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white h u re hsto uff y i he public library v i insured deposit rates daily rate 425 1 year 510 3 year 530 5 year 5375 rates subject to change qics wisps mutual funds life insurance rrifs ken prentice cfp ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 vol 110 no 23 tuesday march 24 1998 16 pages 50 gstincd ametfolatipu signy lawson money concepts 6424540 shes home alone and loving it p 2 dementia on rise across york by 2021 yorks senior population will grow three jimes as fast as the rest of the population mikeadler staff reporter the number of york region resi dents suffering from dementia will triple over a single generation says a greater toronto area task force cases of such impairment as alzheimers are expected to go up 241 per cent in york by 2021 according to the sevenregion dementia task force similar rates of increase will chal lenge the ability of communities across greater toronto to service the special needs of their cognitively- impaired residents said the groups recently completed report by 2021 it found the number of seniors in the gta will have grown an average 99 per cent three times as fastas the rest of the population in york region the population over 65 will jump by 215 per cent the report estimated its pretty alarming in the high- growth areas of the province dr helena jaczek the regions medical officer of health said last week the region is a relatively small provider of longterm care supply ing only 1 0 per cent of 3352 local beds last year 556 people were on waiting lists for such care the region runs two longterm care facilities in maple and new market and wants to open another 100 to 125bed facility in markham within five years then turn its atten tion to the georgina area which is lacking in facilities jaczek said in markham the unionville home society would have to raise 5 million for its proposed millen nium project a new 25miili6n 230bed building for the union villa home for the aged the society which hopes to open the building in 2000 says it could house people with dementia from across the region the task force recommended co ordinated communitybased strate gies for facing the increase and advanced training for health care professionals in dealing with dementia it also supported tax benefits for people providing care at home something people havewanted for a long time said bill innes president of the community care access centre of york region which man ages admissions to the areas long- term care facilities carroll wants year 2000 bash suspect nabbed york regional police with the help of its canine unit nabbed an 18ycarold bcthcsda road man yesterday after a report of a break and enter on main street police arrested a suspect seated in the back of the cruiser at an cast end plaza in stouffville for full story sec page 3 piioio by steve somerville the celebration to end all cele brations will not bypass whitchurchstouffville the turn of the century will be done up proud in whitchurch- stbuffville if ward 3 councillor mark carroll has his way carroll wants the municipality to apply for some of the 160 million which is earmarked by the federal government to help communities across the country celebrate the year 2000 lets get involved lets do something to enhance this commur nity saidcarrojl the issue will be discussed at the april 6 council meeting joan ransberry rfrvrrflkgwg wbssssssssbswssbbtsi stouffville canadian tire 12 price on selected serving canadians for 75 years camping equipment come in early for best selection auto monday -friday- sr centre t 800 anvr 800 pirn v retail monday- friday saturday 830 am 900 pm