.

“One, of the most per-
plexing results of this year's
survey is the fact that the
percentage of women pro-
moted into vice presidential
level positions has fallen rel
ative to the number of
women promoted to other
levels of management.”

The study was done by
professors Hebert Hilde
brandt, Edwin Miller and
Floyd Bond of the univer
sity's business school and
Dee Edington of the school's
physical education and fit
ness research centre.

They mailed more than
2,000 questionnaires between
July 1985 and June 1986 and
received responses from 818
corporate chief executive off.
icers, presidents and vice
presidents.

The study says a typical
executive drinks a little alco
hol, seldom smokes, is about
10 pounds overweight but
otherwise healthy, and val

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