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NEWS photo Paul AtcGrath

FOR 13 years, home-support worker Mumtaz Mohamed has heiped 93-year-old Evelyn Horne main-
tain her independence. The North Shore Home Support Services Society provides programs for an
average of 2,24 clients each month on the North Shore.

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Keep the home
fires burning

HOME IS where you want
to be.

By A.P. McCredie
News Reporter

tt is a sentiment that crosses all
cultural, geographical and age
boundaries. In verse and story-
telling throughout the ages, the
candle burning in the window has
come to symbolize the longing for
home.

For many of today’s aged, the
fonging to [ve independently in
one’s own home is as strong as
the longings of fictional characters
of lore.

Mumtaz Mohamed has repre-
sented that candle burning in the
window for 93-year-old Evelyn
Horne since 1979,

Mohamed visits Horne once a
week for three hours, helping with
the weekly laundry, doing a little
cleaning and vacuuming and
assisting in chores that Horne has
trouble doing.

Though after visiting with the
North Vancouver resident of 74
years, one comes away with a
feeling that there is little she can’t
do.

A hip operation five years ago
— her third — has slowed her
down a bit, she admits, but Horne
still manages a daily routine of
walking the halls of her apartment
complex, exercising her body and
her mind.

“There are some things I can’t

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down to the laundry room,’* said
Horne.

Without the aid of Mohamed, a
home support worker with the
North Shore Home Support Ser-
vices Society, Horne said she
would probably he living in a
more structured elderly home sit-
uation.

Mohamed, the great-grand-
mother of 13 knows, represents a
link to her independence and has
helped her stay in her apartment
with a beautiful view of Van-
couver’s inner harbor.

And likewise, Horne’s strength
and will are a constant source of
inspiration for Mohamed.

“She is really quite remark-
able,’’ said Mohamed. ‘‘She
doesn’t know what a headache is.
She has never taken aspirin in her
life.

“T enjoy visiting her so much
because | learn so many different
things from her and her life expe-
ciences.’’

Horne was Mohamed’s first
client, and remains one of her
favorites.

And the key to being a good
home support worker?

‘St smile,*’ said Mohamed.
**And J listen to them.’’

The society’s programs —~ in-
cluding home nursing, the home-
maker program, a companionship
program, a congregate meal pro-
gram, and a home emergency
response system — serve an

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