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Halton Bv DMa REAIJNE The. ctampori Pressure is mounting pis 1 Halton Region has an' est for 442 asiditional lois*term c meet probable demansi by tisei according 10 a report hy thi Healti Council (HDHC). "We've heen talking aises hesis for s long,'long lime." sa executîve director of use HDI looked li short terni and long-t Currently Halbis has 856 loi or about 70 besis per 1,000 i of '75. Ontario as a wsole ha 1,000 people over the age of projectesi requiremenl& incIa says crunch coming îh senior citizen care lower estimate than thse provincial numbsa. Long-gei hastl cale beda are fundcd in large region i un&1ceunded by $5.9 million. because Halton is seen as a relatively heati~y panl by tise provincial govemrment. Thse province "We have tu make tihe most efficiet use of community due t, ita affluence. ,is not incsnaing tise number of lieds il funds. so what we have now." said Ms Rothney. We lsng-iermn care in Members of the region's4eath usd social'ser- Halton ia forced to try t0 wrest beds fromn those need somgeone te taise à leadershsip role ;nd àtp vices cormmittce heassi a number of peeseatations; isinicipalities whichtre not using their entite in and gel ail tise agencies woing with ihem." satied requiretnent rqarding long-terin care at a recen meeting. In ýllocaIio. L kofbd trm leds simply to addition to tie extra lieds, tise HDHC is recoin- B&asia of tise shoilfail in heds ai tise higisest EItfhd nd of tie centssîy. nending an expansion of adult day prograsss by levbIs of cam, nsany elderly ate forced to remain Ile ccsmmsittee heard tisait currently 10 to 12 eHalton Distrsct more than 2,000 patson-days pet year, and a in facilities which are ti fully equipped b hian- pet cent of aiH Halton residents placed i long- determitird effort to coordinate homemaking die tis&i needs, putting maore pressure on those terni care are foesed go leave tise region due go long-termi care Services. institutions. according to Ms Efias. thse lack.of heds. There are currently 450 people 1 iUnda Rotsney, oh<e Michael Klejman, execistive director of the on the waiting lis( for spaces in Hiaton. fin addi - -lC."li's time we Noùd -Osstatio Association of Noti-Profit Homes andi lion, iseighbouritig regions aLso face simîlar teri solutions." According 10 Bretida Elias of the Minîstry of Services for Seniors, said tise peovince is iryîng, shortages sflong-tewm caréiseds. meanîng tisose sg-term car heds. Heglih and Social Services. Ontario spensis go shift chromec cmn patients out of shrnÉIng who mus( move are eflen placbd far from homne ,ople over M1e age $43.3 million each year in lallIbn on elderly ser- hospitals. and that in tuen is putting more empla- Ms Rothney saisi ilk recommetsdqd addition ot ui t12.7 Iseds pçr vices, Thlese include homes for tise agesi, chronic sis on vanious seniors care facilities. Ms Rothney 442 lieds dons no( addres future heeds for thse 75. Isle HDHC's cag hospital fundig, rettremesit homes, nursing told thse committee tIsaI despise a total rost of baby boom gencration. which will begin 10 tom, de a 20 per cent homes and in-hosise care. $28 million for community rare is Halton. tise 65 in 2011. The'Prowl! APPLICATIONS INVITED JJNITED WAY 0F MILTON -The United Way of Miltonis now accepting Applications for the volun- teer position of 1996 United Way of. Milton Carnpaign Chairperson. This mewardlng position invoives woiklng wlth other volunteers andi the Executllle Oiector, In a Iead.rshlp rois to select a Camnpaign Cabinet and oversee theO 1996 fundralslng camipalgn for the United Wgy of Milton. Cunlictium Viage should be forward- ed to Ms. Unda Johnston, Presidant, United Way cf Milton, RO. Box 212, Milton, Ontario L9T 4N9. The Best Savings 'Guararntee.d- Wherever you eall. Wh-enever you eall. C~a SAVE<BIG! CALL SPRINT CANADA NOW! a- 8O0O0-2O01 -7 7141 24 bours a day, 7 days a w&ek. OU-A*RAÀN T EE 3p,-n Cmna'da ,nsîsaîii siar. nsnhySrn ( ip b. 11 -di , Tai'fi Mý ,ar n. -Iewîl t I-wr ih»e il -î I h.-bv 'esi iiîs _ane irIvqi5ie -1. a.ine: sîv i Ii'.al tIelph-v ornipany'scaiiic. plan. THE MQST O JARAN TE E