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Lea TT RT| fA nm srons nee TH il fit oF tity 8 ji 4 Elderly foar hospitals iti nd | nih pia ani HARE ye bp ; By JUDY CREIGHTON seaalireven, she doesn't believe the elderly should receive vat bd 4 | Imagine this: An elderly woman falls from a kitchen A fourth panel member, Rita Dinner, a board member i Vv ‘ stool while trying to reach a box of cereal ina high cupboard. of the Ontario Social Development Council, said it would fz 5 . | She's rushed 0 hospital where she lies in a sterile help if support staff in senior-citizen housing developments emergency room for over an hour before receiving any had training in first aid. attention. “Then, at least, if a senior took a fall, had a heart attack “If there had been a volunteer .in the emergency or whatever, there is on-the-spot medical help until the department to stay with that woman when she was ambulance arrives,” she said. admitted, she at least would have felt less disoriented, less Most of all, the panel members want their suggestions frightened,” says Ivy St. Lawrence, chairman of the Ontario taken seriously by hospital administrators and staff. Advisory Couneil on Senior Citizens. They say the elderly are tired of being treated like Volunteers in emergency rooms might come to pass, if infants and being patronized by health-care workers. St. Lawrence and some of her colleagues succeed in getting ‘The practice of calling older patients “dear” or using their message across. She is on a panel advising Ontario their given names is symptomatic of a lack of respect and is hospitals on the needs of the elderly. detrimental to the relationship between patients and care It's rare for seniors as a group to be consulted when providers, they contend. i OR their health or social-service needs are being addressed. St. Lawrence, who has polled many elderly people for 87 GRAND AM "83 FORD F 150 ofits aly s hy i ns oHli jet JRA} 9114 POOMe 21}99/ 36 SEDe Guljeoy 1932 JOH 100) 4-Uje Buneapye j2013998|460¢ Buiquinide ** ul Meu S,je84M NOA MoUs pue seoud nok oni [1m OM “SN YM Speeu INOA We SSNOSIP pue Ul eWOD iBuudg siyy iuiternyguner eae Tare fees if H ile ie rita He i Parl ini HF 21204 ‘ounUa/o, Ay 09, jo1Deds sinuDeg oy; 4 38 3 ity a&6 Me ERS ee radii, apt Hi erate rant il 3IW YO 808 ‘SAVG HOS ¥SV GNV NI dOuG AIddNS TWIELSNON! 9 TW21HLD373 ‘DNILV3H ‘ONIN Id 'P}] 09 UOSQIB »g 2jIDQ IN So it was a breakthrough in 1986 when the Ontario their views on current hospital treatment, said many seniors Low, Low Price! Recond., New Paint & Canopy Hospital Association invited a number of older people to are terrified to enter hospital, where they lose their in SuONAOUaY ZUI0g 10 Buipjing up 9972-S9¢ Buyuysg jo;2szewwe> participate in a panel to provide a broader understanding of dependence and their voice. seniors’ health concerns iors’ : The panel proposes better contact between elderly 87 CHEVY ” pe x1 e fell oO Ht 5 hai theeg 4 i! fs pial PANEL INFORMED patients and health professionals. This would include 87 CHEV 5-Spd an zefeg & age #? H The 14 panelists represent varied backgrounds, from explanations of hospital and medical procedures and the use And Much More! 9 But Look S groups serving aging populations to church and community- of orientation staff to assist the elderly in understanding 8 3 Py g related organizations. The panel was informed, keen and what's happening to them and why fil ee a ge? yin Nua vee, says Hilary Short, spokesman for the hospital 86 HYUNDAI PONY 9 8 81 BUICK 4, 9 8 8 ‘ail TA : il E Hd Hew atin E : After a year of consultation, the panel reported in At our aceey- seeing Pres 9 Sencaeomer Wi ne joetee Ht g ‘et athe Fol ~ 83 it Et deopenses eeeeeeaee ie hee auvz December to the iation, which rep Canadian International Colleg Weel across Ontario. rihie sit Hike Mh WH vt ; PS 3 One ofits major findings is that many elderly patients DIRECTOR 86 RENAULT 81 BUICK REGAL | _ experience fear or anxiety related to hospital stays. Another OF RECREATION Alliance. Air-Conditioned ’ eeeumae Wg is a concern with the quality of life for an elderly patient. 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