36 - Sunday, January 17, 1993 - N

Young, old working together

MY FRIENDS, we are no
longer simply the aged.
We’re a growth industry.

Eleanor _
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THE VINTAGE YEARS
Honestly, there sare’: more
‘people than you'can shake a
stick at who;are engaged very
seriously: in the business of
establishing how you and I can
enjoy our declining years.’
:. (Incidentally,. that. ‘‘declin-
ing’ thing..is for the. birds.
Apart from bits cracking and
stuff. withering - and maybe
dropping off, there’s an awful

_ lot to say, for being beyond the -

 fretfulness : that .nags ‘the
young.” We'll -tackle, that
another. time.): - ; ;

But: ‘about. ‘our “caretakers,”
who’ ‘study us “and ‘measure’ us”
‘and are’ hellbent on keeping us
“out of; ‘trouble _ they are all...
“earnest: and: capable .. Vand"

_ Sincere. ‘and anxious’ to’ help‘ us: ;.

enjoy -the conditions they. feel
; would: fill our needs...
» Trouble. is, : they’ Te call ‘half
“our age. -

: What: they feel i is best: for. us”

-. is ‘often the. product of theory,. be

well” ‘researched, _Of: . course. :
And “not. only. ‘are ‘they in the |
‘-bloom’ of life, ‘educated,;some
“of? ‘them’ even Jearned, . their’:
~upbringing conditioned - them -
to” meine f continuous °

; the”
in “our life experi-

variances" i
“ence. : Ourseives, we: dealt: with °
epression ‘and ia: war: or

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two and the disciplines thus
imposed, and one
disciplines was ‘Don’t make a
fuss.’’

The Raging Grannies to the
contrary, we're a low-key lot,
prefering to endure silently and
independently,’

We like.to think we can care
for our own.

So when life throws us a
curve, our first reaction is
“‘wait and see.’’ We stall for
time, tending to persuade
ourselves it’s just something
that will go away.

It’s a tactic that is seldom
helpful.

Well, there was.a meeting
one day last week, to which I
was invited as a living,

breathing representative senior:

person. .
It was a meeting of the
Community Geriatric Pro-
_gram, which is a whole bunch
of. these marvellous men and
‘women concerned about aging,
their field embracing the North
Shore from Lions Bay to Deep
Cove.
__. They are the people who
administer. old-age refuges,
who’ “treat — old-age « illnesses,
mental and/or physical, who
‘assess domestic home-care and
‘supply support when needed.

-They’re a” very. qualified |

group, ' very. concerned about
-the effectiveness of their pro-~
‘grams and ‘also of getting the
existence’ of.

them...
They thought that the Vin.
tage. Years could perhaps help

view and in ‘turn help you un-
. derstand _what they are. trying
‘to do. -

“about to turn it down.

So. I learned a: few: things,
-and I told them a. few. things .°
they". ‘didn’t know,

“at..the’ start of. this’ column.
"Because I’m old, like you.’

it, coming | and going. . i.
"There’s the matter. of « the.”

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of those |

across this shore now,
they exist (o give you care and

‘the’ programs.
-known. ‘to: those who need :

them. understand ‘our point of;
What a chance, eh?. 1 wasn’t.
“simply .

because of. what, I’ve suggested :

“We think all of: us will prof :

down at 3 p.m. And as well, it
consists of your calling to
describe your emergency and
ask which agency to start with,
whereupon another number is
given so that you must decribe
your problem all-over again.

You don’t, in crisis, always
know which helper you need.
What, you want, really, is for
someone to call you, to get an
idea of your situation and to
organize rescue. There will be
steps taken presently to set up
something like that.

Another thing is the walk-in
clinics. There are five of them
and

advice on weekends and _holi-
days, when your own family
doctor is not in his office.

Be familiar with the ‘one
nearest you — you won’t likely
see your, own doctor. there,
though it’s possible, but you
will certainly “get professional
help.

As well, most family doctors
have a 24-hour listing in the
book — use it. :

You won’t be breaking up a
bridge game or interrupting a
concert because the: phone. is
answered centrally, -. but ‘it’s
live, . not
referral is made right. now.

I: didn’t. know |: that.”

gerated ‘respect - for medical

people; they were always a‘ last «

resort when. we were growing
up. Compounding that’ reluc-
‘tance is that we are‘not. keen

“to’expose our arrangements to’.
“strangers, however qualified. :
We aren’t gocd at describing -

symptoms at the best of times,

and if we have to do:it to:an

answering machine; forget it.
This

for handling our problems.
>We can. do ourselves’a great
favor: by being frank! and ‘firm

about. what works" for. us.and Le

what falls short. :
‘Let me know where" you ve

“found gaps or where change’
everybody’ s..

‘would help _
, Keen to get it right.

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