Tilt Wednesday June a Seniors can retire in comfort in Halton Hills LAUNDRY DA for Evelyn Ross who lives with her husband in one of the Kin Court apartments for seniors In Georgetown Like the majority Mrs Ross la from the area and was to find a place In her own com with friends her own age There a three star hotel in Acton 50 daily covers the cost of three square meals plus other comforts of home air con wall to wall fresh linen space a rec room a colour television It 6 called trie Acton Heat Home Acton is losing its Identity in Hills so chose this name because I wonted there to be something left with Acton on It explained owner Kathenne Kelly who opened die rest home In January 1976 after IB months of red tape involving the committee of Adjustment and the fire department she said Eventually granted was a minor variance to an existing zoning bylaw changing the old Legion hall from being zoned commercial downstairs and single residence upstairs to a multiple residence dwelling said Kelly was spent on rewiring new plumbing smoke detectors solid doors fire exits extinguishers alarms an emergency lighting system plus fire resistant carpets drapes and paint Now it up to nursing home READING THE together ore Jackie Welsh who is Acton Rest Home resident Watson hours standards ve an example and I think other rest homes should have to be on par Nursing homes under provincial house bedridden patients while rest homes are private enterprises where ambulatory people reside defined Kelly Also owner of Kelly Nursing Home RR4 Acton she knows the business and runs both operations the some Menus are based on the Canada food Plan On a spontaneous visit chicken dinners Including salad mashed potatoes bread creamed com and with fruit and sauce were served Special menus arc prepared for diabetics others with regulated diets Linen throughout the well dialed and vacuumed house was spotless were the laundry room pantry kitchen common room semi private and ward bedrooms George be happier that his mother Nellie has made her home there with the other residents cared for by a staff of six However Kelly is pointed that the only visitors to the Acton Rest Home has been friends relatives of residents and inspectors in eluding Fire Chief Mickey Holmes Zoning Administrator Doug and Building Inspector It classic case we get one thing Georgetown doesn have and the dignitaries haven even spent five minutes to walk through It No Georgetown have a rest home or a nursing home But here arc for seniors capable of caring for them selves namely Kin Court on Hyde Pork Road and Its sister OHC operation of Snrgeont Road Eitabllihed six or seven years ago rent charged at Georgetown apartments for seniors depends on the size of each pensioners Income Kin Court on one level eliminates the obstacles of stairs and elevators and is conveniently near the hospital unit resembles a one bedroom high rise apartment including a small private yard as do Spacious landscaped lawns parking garbage laundry and a common rec room arc provided Recently donated by the Terra Cotta Thimble Club for communal use was a piano Since the recent death of the long term caretaker Bab Bowman has assumed the custodial rcsponslblltles of Kin Court on behalf of Besides general maintenance duties and accepting com plaints Bowman good undertakes extra tasks such as replacing llghtbulbs and tuning the piano Most Of residents however are self sufficient Some own cars and many regularly attend church community activities seniors dubs and visit plazas Only one takes advantage of the Wheels on program although others arrange for on a temporary basis upon return from the hospital Its quit here said Kin Court dweller Winnlfred Eason while her neighbour commented It rice to have people my age to talk to The general trend of the Hills housing situation continues Into the realm of senior citizens there arc few complaints about what there Is that there Isn enough The proposed seniors housing projects which are in the works will solve some problems observed assistant town planner Ron Burnett of the units to be constructed at the junction of Guelph and Maple Streets Georgetown But what about the elderly who ore not healthy enough to live Independently The majority of residents of places for the aged in surveyed are local citizens who prefer to stay close to their family and friends their hoi If Is not available especially for people who require care they will have to leave heir roots for Milton or even further and Kelly sold that her original Intention to establish a second nursing home in was prohibited by provincial law M crash Contd from 1 owned by Construction of Misslssauga The uncontrolled intersection of Erin St and Credit St in Georgetown was the scene of an accident June 15 at 10 a when a truck driven by Ron Preston of was in collision with a car driven by David Meal Police estimate damages at for the Meal vehicle and for the Preston truck An unknown driver was the cause of an accident June at II p m on Trafalgar Rood about a half mile south or when according to police reports he veered into the apposite lane and struck on the left rear a car operated by Horry Noble of Toronto causing In damages It then continued travelling north on the highway Steeles Ave west of the Ninth Line was the scene of collision June le at 10 m when a cor driven by Sarine Hornby was in collision with a car driven by Andrea Hubert Oakvllle Police estimate damages at to the vehicle to the Huberty MoinSt Georgetown about feel north of Mill St was the scene of a collision June at 1 p when cor driven by Michael Ryall 20 Arietta St was In collision with a car driven by Betsy Ruth Cornwell RRI Georgetown Police estimate damages at to each vehicle The intersection of Mill St and Back St in Georgetown was the scene of on accident June 16 at m when a car driven by Robert Grieve 16 TweedJc St Glen Williams was in collision with a car driven by Michdle A 174 Damages amounted to WOO to the Grieve vehicle and to the vehicle police estimate The crosswalk opposite Guelph St In Georgetown was the scene of collision June when a car driven by Maurice Beaver Guelph was In collision with one driven by Lodetta Brunt IB Rosefleld Police estimate damage at to the Beaver vehicle and to the Brunt vehicle Parking lots were the scene of the final two accidents reported by police The parking lot of the Hotel was the scene of a threecar accident when a car driven by Laurent J Main St was in collision with a car owned by John St another owned by Pearl M of Brampton Police estimate damages at for the vehicle for the vehicle and for the Reding vehicle The Georgetown Market Place parking lot was the scene of collision June when a car driven by Margaret A Hunter Terra Cotta was in collision with a car owned by Thomas Monks 12 Uplands Crt in Georgetown Police estimate damage at to the Monks vehicle but nil to the Hunter vehicle HUNGRY DADB stand around the barbecue Georgetown Flipping hamburgers over a hot while their Bon explored a clearing at Camp barbecue are Dan left and Marc Vincent In Halton during a Father Son second from right wkrut held by the Cub Pack of slating that within the county one nursing home bed Is to be provided per 1 citizens has reached its quota she said moat nursing homes being located in the south No legislation exists however to limit the number of rest homes mediums between nursing homes apartments for seniors No operational regulations exist with the exception of fire safety standards These facts scare Kelly familiar with one rest home In particular near which doesn have a night staff or more than the bare minimum of fire equipment and other facilities Some people Just fill a big old house with old people and call It a rest home sighed Kelly They re Just in it for the money They really care about the people the just pass the buck for inspections Till- goes Acton Rest Home resident Gladys Hoffman with the help of staff member Helen 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