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$2.00 ope MILTON radian Cha WEEKLY IN PRINT. MUCH MORE ONLINE PY al A Er ed Zl Laraine Goodban has felt the strain of a seemingly endless wait for a long-term bed for her ailing husband Gordon. AND THE WAIT GOES ON CARING FOR HER AILING HUSBAND, WOMAN PUSHES FOR MORE LONG-TERM CARE BEDS AT ALLENDALE BAMBANG SADEWO bsadewo@metroland.com There are moments when La- raine Goodban doesn't feel like opening her eyes in the morning, as it means stepping back into the reality of her present. The 69-year-old Miltonian has been the sole caregiver of her husband, Gordon, who suf- fers from Alzheimer's disease, since he was diagnosed 14 years ago. His mental condition has LTON ian Champion. deteriorated so much in the past four years that he requires care for "24 hours a day and seven days a week." "It's really hard," Goodban said of her struggle in taking care of him on her own. "I'm ex- hausted mentally, physically, spiritually." Her hope to move Gordon to Allendale Long-term Care Facil- ity has resulted in a seemingly never-ending wait. "We have been on the regular waiting list to get into Allendale ~ mpione. LOG Ge THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2019 [ORI TY REN . Graham Paine/Torstar for nearly four years," she said, adding that it was only re- cently that Gordon was placed on the crisis priority list. According to a Mississauga- Halton Local Health Integra- tion Network (LHIN) report -- a provincial agency that co-or- dinates the application pro- cess for long-term care and manages the wait lists -- as of Sept. 15, 2019, there are 336 peo- ple on the waitlist for a basic See 'A,' page 6 a LAN ! « YT EoT EE UNSOLVED ONTARIO COLD CASES THIS WEEK Murdered mob enforcer implicated in Ken Worth's homicide Always online first at insidehalton.com/coldcase YOUR town YOUR news Print and Online www.insidehalton.com ™7:51 Main St. EZ, LL te. op Station) "UE Y/ ALN