Care policy queried THE FAMILY OF Anne Fownes wanls local residents to have first crack at Terraceview Ladge beds. That comes after the 90-year- old woman was sent to Acropolis Manor in Prince Rupert because thers. was no place for her at the local care facility. “T think the sysiem has to do some powerful: changes,’’ said Margaret Badge, the daughter of Anne Fownes, After having a strake last fall, “said “Badge, her 90-year-old mother went to . Terraceview Ladge for a 30-day stay to give the people who looked after her.a break, a When the 30 days was up and Fownes .was asked to decide her preference of long-term care facilities, Terraceview..was num- ' berone. - However, because of a waiting list at Terraceview, Fownes was placed -in Prince Rupert’s Acropolis Manor where there was - no wailing list last February. “Our mother is wasting away in Prince Rupert, mainly because Offer — rejected VOCATIONAL instructors and supporl staff at Northwest Com- ’ munity College voted 74 per cent to reject the latest contract offer, The two-year deal would have given them a one per cent in- crease in the second year, and some improvements to benefits and contract language, said Dave Carroll, the staff representative for local 712 of the B.C. Govern- --ment Employees Union. ‘No dates have been set for a resumption of negotiations. The ‘conlract expired Sept. 30, 1993. ‘Carroll said the vote reflected’ slaff anger at the college for the recent ‘decision to cut or alter some programs. **That about money,” he said. ‘‘It- was “al least partially a vote against the — employer and against some of the things that have been happen : ing. rr ; “The union would like to be _ more involved than to just receive “. af announcement that these pro- _. grams are being eliminated and that’s it,” he added. she doesn’t know anyone,’’ said Ron Fownes, the son of Anne Fownes. ‘‘She’s blind, she’s com- ing oul of a stroke and she has no one to talk to,’” Although the family doesn’t: want their mother moved to the lop of a list ahead of other people, (hey do think it is an unfair sys- fem. ““Terraceview was built lo keep Terrace. residents in their own community, I thought,” said Ron _ Fownes. ‘She's lived in Terrace for 43 years and now she’s forced io move.” In a letter sent to the health Ministry in Victoria, as well as to Terraceview. Lodge and MLA ‘Helmut .Griesbrecht, Badge said this move to Acropolis has’ put _ the health of her mother at stake. “She now feels isolated, in- secure and deserted ‘by every- one,’’ sald Badge in the letter. “This is far from the friendly, ac- tive and generally happy individ- ual that was adapting well while at the Terraceview Lodge. While continuing care assessors try to place seniors in the facility of their choice, explained regional continuing care manager Vicki Fowler, it’s oflen not pos- sible, Placements are made regionally and Terrace residents can be placed in any facility i in the north- west where there is an opening, including Prince Rupert and Kitimat. . : Fowler said decisions on when people are placed are based only on application dates, It’s a‘sysiem somewhat similar to seniority in a workplace. we Fownes is now number six ‘out of 24 on Terraceview’s waitlist for intermediate care, ‘*The thing you have to remem- ber is that the normal movement of the list is through death,’’ said Fowler. ‘‘Someone usually has to die in order for the list to move up. a? : New regional health boards are looking at the placement policy to see if it needs to be changed, said Fowler. ‘‘All we’re asking for is to roll back the veil and take a look at the process,”’ said Ron Fownes. ‘rejection wasn’t just Volkswagen presents the Free 10-Year Powertrain Warranty. 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