NEWS photo Paui McGrath

Sunshine Girl

TWENTY FOUR YEAR.OLD Punita tikes horseback
riding and dancing. Places she has iraveiled in-

clude Africa,
Canada.

London,
Favorite band: The Relling Stones;

Engiand and eastern

favorite food: Mexican, Italian.

New manual on the way
to assist family caregivers

HELF IS on the way for
family caregivers of head
* Jnjury survivors.
Sonia Acorn, an assistant. pro-
* fessor .at the University of British
, Columbia's School of Nursing, is
-“ producing the country’s first
education and support manual to
help families increase their under-
_ Standing of the needs of the
"- head-injured family member, and
improve their ability to cope with
caring for them. ,
“Increased trauma care means
*.that head injury. survivors can
now be expected to live as long as
" anyone else,” said Acorn.
- “Unfortunately, most of their
care ‘must be provided at home,
which is not always the ap-
propriate place for the type and
_ extent of care they require.”
“>”. Acorn attributes the problem to
the scarcity of professionals who
_. have’ the necessary expertise and
“training — particularly in smaller
“communities — to cope with the
: increasing number of survivors.
cov As > a resuit, there is great
~ .potential for burn-out, exhaustion
‘and social isolation for families
. who provide head injury survivors
. with care at home,’’ she said.
Acorn based her findings on a
province-wide survey of families
who were caring for a head-in-
jured survivor at home. The ma-
jority of the participants were
mothers caring for their sons,
usually in their teens or eariy.20s,
- who suffered head injuries as a
“result of moior vehicle or indus-
trial accidents.
Her research indicates that, in
-addition to the physical-care
needs of head injury survivors, the

greatest problems they face are
tehavioral, intellectual and their
ability to communicate.

_ Typically, they experience
short-term memory loss and fa-
tigue, and become easily agitated.

Currently, the only alternative
to home care is for the head inju-
ry survivor to be placed in an ex-
tended care facility with
predominately elderly patients.
Paid-at-home caregivers are rare.

Designed in modules, the man-
ual covers such topics as impact
on the family system, impact on
the caregiver, balance and life
tasks, community resources and
special issues.

Production of the manual,
which will be available in January,
was funded by the B.C. Health
Research Foundation.

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TKE FOLLOWING people ap-
peared in North and West Van-
couver courts recently to face
various charges:

Before Judge D.R. Campbell in
North Vancouver provincial court
on July 27:

Denise Yelton, 30, of North
Vancouver, was fined $500 and
ordered to keep the peace for one
year after she was found guilty of
threatening another person based
on information supplied by the
informant. Yelton was also
ordered not to have any contact
with the informant.

Samantha Stalker, 23, of North
Vancouver, received a conditional
discharge and was placed on pro-

bation for three months after she .

was found guilty of assaulting a
peace officer engaged in the ex-
ecution of her duty.

Before Judge Reginald Grandison
in West Vancouver provincial
court on July 22:

Marion Dawn Boolinoff, 39, of
Burnaby, was fined $200 after be-
ing found guilty of operating a
motor vehicle on the Lions Gate
Bridge without due care and at-
tention.

Vi Dat Huyng, 18, of Van-
couver, was placed on six months’
probation, fined $350 and ordered
to stay out of West Vancouver
after he was found guilty of being
in possession of stolen property.

David Peter Sawchuck, 42, of
North Vancouver, was fined $500
and was ordered to keep the peace
for one year after he was found
guilty of threatening another per-
son. He was also prohibited from
drinking any alcohol or owning
any firearms.

Before Judge Reginald Grandison
in’ West Vancouver provincial
court on July 2):

John Patrick Spence, 22, of
West Vancouver, was given a
conditional discharge, placed on
six months’ probation and ordered
to perform 20 hours of communi-
ty work after he was found guilty

Wednesday, August 5, 1992 - North Shore News — a

A DAY IN COURT

of being in possession of an illegal
narcotic.

Morteza: Dadashi, 24, of West
Vancouver was placed on proba-
tion for four months after being
found guilty of assault.

Before Judge Jerome Paradis in
North Vancouver provincial court
on July 20:

Glen Leonard Wal, 44, of
North Vancouver, was fined $150
after being convicted of speeding.

Before Judge Reginald Grandison
in West Vancouver provincial
court on July 20:

Margaret Rose Bowie, 48, of
West Vancouver, was placed on
probation for six months after
pleading guilty to a charge of
theft under $1,000.

Mehrman Jalali, 37, of North
Vancouver, had theft-related
charges against him dropped after
pleading guilty to the charge.
However, he was ordered to
return clothing items to the Hud-
son’s Bay deprrtment store.

Before Judge Reginald Grandison
in West Vancouver
court on July 16:

Richard Elmer Neff, 39, of
Vancouver, was sentenced to 14
days in jail and placed on proba-
tion for six months after pieading
guilty to theft charges.

Before Judge Reginaid Grandison
in West Vancouver provincial

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Ryan Leech, 40, of Surrey, was
fined $500 and placed on three
months’ probation after he was
found guilty of operating a motor
vehicle along Highway 401f
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