The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, July 22, 1997 -5 Group says need there for senior housing TH Lmui.h-desid option for seniors who "don't need 24- Milton Millennium Residences will soon launch a - Colr'TV Special to The Champion Although too soon for them to think about actual construction, a group of local residents is laying the foundation for assisted seniors housing. Led by coordinators Audrey Cairns and Anne Ptolemy, Milton Millennium Residences hopes to build a $3 million, 100-plus unit residential care facili- ty at the northwest corner of the Allendale seniors complex. More than 100 seniors attended a public meeting last Wednesday at the Senior's Activity Centre - where they heard initial plans for the project. "We're looking at five acres fronting Highway 25. It's owned by Halton Region, so we won't have a lot of answers until we know if the land will be avail- able," said Ms Cairns, who helped begin the campaign for assisted seniors housing last fall. The facility - Ms. Ptolemy says - will fill a major void in local seniors' care. She believes it will provide hour-a-day care but still require and want a protected kind of living." Milton Millennium Residences' early needs assess- ment estimates 60 Milton seniors are in need of this type of housing. They expect that number to double by the time the facility is built. The group has hired Toronto's Deirdre Gibson and David Parker of Niagara on the Lake - who will act as the project manager and architect respectively. Both were on hand last Wednesday to offer insight into what the facility will look like and what services it will provide. Mr. Parker provided three different designs - one bedroom, two bedroom or efficiency suites - as housing options while Ms Gibson conducted a survey to find out what local seniors need and want. While not a heavy-care centre like Allendale, the new centre would have staff on hand and offer a num- ber of services such as meal preparation, transportation and assistance with pre-measured medication. Second hand smoke campaign Second-hand smoke can cause a plethora of medical the ad they might take it (the message) into considera- reactions, especially in children. tion," said 12-year-old Heather Osbom, an asthma Ear and throat infections, coughs, colds, increased sufferer, who assisted with the campaign kickoff. risk of bronchitis, pneumonia, and more frequent and Additional phases of the campaign take place in severe asthma have been linked through research to September, 1997 and January, 1998 will include bus, exposure to second hand smoke. radio, television and newspaper advertisements. Dr. Robert Nosal, Halton's medical officer of Messages will point to negative health effects of sec- health, recently announced a new collaborative effort ond hand smoke and ways to help reduce exposure, involving Halton, Hamilton, Niagara and Brant health especially for children. units to combat the problem. "This campaign will help to raise parents' aware- "Kids Need Breathing Space ... Take Your Buit ness of the fact that second hand smoke is an impor- Outside" is the theme of an awareness campaign fund- tant heatth risk to children," said Dr. Nosal. "Clearly ed by the Ontario Ministry of Health. the desired outcome is that more and more Halton res- The media blitz began July 7 with bus advertise- idents will create and support smoke-free homes, cars ments in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, Hamilton, St. and public places." Catharines, Welland, Niagara Falls and Brantford. It Anyone with questions on how to reduce children's runs for one month. exposure to second hand smoke can caîl 825-6000 ext. tIt's a good message and hopefully when people see 7832. D EMON RAT ION Shoppers Drug Mart Carriage Square 265 Main St. East Milton tel. 878-4492 FREE SKINCARE ANALYSIS SA/APLING6 CIFTWITH PURCHASE DOOR PRIZE.. Friday, July 25th 10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday, July 26th 10:00am - 4:00pm Make your appointment with our beauty Advisor for yourpersonal Skincare Analysis