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Wednesday, August 31, 1988

Growing older is growing bet-
ter. ;

By VALORIE LENNOX
Review Staff Writer

So say. Doreen Harper, Dor-
ecn Chapman and Jean Tuo-
minen and they should know. .

Harper has been-working in
Extended Care at Saanich
Peninsula Hospital since 1974,
Chapman is Director of Nursing
for the hospital and Tuominen is
a social worker. All have had
extensive experience working
with the area’s older citizens.

“We have more pcople living
longer but we’re keeping them
well longer,‘ says Tuominen.

Harper has noticed a change
over the past 14 years. Paticnts
coming into extended care are
now older because they have

been able to remain. at home .

longer.

Services like homemakers and
meals on wheels help. support
the elderly at home so they are
not in extended care until they
require. 24-hour nursing care.

Still, there is a shortage of
beds. The Saanich extended care
ward had a six-month waiting
‘list in April 1988 — now the wait
has increased to eight months.

Zoning to

Two zoning bylaws were
amended ‘by Central Saanich
council Aug. 15 to prevent high:
seawalls from. being constructed
in the same manner as one built
recently. in . the 8300-block
‘Lochside Drive.

The building and. plumbing

bylaw. was amended
building permit is now required

for construction of. a retaining ”

-‘ wall used for the lateral support
of land in excess of 1.3 metres in
height.

A second bylaw. was s amended

so retaining: walls are included.

: in the definition of fences. and:

-are=restricted to a: ‘maximum. f

“height of two metres;

so. ao

The shortage of space in
extended care sometimes puts
would-be. extended care patients
in acute. care beds.

-. ©The famous. word is bed-

blockers. I hate that term and
don’t use it,’’ Chapman said.
- She explained that an elderly
patient is admitted for an illness
or injury requiring acute care.
Once the immediate illness or
injury is treated, the patient is
well enough to leave acute care
but is not well enough to return
home.
With no extended care beds
available, the patient then

remains in acute care until there

is space in extended care.

In. Saanich hospital. Chapman
could identify 20 to 25 instances
of: older patients now in acute

care who are waiting for.

extended care placement.

She recalls only.two times
elective surgery was canceled
due to an acute care bed short-
age, but notes there have been
acute care patients placed in the
sunroom and. men put in mater-
nity wards.

Due to the. number of people
choosing to retire on the penin-
sula, Chapman suspects there
could be more pressure put.on
the extended care because of an

dismissed because. dykes are
constructed of earth.

The bylaw applies only to
fences (interpreted as a wall,
trellis, gate
-screen) built. from . materials
such as ‘wood; metal, plastic,
brick; stone,.glass or concrete.

The ‘amendments will . not
restrict the Capital Regional
District from’ carrying out

-emergency..dyke .work in -the

event of flooding, Mayor’ Ron
Cullis said.

we first opened

or constructed

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older - population.

In addition, she points out any
B.C. resident can apply for
admission to any extended care
unit in the province. Admissions
are done by date of application,
not by the person’s place of
residence or proximity to family
members.

The Saanich extended care
enjoys an excellent reputation,
dating back to the start of the
unit in 1974,

Harper remembers the staff
of the new unit agreeing that the
Saanich extended care would
provide more than care taking;
it would offer the best possible
quality of life for residents. ,

‘*We were so gung-ho when
that we
exhausted our patients and our-
selves with a round of activi-
ties.”

Stull, many of the choices were
in the forefront of geriatric care.
The unit was one of the first to
have a bus designed to take
paticnts on outings.

In 1974, Harper estimates half
the patients came into extended
care suffering from bedsores, a
problem that is now non-
existent.

‘We started with a focus on
normal life within. an institution,

‘prevent massive walls

A Central Saanich resident

who wishes to build a seawall
_higher than two metres will now
have to come before: council
with a request for a develop-
‘ment variance permit,

municipal engineer Al] Mackey

said.

And. seawalls . constructed

“taller than 1.3 metres willbe ~

‘subject’ to: inspection. by the

- municipal building inspector. if.

“they are used for the lateral | sup-

port of land.

“> Further: provision against’ the .

- without: ‘municipal

‘states that:no fence shall be per-. . &

mitted in:a water area.zone, ex-.

ca ‘cept as required - for safety | as :

“part of a float, ramp or wharf.

- farmer “Vern Michell about

~ Continued from Page B1 .
classes and marriages were

Concerns ‘expressed by local :

. height restrictions on dykes con-. .
~~ structed ‘on .his” property were.

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_ on the fun aspects and social

aspects,’’ Harper explained.

Tuominen agreed. ‘‘You’re
looking at an institution that
was really special without the
support from the outside.”’

In the past 14 years, many of
the ideas touted at the ‘start of
the Saanich unit have become
widespread.

There have been gerontology
conventions, courses on caring
for the elderly directed at health
professionals and more inter-
disciplinary approach to ensure
the elderly have the best possi-
ble lifestyle.

‘“Our gencraJ outlook to our
elderly population has become
more positive,’’ Harper said.
“You are not automatically old
at 65.”

Seniors in extended care still
have something to offer the
community, as school visits by
Saanich unit residents prove.

‘*There’s a lot of history and

experience in seniors,’’ Harper.

notes.

Volunteers, a resident pet
dog, Toby, visits from family,
staff organized events and oOut-
ings all add to residents’’ lives.

‘*We'’re the last home for
many of them,’’Harper said.
Still, medical advances some-

_ times allow residents to improve —

so they can return home or go to

an intermediate care facility.
One medical innovation intro-

duced in-Saanich was hiring Dr.

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adviser for extended care. Ford
backs up nursing staff, makes
almost daily rounds and helps
assess new residents.

A constant problem is fund-

ing. Many of the extras for

extended care, like. the sunroom
and the bus, are not supported
by government.

Residents also have budget
problems. Usually the pension
just. covers the cost of the
extended care bed, Icaving them
litue spending moncy.

Chapman would sooncr sce
residents left cnough to pur-
chase the occasional treat for
themselves. For those who don’t
reccive spending moncy. from
their family, she observes, ‘‘l
think a lot of moncy comes out
of staff's pockets.”” |

People are often: unwilling to

come into extended care or to

place relatives in the institution.
Sometimes the hospital has to
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engagement of their daughter

The Wedding wil take place Sept. 10,
1988 at 4 p.m. in the garden of the
brides parents at 763 Sayward Road,
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when an elderly wife insists on

caring for a husband who

should be in extended care.
“Tuominen said the family
often must adjust. ‘‘There’s a
real grieving process that
occurs.’

In some cases, Chapman said,
well-meaning efforts to save
seniors from poor situations
have not succeeded in making
the residents happy. ‘‘We don’t
say we're the best solution.”’

Others adapt, usually within

_ six weeks,

‘*We have people who go out
on visits and they consider this
their home,’’ Harper remarked.

It is important for the staff to
remember that extended care is.
home for the residents and that.
those in extended care are not
ill.

‘‘They don’t come here
because they’re sick. They’re
well, elderly people and they
just need a little extra care,”’
Harper ¢ concluded.

& Mrs. Samuel Snobelen
are please to announce the

Penny Lynn Dutemple

to ;
Nelson William Baziuk

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wealth and class.
The two familics met in the
longhouse and negotiations were

completed before the bride and
‘groom were. joincd..

‘Another significant ceremony
was the naming ceremony. Names

- denoted the individual's tics to the

family and were not given until

the person became an adult, Chil-

dren had temporary names,
Many names trace back to a

historical incident in the family. 9
The Indian name of Pelkey’s. §

mother, for example, translates to
child of lightning. Tt refers to a
child, born generations carlicr,

who survived although the mother

. died from a lightning. strike.
-'*The whole structure of the fy?
longhouse is entirely family J
oriented,’ Pelkey says, adding -§
Anat even now only adults. are 4
permitted to: join the longhouse:

society,
Sampson says young natives .
now want to learn about: their

ne culture. On the T sartlip Reserve, -
~. classes are held. weekly. inthe -. §

longhouse, something which. Pel-

key said will occur in the Tsawout

Jonghouse.

“M's getting betier organized. a BR
~The youth are beginning to under-°

stand the purpose and the need fi ur
i"? Sampson sitys.
“Although. natives can now:
openly build and use longhouses,
“Sampson wonders haw much of
the native culture can actually be

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“The difference between our

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