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Revolutionary Design In Hospitals Described To YCHA BY MARGARET LADE York Central Hospital Au- xiliary whisked through a full agenda of reports, pre- sentations, and messages from special guests at a meeting in Summit View Gardens Restaurant on Thursday of last week ‘in or- der to allow ample time for a presentaton by the guest speaker, Architect Pamela Cl-uff. who specializes in de- sign of facilities and envi- ronments for the handicapâ€" ped. More Lhan 200 people turned out ~to the meeting, a joint meeting of the YCHA. the hospital’s board of trustees and association members. the junior auxilia- ry and guest from local or- ganizations concerned with the wellbeing of the elderly and the handicapped. Many revolutionary ideas in design for facilities for long-term care patients were presented "by Mrs. Cluff in an address .well illustrated with color slides. EMPHASIS 0N DIGNITY Emphasis was on the need to preserve the “hum-an dig- nity" of the person, what- ever his age, illness. or han- dicap, who might possibly spend a third or more of his life in an “institution”. The meeting was opened by YCHA President Peggy Temple, who welcomed the trustees, junior, auxiliary, and representatives of re- lated facilities in the com- munity. Treasurer Margaret Norris presented the auxiliary’s fi- nancial report. and Mrs. Lou Pa-menber the reports of convenors. A-s construction of one new hospital addition moves ahead, she said, the future planning committee headed by Ann Feather- stouhaugh is concerned with detail plans for a new gift shop to meet the greater demand for service. The gift cart committee headed by Rene Bamford 'has visited other hospitals, and a new gift cart of im- proved design was ordered and is now in operation. In December there will be a new convenor for the cant, Ruth Ann Walker. VOLUNTEERS TRAINED During October, reporbed Mrs. Parmenter, six new adult volunteers and two junior auxiliary volunteers were trained to work in the gift shop convened by Helen Sand. Membership C o nve n e r Margarei Heard reported a 1973 membership of 564 â€" 378 active‘memberships, 131 junior auxiliary member- ships, and the remainder as- sociate or life members. Volunteer services Conve- nor Helen Gater reported that during October 168 adult volunteers contributed 1,333 'hours to the hospital and 53 teenage volunteers contributed 350 hours, a total of 1,684 hours. VOLUNTEER UNIFORM Before presenting area chairmen’s “sports. Conve- nor Ruth Biggin explained the uniform she was wearing -â€" a pale blue full length apron worn over a white blouse. which is to be worn by volunteers who are work- ing directly wich the patients in paediatrics and emergen- cy. It is comfortable and practical, said Mrs. Biggin, easy to work in and easily recognizable so that the nursing staff may call upon them immediately. Other adult volunteers wear coral smacks, and the junior auxiliary, “Candy- stripers". wear uniforms of white and coral stripe. "The patient service we are undertaking now will be. I believe, the nucleus of ¢he service to the chronic care floors which we hope to sup- ply when our new hospital opens," said Mrs. Biggin. STRONG BRANCH SUPPORT Reporting for the various Pictured at the left is Barbara Lennox, a nurse-in-training at St. Joseph’s HOSpital in Toronto, who won the Ina Pocknell Award, a $300 cheque presented by the YCHA in mem- ory of a former president, the late Ina Pock- nell. At the right is Shelagh Campbell, now A highlight of the joint meeting of York Central Hospital Auxiliary and York Central Hospital Board of Trustees Thursday of last week at Summit View Gardens Restaurant was preSentation of awards to two former junior auxiliary members who have gone on to train in hospital-oriented careers. branches, Mrs. Biggin said Allanbrae Branch has been unusually active, holding a penny auction and taking orders for Christmas Cards and gifts items. Buttonville Branch is preparing for a Christmas Euchre Party, and East Central Branch had a demonstration of how to make Christmas decora- tions from household artic- les. Gormley Branch had a successful Old English tea, and King Branch a very suc- cessf'ul luncheon. Oak Ridges Branch is working on Christ- mas gifts for hospitalized children â€"- coloring books toys. etc. Pleasantville Branch had scheduled a penâ€" ny auction and bake sale for November 21. Richmond Heights Branch had a successful dessert bridge and country store with a Centennial 'Dheme, and 'had made plans for a wine and cheese party No- vember 21. Richvale is the quil-ters‘ branch and made three crib-size quilts for the gift shop. It also held a tra- velling bake sale in 'Novem- her and will be making \the Christmas Decorations for the hospital staff party. THORNHILL IS LARGEST Thomhill branch reported the largest membership»â€" 78.1ts main fund raising project for 'the fall was a very successful bnidge and boutique. Cheques were presented by Gormley Branch Conve- nor Ursula Shepherd, King B-ranch Convenor Rene Bam- ford. and Richmond Heights Branch Convener, Mrs. Big- gin. Junior Auxiliary Chairâ€" man Brenda deForest pre- sented a report and a cheque. The juniors had made Hallowe’en favors for hospital trays, and its Cur- tain Club theatre night was a sell-out, with the Candy- stripers acting as usherettes and serving refreshments after the show. Some memâ€" bers had served at the an- nual dinner for past and present members of the board of trustees, doctors and their wives in October, and also served for the YCHA "Oomapa-pa" night and the ’Ilhornhill bridge night in November. They ‘will again decorate the lobby at the hospital for Christ- mas. and plan to sing carols on the floors a few nights before Christmas. CERTIFICATES, PINS Mrs. Georgina Sitevers, senior adviser to the junior auxiliary, and her Assistant Mrs. 'Pat Robinson. presen- ted certificates and pins to 32 members of that group. Pins were awarded to eight girls who had worked re- gular shifts at a particular job for 24 months. Pins were awarded to Brenda deForrest. Sheree Higgs, Debbie Joyce. Michel- le Lucas, Colleen McCul- lough, Sharon Neilsen, Don- na O'Hara and Dana Plax- ton. Girls who had worked re~ gular shifts at particular jobs for 12 months received certificates. They were Cin- dy Anderson, Judy Barrett, Patsy Barton, Laura Bian- chard. Anne-Marie Bulfon, Lisa Cadigan. Nancy Cole- man. Debbie Coles, Mary de- PETER SMITH York Home T.V. WORKS IN A 2 DRAWER 306 Bayview Ave. (Plaza) 889-1q46 - 884-4165 Color TV from GET YOUR Jonge, Sharon Fasan, Cl'aire Fraser, Kanhy Gauvin. Jane-t Hutchinson, Catherine James. Kim MacDonald, Nancy MacEwen, Debby Morreau, Cathy McGowan, Janet McNulty, Roxanne Newitt, Linda Armston, Peg- gy Seeley, Pat Stuant and Anne Worrell. SPECIAL AWARDS A former president of the auxiliary, Mrs. Dorothy Spears, presented special awards, the Ina Pocknell Award and the YCHA award to former junior auxiliary members. Barbara ‘Lennox and Shelagh Campbell, who are going on to hospital- orien'ted careers. Ho 5 pi t a 1 Administrator James Hephu‘m paid tribute to all auxiliary members. assuring them that, without their financial support and their services, York Central Hospital would not be the hospital it is today. With the presem economic squeeze and the comlple’cipn of the addition now under construction, the auxiliary is more im-pontant than ever to ‘the smooth functioning of the hospital, said Mr. Hep- burn. “Don‘t feel you are not paying your way. You cer- tainly are. Do not give up. We need you, we want you. Keep up the good wor ,” said the administrator. CHAIRMAN’S APPRECIATION Mrs. Grace Jackson, c‘hair- man of the hospital‘s board of trustees, expressed ap- preciation at the opportuni- ty for the board to meet with the auxiliary. When the hospital’s new wing is completed, more than doub- ling patient oapacity, psy- chiatric care and extended care units are whole new areas that all associated with the hospital will have to go into. She expressed special ap- preciation to representatives of nursing home and special T'NT Everest features: a strong, lightweight aluminum- steel W frame; powerful, front-mounted 436.6cc Rotax engine; ice-gripping carbide ski runners; and speedometer, tach, tripometer and shock absorbers-_ as standard equipment. And, of course, a full one year warranty. studying hospital dietetics at the University of Guelph, who received the $100 YCHA Award. In the centre is Mrs. Dorothy Spears, a former YCHA president, filling in for the auxiliary’s immediate Past President Sandra Sillcox who was a guest at the wedding of Princess Anne on November 14 and had not yet returned to Canada. -To qualify for the awards, the girls must have spent two years as active members of the junior auxiliary, be recommended by their school principals, and approved by an awards committee of the YCHA. byski-daa * ®Trade Marks of Bombardier Limited deep stuff. SPECIAL ARCHITECTS In introducing the guest speaker, Dr. Leon K'oyl of the hospital staff mentioned that Architect Pamela Ciuff and her architect husband, A. W. Ciuff, had spent many years designing schoois, then in the last 12 years had turned their interest chiefly to designing hospitals, and m particular, extended care units for the elderly and the handicapped. care facilities who accepted the invitation to attend the meeting. They obviously re- cognized the necessity for getting together and working more closely together with the active-treatment hospi- tal. Guests mpresented themes for the aged, the chronically 111, the physically handicap- ped and the mentally retar- With the opening of the hospital expansion, staff and volunteers will have to grow with it, to know what will be involved in Itreatment of the chronically ill and extended- care patient. In these va- rious new areas of responsi- bility, said Dr. Koyl, it will be a learning and growing experience for staff as well as volunteers, Mrs. Cluff, in |her speach, and in commenting on slides she showed, stressed many times the great need' for helping Ithe elderly, the chronically ill, the mentally “The Liberal” requires a responsible boy or girl for an established paper route in the South Taylor and Neal area of Richmond Hill. This is an excellent opportunity to earn some extra pocket money. CARRIER Please Phone Dinah Darlington at 884- 1105 for further details. (Photo by Ron Fawn) retarded, to maintain their dignity as human beings. The “self concept" of the patients must be given prime consideration. from the mo- ment of admission on. DEPLORES SEGREGATION A person admitted in his 60's, she said, might well spent 20 o; 30 years in an extended care facility. She deplored segregation of men and women, of the mentally aler-t from the retarded and senile, almnough. she said, it would not be good for many of those concerned to have a majority of mentally in- adequate patients in the same unit as these who still pos- sessed full mental alertness. Provision should be made for the wheelchair patient in designing extended care- units. Hills, Stairways, doors. etc. should be insurmoun- table even rhhose who were relatively n o r m a1. She showed slides of washrooms with guardrails, wash basins, tubs and toilets that gave the handicapped a degree of the independance and privacy they need. Privacy, too, was emplha- sised. Slides contrasted the long 20-bed wards of the Florence Nightingale era with what were to many of the audience, voluiionary concepts . . . single rooms, brightly colored living units. recreation areas, small dinâ€" ing rooms, beauty parlors and barber shops. Colors could also serve as “color cues" to help mhe pa'ti-en‘t identify specific ares. SPIRITUAL N‘EEDS Spiritual needs are as im~ portant as physical needs. The physical-1y mobile per- son shoulvd haVe the right to spruce up, buy a new dress, “go out -on the town”, and participate in anniversaries and other special family oc- casions away from the in- stitution, Asked about the cost of "frills", Mrs. Cluff said the pictures ‘had been taken at a home for the elderly she 'had designed in Owen Sound, and that it had been com- pleted well under the budget estimate. A building with small lounges, TV rooms, private rooms of various sizes, do not cost any more to build than the conventio- nal two or four or six bed room,wi-t-h a common lounge for all. SEX AND SEXUALITY Sex and sexuality are as important 'to the old as to the young, said Mrs. Cluff, and although two-thirds of the elderly are female, well intentioned “maternalism” from staff, volunteers. doc- tors. robs them of a human right to identify as individu- als. There should be mean- And those who cannot get out should be able to enter- tain friends in private, in their own rooms With 'their own possession-s a round them. They should not be forced 'to accept the institu- -tional furnishings that every room look like every other room. The eyesight. of the elder- ly ofter dims, said Mrs. Cluff, and the pastels they once found pleasing should be replaced by vivid colors. lngful activity, bamaam and community activitiss tlhey could all become involved in. Without mhese, they lose pur- pose in life. I/t costs no more to design a building well than it does to design it poorly, Mrs. Cluff said, and it could make the difference between retha- bilitation and deterioration for the residents and pa- -tients. When a person is institu- tionalized without his con- sent or desire he is inclined to look upon his removal from his own home as the end of life. The institution is “a place to die". Loss of privacy and self- determination should be minimized, said Mrs. Cluff. She asked, for example, if unnecessary noise such as public address systems, in- trude unnecessarily upon 'the privacy of the residents. STAYING INDEPENDENT Only about 10 percent of the over 60’s are institution- alized, said the speaker, and as many as possible should be encouraged to maintain their independence, to stay in their own home or apart- ment. Services such as Meals-on-Wheels are invalu- able in helping -to achieve this desirable alternative. It is also much less costly to the community, in expendi- tures for constructing, equip- ping, staffing and, adminis- tering resident facilities for large numbers of people. The young person in need of long-Iterm hospitalization should also be considered as a human being, the "young mingling with the old, the normal with the abnormal, enhancing chances for all to adjust to more normal life paltlterns ¢han exist in hhe the 20th Celnltury. People, whatever meir infirmity, should lhave a choice regard- ing as many of the simple details of their environment as possible, and with people living IOnger now, the pro- vision for exrtended care should be a consideration of NOW OFFICIALLY \ OPENED While other car makers are busy taking the wraps off their new model cars, Volkswagen has gone one step further and changed the wraps: Nobody in the cor business has any plan like it. Nobody seems to care enough. Or do enough. Except Volkswagen. 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YCHA Public Relations Chairman Kay Burgess echoed Mrs. Temple's senti- men-ts. In conclusion Mrs. Temple thanked Mrs. Jackson for arranging the evening which involved so many services. She also thanked Lester Cu- taria, the new manager of Summit View Gardens, for returning the cheque for facilities and refreshments to the auxiliary as his con- tribution to the work of all those involved in the work of the hospital. NEWMARKET: Ne'wm'arke't's giant new snorkel 'equipped fire truck may not fit either fire hall, town council has learned. The truck is due to be deliverd some time next spring. .‘ ONE HOUR DRY CLEANING YONGE & LEVENDALE RICHMOND HILL TRY We guarantee against more than iust defective parts. Take things like brake pads and linings. As long as you have them adiusted when your Maintenance Schedule says so, we'll replace them free if they wear, out. Same thing goes for clutch linings and batteries. Even lightbulbs. And spark plugs and points? 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