28 ~ Wednesday, May 31, 1989 -

North Shore News

New counselling _
service opens

A NEW North Shore counselling and consulting service for
spouses, adult children and friends of the frail elderly has

opened in West Vancouver.

The counsellor, Susag
Bochanan, holds a Masters of
Social Work, UBC, specializing in
gerontology and has 10 years’ ex-
perience in the B.C. health care
system working with the elderly
and their families.

business
briefcase

Michael Becker

Buchanan says she attempts to
equip families and friends of the
frail elderly with coping strategies.
“If a healthy old person becomes
ill and frail, then the family often
has to become much more involved
and often is quite unprepared for
this new role,’’ she said.

Some of the issues such families
and friends may face include:

*lack of information about health
programs, resources, and how to
access them
: feelings of guilt, stress, anxiety
or depression

Plan ahead

From page 27
your contributions.

You could give a 15-year-old
money to invest in a compound
term deposit or Canada Savings
Bond before the end of this year.
The student would wait until age
18 to declare the interest, which
would then belong to him or her
for tax purposes.

If you have your own business,
you could pay your child/student
to work for you; this money would

*conflict between family members
on courses of action

edifficulty in adjusting to the in-
creased dependency of their older
relative

*coping with Alzheimer’s disease
and other dementia

*future care planning

ethe nursing home decision

For more information contact

Buchanan at 922-5547,

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EAT LIKE a firefighter and con-
tribute to a good cause at the same
time. Firehall Favourites
Cookbook by John Pentland of
the University Endowment Lands
Fire Department, is available at the
North Vancouver Save-On-Foods
store on Marine Drive.

The book had it’s humble
beginnings when Pentland was
assigned May 1982 to cook the
meals for the evening shift at the
firehall. From more than 400 reci-
pes tested, 150 became the firehall
favorites included in this book.

Half of the royalties from the
sale of the book will be con-
tributed to Muscular Dystrophy of
Canada.

for college

then fund the education. Family
health and education trusts can
also be appropriate in some situa-

tions.
ere

Based locally, Mike Grenby
writes a money column which ap-
pears in newspapers across
Canada. Although he also works
as an independent financial ad-
viser, Mike will respond to readers’
questions and story ideas through
the paper.

Get refitted at
e Quarterdeck.

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Get a jump on next season...
Basketball for boys & girls
Volleyball for girls

Enter to win one of 20 camps.

Starting May 17th, the News will

award 4 camps each week.

For the past 20 years Dan Miscisco’s All Star Camps have been
providing high quality instruction in Basketball and Volleyball at
week-long camps conducted throughout the North Shore.

For boys and girls in Grades 5-12, each day involves 3/2 hours of
intense fun-filled instruction. There are more than seven convenient
locations on the North Shore, with weekly sessions throughout the

summer.
For r detailed information about the camps call 925-3759.

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