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by Peter Speck

‘‘Have you ever had a_ geriatric lunch?’’
enquired the voice on the phone. My imagination
was titillated, to say the least, and that’s why I
shared a tabie with John Knight, administrator of
the Kiwanis senior citizen’s homes; along with his

careful design of the building
is the heated breezeway |
between the bullding and the
auditorium so no one need
catch cold on thelr way to a
bingo game. There ~ are
‘several elevators that whisk
quietly from floor to floor.

HEAVEN

“In the heart of the
complex, at and below

director of nursing, Carol Gordonsmith,

and her
assistant, Margaret Boale.

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' It turns out that a geriatric
lunch is what the one
hundred and twenty ‘per:

For example, during last
year’s flu epidemic, when

sonal-care’ residents of the
’ Lynn Manor complex ate that
day. It was good, too -- clam
chowder, a_ fruit plate,
delicious muffins, all.served
’ by pleasant ladies in'a very
nice dining room. Another
one hundred and eighty
people live in the ‘residen-
tlal’ part of the complex -:
the floors from the 7h'to. the
sixteenth. These éentors own
thelr self-contained sultes --
small, bright and cheerful
apartments. Knight showed

me. a few suites in the.

30% of the personal-care
residents were affected, not
one doctor chose to move his
patient to a hospital.

“The doctors seemed to
feel that thelr patients were
‘recelving care here that was
as good as that they would
receive in a hospital. In
addition, the patients aren't
separated from thelr belong:
inge and familiar ‘surround-
ings, and. subjected to the
‘possible dangers of trans-

- porting them to hospital.”

round level, an efficient
foundry and kitchen keep
things ‘going. The heatin

facility, a spotless maze o
ipes and valves, each with
t's own small brass tag, is
under the care of John
Milne. Milne, in his late
fifties, 1s a retired navy man,
he ‘was, chief engineer of _
H.M.S. Bxeter, the British ©
frigate which became famous
for her part in the sinking of
the German battleship Graf

Von Spee, off Rio de Janeiro.

HIGH ON MARRIAGE Thomas Clifford Rowe azd Jayne Kathrina Morecroft chose the aerial
tram above the Hell’s Gate rapids for thelr midsummer nuptials recently, Themes’s reason?
“Because It wad a mountain wo had not yet climbed”

bullding, and I was impres- -
sed by the Flanning | and
thought that has gone into it,
Erected: by the Kiwanis

'. Carol and her staff are
trained in geriatric nuralng.
The facility is equipped with
, oxygen and other medical
' * Sentor Citlzens Homes Ltd., supplies for emergency. use.’ -
& non-profit company, -the
building Is divided between — -
the ‘personal-care” sections.
of the lower’ floors and the
sultes above, meant for 4,
gentors who can: still get
around independently. :

The costs for the facility
@re very reasonable., The
_ Residential suites are $129
for a single suite and $154 for |
.@ married sulte. There is

The ‘Rorsonal-care’ floors = > ae a an ns 4s al as ae
are for those who may have iy a Bee re bth? 4 ' Ra AS Sea Pere Bae
difficulty in preparing thelr aes i, ar 7. o Ni ma Oe: has oo

own meals and require = i, .

medical supervision. The
area is under the supervision
-of a registered nurse and her
aldes, twenty-four hours a
day. They have an intercom

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walting Ist for these. The! |
personal-care facility is $490,"

and drapes. It’s clean'and which includes ‘ everything |” Free ones Lo re Po vi 7 s .
elderly get confused, they new. There are lounges on from meals to laundry, F } adi on. “ae quotations 988. 6988 os wre; |"
keep medical records, and each floor with a, fireplace ‘We're proud that we don't | | Gladly given a, , {24 r8.)
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guests as easy as possible.
‘We try to make It pleasant”’
says Carol. ‘‘For instance, if
the person is not feeling up
to {t we have thelr meal sent

Downstairs a well-furnished ,
lobby has lots of soft chairs,
while upstairs a penthouse Is
equipped with a chapel,
beauty salon, and pool table,

our guests,” says Knight.
There are a few vacancies in |

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up to them on a tray, We Outside, the surrounding Lynn Manor at 984-9166. The | i be! | an 6
asslat them with thelr bath view takes your breath away. fealty, in Lynn Valley, is at | am — SEASON WITH THE
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to the best of our abliltles,”” There's a 250-seat audito:.

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Valley, face south, lift up

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there we aro!" beams Jolin. | 7}

She stressed that the facility
is not a hospital, but ft Is
ia able of

ob.

rlum, at ground level, with a
bingo game each Felday '
night. An example of the

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