MMH Eyes School for Nursing Home Msijsi
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Town asked to join Accldent victim f Opera lover’s regional tour effort 7 years later g anticipation .. page 3 ... page 11 ... page 6 C- Cloudy tonight; flurries possible Manchester, Conn. — See page 2 Thurs., March 31, 1983 iManrtygatgr Mmlh Single copy: 25<t MMH eyes school Soviets: U.S. plan 3 for nursing home MsijSi old hat ■ ■ By Raymond T. DeAAeo Park School of the hospital’s plans nursing home as a way to remedy By United Press International Herald Reporter In a letter made public at the “ an acute shortage in nursing A leading Soviet commentator committee’s Wednesday night home beds in the area.” said in Moscow today that Presi Manchester Memorial Hospital meeting. “ We’ve experienced difficulty dent Reagan’s proposal for an is looking for a place to start a The town Recreation Depart placing our patients who are ready interim limit on medium-range skilled nursing home, and High ment, the Public Health Nurses for nursing homes into nursing nuclear missiles in Europe was his land Park School is one of the Association, and a group that homes,” he said. already-rejected zero option dis locations it’s considering. wants to start an evangelical . Such patients, who need ex guised as a ” pseudo-new Hospital spokesman Andrew Christian secondary school are tended care but no longer require iBB initiative.” Beck said today Manchester Mem also interested in Highland Park. hospital treatment, end up staying The remarks by Igor Dmitrev, a orial’s board of trustees has The school administration plans in the hospital longer than they commentator on state-run Radio authorized hospital administra to close the elementary school in need to. Beck said. Moscow, were interpreted as tors to “ look into the possibility of June, 19M. Superintendent James Manchester Memorial periodi strong criticism of Reagan’s prop either acquiring or creating a P. Kennedy said he may recom cally delays admitting non osal but they stopped short of an skilled nursing home.” mend an earlier closing if the emergency patients because beds outright rejection of the U.S. plan. Hospital administrator Eklward Board of Directors cuts his school are unavailable, according to "It’s not the number of missiles M. Kenney met with General budget beyond the 1.2 percent hospital administrators. that count. It’s the idea of export Manger Robert B.Weiss last week reduction proposed by Weiss. If the nursing home is started, ing U.S. missiles to the Soviet and let Weiss know that the Although its plans are still “obviously people won’t have to doorstep,” Dmitrev said. hospital was interested in High tentative. Beck said hospital ad wait as long (to be admitted) Calling Reagan’s proposal a land Park School, Weiss said. ministrators wanted to “ get a foot because the people (transferred to “ pseudo-new initiative," Dmitrev Assistant hospital administrator in the door" in the likely contention nursing homes) won’t be filling a said the ideas are “ not as fresh as Michael Gallagher notified the for Highland Park. bed,” Beck said. one would think they are. They’ re a citizen committee on Highland He said the hospital is eyeing a The Highland Park citizen’s new edition of the notorious committee is scheduled to report zero-option, but only in a new by June on what it thinks would be wrapping.” the best alternative, or alterna Reagan’s zero option — already tives, for the elementary school rejected by Moscow — calls for Nurse, home aide after it’s closed. NATO to scrap plans to install Committee chairman Richard about 600 medium-range missiles Conde said committee members UPl Photo in westerrn Europe in exchange will poll residents within a half for Soviet dismantling of their services to merge? mile radius of the school, on Porter existing missiles, numbering Street, to find out what how they’d Chateau in the air about 500. like to see Highland Park used for A merger-between the Manches- Both, however, are members Reagan’s proposal calling for an Hit were leased by the town or sold. Rising above Washington under a hot air balloon shaped tel* Public Health Nursing Associa now of the same statewide associa interim reduction in the number of The questionnaire, which will like a French chateau. Postmaster General William tion and the R iver East Home tion, and frequently they serve the Soviet and U.S. medium-range reach an estimated 300 to 400 maker and Home Health Aide same patients in Manchester. ’The Bolger and poblisher Malcolm Forbes ride the tethered missiles in Europe was submitted people, will ask residents to choose Service is being studied by both state g iw p is the Association of “Chateau de Balleroy” today about 50 feet over the Mall to the Soviets in Geneva, Switzer between several different types of organizations and it appears likely Community Health Services Agen land, on ’Tuesday. uses; including health care, educa to mark the bicentennial of manned flight and mark the tl the merger will take place this cies, formed by a merger at the The Soviets termed it a propa tion, and light manufacturing, issuance of a four-stamp block of commemoratives Spring if the mechanics can be state level of homemaker and ganda ploy but promised to review C^onde said. worked out. nursing agencies. honoring ballooning. it. Representatives of the two The' MPHNA provides various Negotiations between the United groups started a feasibility study types of home therapy and health States and the Soviet Union on in January. ’The posssible m erger education services. In Manchester limiting medium-range nuclear came to light W e^esday night at a the homemaker service provides Bruce Watkins 1983 winner missiles were expected to resume meeting over possible uses of such non-medical services as May 17. Highland Park School when it is meals on wheels, chore handyman, In another development, British abandoned by the Board of and companion services. Prime Minister Margaret Education. It operates widely in the Tri- ’Thatcher said it was inevitable While each of the organizations of the Chamber's 'AA' award Town area, however, where it NATO nuclear missiles will be is adequately housed now, a provides home health aides. Tri- deployed in Britain this year merged organization would need Town is Vernon, Ellington, and R. Bruce Watkins, who headed returning from duty during World because she could not see the more space. Both Lois Lewis, Rockville. the Watkins Bros, furniture store War II. He was awarded the Silver Soviets agreeing to Reagan’s zero adminstrative head of the The difference in services, geo .'-TW- on Main Street, is the 1983 Star and a Gold Star Medal in lieu option. I of a second Silver Star. MPHNA, and Hylie Hurwitz, head graphically, and the differences in recepient of the “ M ” award of the “How many will have to be of the homemakers, said today financing are among the mechani Greater Manchester Chamber of Watkins was graduated from deployed will depend on how far (^m m erce. ‘ Highland Park School seems to be cal problems that must be worked Manchester High School and from the Soviet Union will bring hers an excellent location. out in any merger. Watkins was regarded as a ■ Tufts University, where he was on down,” Thatcher said. Mrs. Hurwitz said the merger, to The advantages of a merger, leader in the business community the football team and was captain be justified, would have to elimi besides administrative savings, and the community at large, of the track team. nate fragmentation of service, would include the fact that with one having devoted his energies to the Hehas served as chairman of the contain costs, and if possible phone call a doctor could arrange chamber and other business Manchester Development Com Inside Today reduce costs. all the home services a patient groups as well as civic organiza mission, director of the American Both agreed there are no philoso needs. tions and to an interdenomina Red Cross, a corporator of Man 20 pages, 2 sections phical issues dividing the two The merger talks contrast tional camp in Haddam. chester Memorial Hospital,and service organizations now, but sharply, with the situation a few Watkins will be honored by the president of the Chamber Advice ................................................. 12 Areo towns............................................ 9 Mrs. Hurwitz said there are years ago, when the two organiza chamber at its 82nd annual ban He is now a director of Heritage quet at Vito’s Birch Mountain Inn Business................................................is substantive financial Issues to be tion were in the midst of a public Savings and Loan Association. He Classified......................................... 18-19 resolved. dispute which appeared to center in Bolton April 13. was member of Kiwanis for 30 Comics................................................... 8 They stem, in part, from the fact on oharges of duplication of The award is given annually to years. Entertoinment..................................... 12 W-Y ‘ that the homemaker group oper • services. someone who over a long period For 18 years Watkins has been Lottery................................................... 2 Obituorles............................................ 10 ates widely outside Manchester As one upshot of the dispute the has shown leadership, anibition, head timer for the Thanksgiving determination and acheivement in Opinion................................................... 6 and gets funding from other towns town’s human services council Herald file photo Road Race. He also serves as head Peopletolk ...........................................