Beds for Terraceview Lo*Dge% - the NORTHERN Health Authority Has Reversed Live by Themselves but Who Do Need Sonie Help
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In addition lo niorc complex said. its controversial plan to closc beds at Terraceview That reduction never did happen and Terraceview care beds, there will bc tilore respitc car(: beds iind “Once the magnitude of the situation is known, Lodge and instead will increase the number at the still has 75 beds - 69 classified as complex care and palliative care beds at the facility. we can put our capital and other planning in place,” t’ facility which is for people who need the highest six as respite care - meant for people who temporari- Johnston cxpects more beds at Terraceview will she said. level of care. ily require a higher level of care then can be provided take pressure off hospitals, particularly ones the size City councifior Lynne Christiansen, who chairs Authority official Suzanne Johnston said the for by themselves or family members.! of Mills Memorial, which act as the accommodation the city’s health task force, is encouraged by the growing number of senior citizens in the Northwest Johnston said community care services will con- of last resort for people who can’t get into Terracev- health authority’s new direction. means the area will need more complex care beds tinue to grow but that Terraceview Lodge will need iew or other facilities when they are full. “It’s good news for the community. It shows than ever before. more complex care beds because of an increase in When hospitals admit people who don’t need the they’ve been listening to the community,’: she said. Until a few years ago, Terraceview Lodge had 75 the number of elderly people. kind of care they normally provide, the number of The city’s health task force had become the focal beds in two classifications, long term and extended “We’re now planning for this and will start con- acute care beds available is reduced: point for people and groups convinced that’first deci- care. sultations with stakeholders and community groups,” “What we’re focussing on is providing the right sion to close beds at Terraceview wouldn’t work. ’ Those two classifications were done away with she said last week. care for the right person‘in the right place,” said “Now we’ll be interested in knowing how mqy in favour of a new one - complex care - with the Population data being used by the authority indi- Johnston. beds there will be,” said Christiansen. ‘ idea that Terraceview Lodge would only take those cate there are now 17,480 people over the age of 70 “It’s all part of our mandate to improve the leveI Even before hearing of the news to people who need the highest level of care. in the North, a number that will rise to 19,500 people of services for a complete’continuumof care.” number of Terraceview beds, Christian The idea was to reduce the number of beds to 50, by 2008 and to 25,650 people by 2015. The exact number of beds that will be added and was planning visits to service and other g accompanied by an increase in assisted living ac- Johnston’s predicting that Terraceview Lodge the budget to make it happen will be known after the the city to encourage them to lo commodation and other measures for those who can will undergo renovations and an expansion to han- authority speaks with community groups, Johnston care in the area. , .. - Missing ‘woman search continues BY MARGARET SPEIRS RCMP LOOKING for a missing Terrace woman are going over leads that have come in since an appeal for help was made last week. Tamara Chipman, 22, was last seen hitchhiking east- bound on Hwy16 near Prince Rupert’s industrial park around 4:30 p.m. Sept. 21. She wasn’t reported missing by her family until Nov. 10 as .they thought she might have been visiting relative: *’ in the Lower Mainland. It. RCMP began their investigation Nov. 15, using officers from Terrace, Prince Rupert and Kitimat. 0 Taniara Chipman ‘Continued Page A2 H’ighschool students given longer term ’ By DUSTIN QUEZADA Greenwood says the costs are associated THE COAST Mountains school district to staff appointments at the end of the ex- won’t be putting on extra classes or have a tended semester. longer school year to make up for the time “There’s a one-week overlap for teaching lost due to the fall’s two-week teachers’ positions,” Greenwood said. strike. Frank Rowe, the district’s director of Instead it’s extending the first semester for human resources, said there are eight such secondary students by one week by shorten- teachers in the district that were hired for ing the second semester for one week. That the first semester only and the cost for the lengthened first semester will match the start additional week would be approximately of provincial exams which is Feb. 13, a week $7,000. later than the original, pre-strike date of Feb. Veralynn Munson, the Terrace and Dis- 6.Class times and schedules for primary and trict Teachers’ Union president, says only elementary students won’t be affected at all. leachers hired for one semester will be af- “It actually evcns the semestcrs because fected, adding the proposal doesn’t change the first one is longer than the sccond semcs- the amount of instructional time or pay for ter,” said school district assistant superitcn- other teachers. Munson added teachers dent Rob Grcewood last wcck. didn’t object to thc district plan. The arrangemcnt was agreed upon at a “I think (the plan) is reasonablc.” she special mecling involving Irustccs, teilchcrs, said. “1’111 ncither happy nor disappointed.” principals and district staff on Nov. 23. Munson said tcachers and othcr groups It was one of servcral oDtions under con- , renrcscntcd at thc mcctinr! had concerns sideration to makc up the helost because about the extended semcs6r and were giv- of the October teachers’ strikc. Therc is a en assuranccs the district would try to ad- I E She’s a doll I cost associated to extending the first term, dress them. For instance, Munson said some CALEDONIA student Sonya Bruneau plays Adelaide, a lead and love interest in the musical Guys and however, and Greenwood drafted a letter tcachers were concerned that some program Dolls. She is part of a 40-person Caledonia Performing Arts cast that stages the musical for three nights sent earlier this week to the Ministry of Edu- plans, including a student exchange, would only starting tomorrow at the REM Lee Theatre. Read more on page B1. DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO cation seeking money. be interrupted with the schedule change. I Wild cats get okay to stay o n Co-op land By SARAH A. ZIMMRMAN neuter or spay their animals and allow them out- everyone wants to deal with feral cats.” A NEWLY formed society has been given side where they breed with other cats, says society The society wants to find a piece of vacant land permission to continue caring for a colony of feral president Dawne Szepat. ’ on which it can build a shelter and fence. It will cats living underneath the former garden centre The society’s mandate is to stop the cycle continue looking after the animals for the long building on the old Co-op property downtown. of uncontrolled breeding. They practice what’s tern - that includes daily feedings and updating RagaMuffin Rescue has been looking after the called TNR - trap, neuter and return to their en- vaccinations. The society is asking the public not group of cats for more than two years. But when vironment. Then the society maintains the colony to feed the animals independently because they the city took possession of the property and build- by feeding and caring for them. are on a regular feeding schedule already. ings, the group became concerned for the ani- The alternative is euthanasia for feral cats that One cat nearly died after getting its head stuck mals. become a nuisance, says Szepat. in a glass salmon jar left by a well-intentioned “We were in the process of doing a lot of things There are 12 adult cats living at the co-op prop- person. The container broke, Ieaving a jagged col- sort of slowly, but with this property being sold it erty and so far the society has trapped, neutered or lar around the cat’s neck for several weeks. pushed us to doing something very quickly,” says spayed, inoculated and de-wormed seven of them The society has also rescued eight kittens that one of the society’s directors, Lorna Sandhals. before releasing them. The idea is to prevent the were born at the Co-op location. They were all “We understand that eventually that property population from getting out of control. afflicted with an infection that has since been will be made into something so we realize that “All these mothers do is get pregnant and have treated, but some of them may have permanent this colony will have to be moved.” kittens,” explains Szepat, adding once all the eye damage.