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Show I Page 6A South tdition Lakeside Review Wednesday, February 15, 1984 Rain or Shine Houdinis Spirit Lives in Kids Special to the Lakeside Review Harry Houdini, were he still alive, wouldnt have anthing on my kids when it comes to getting out of things. Ever since I first got the notion d elementhat strong tary school-age- d youngsters ought to be able to help load up the dishwasher aficr dinner, chil- - for-th- match. No hocus pocus," no Heaters Can Be Dangerous The Utah Department of Health warns owners of portable heating units to use extreme caution when operating a home is the first part of a article on hospices and the services to the dying and their families, they provide ffospice of Northern Utah is highlighted.) (Editor's Note: This two-pa- rt SHELLEY KANCITIS Review Correspondent Most people avoid thinking about death, but Suzanne Phillips, a Clinton resident, thinks about it almost every day of her istering pain relief techniques, attention is focused on psycho- logical needs. When a patient knows he or she is going to die, it often becomes a very lonely time. Its hard for other people to talk about death. Our staff fills one of a dying persons most important needs - someone to listen, said Ms. Phillips. life. She is the director of Hospice of Northern Utah, a non-prof- it organization that provides specialized nursing care for patients in the latter stages of terminal illnesses. Patterned after a health care movement in England that emphasizes helping people face death in a loving atmosphere with a minimum of pain, the first U.S. hospice was established in 1967. Less than 20 years later, there .are 1,200 hospices across the country, an indication of the movements acceptance by the public and the medical community. Although some hospices have facilities where patients can spend their last months, the Hospice of Northern Utah only provides home-lik- e out-patie- nt care. We go into a patients home and teach the person and the family how to provide optimum relief from pain and help them cope psychologically, said Ms. Phillips. People should realize a hospice is not necessarily a place. It is a specialized, comprehensive health care program emphasizing management of symptoms associated with terminal illness, she said. Unlike many health care programs, hospice workers in the northern Utah program practice hands-ofnursing. With the exception of teaching or admin T Hospice workers and volunteers also closely their own efforts. We have only four paid workers. The rest are volunteers including 14 nurses and over 30 lay people. Together we are able to meet a multitude of changing needs, said Mrs. Phillips. One example is an system enabling patients and their families to reach a hospice worker 24 hours a day. We operate strictly on donations and memorials. No patient is ever charged for our services. on-ca- ll Staff members also help open avenues of communication between the patient and his family. One patient, a middle aged man dying from a brain tumor, became very demanding as his The requirements to redisease progressed. He insisted ceive only care are a physicians referthat his wife be with him con- ral, a caretaker in the home and stantly despite her need to spend that the patient be in the last six time with their three young chil- months of a terminal illness," dren. said Ms. Phillips. Our nurse was able to step in and help his wife realize the reaGroups interested in a presensons for her husbands behavior. tation on Hospice of Northern She also helped them both deal Utah can call Phillips at with their anger and frustration over what was happening, said 399-523- 2. Not even a runny nosed sniffle remains behind to break the chil- , ; ' ' homes. The Department of Health al- so warns consumers about the toxic gases produced when fuels burn. More than 150 carbon monoxide poisoning deaths a year have occurred across the country due to improperly installed or maintained heaters (primarily It is important to always use such heaters in an adequately ventilated room, even if a window needs to be open slightly. Doors to the rest of the house should also be left open. Anyone interested in information about space heaters can call the Consumer Product Safety gas-fuele- Commissions toll-fre- e FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 Rafael Druian, Guest Conductor and Soloist Winter" from the Four Seasons Haydns Violin Concerto in A Major Barbers Capricorn Concerto Vivaldis Stravinskys Concerto for Strings in D Major number A teletypeat writer number for the hearing impaired is C. 0. Ms. Phillips. As their emotional pain dimin- ished, the couple was able to draw closer. They began sharing feelings with greater honesty; a key to helping people cope with Sometimes my missing dren are gone so long I start to worry about whether they might have been kidnapped. Then and only then do I mouth the magic words Ive learned will bring them back quicker than the front door can slam six times. Open Sesame, is all I have to say with my hand on the cookie jar lid. Then the kids come back, but the cookies disappear. kitchen. heater. The Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that fires caused by supplemental home heaters increased 85 percent between 1978 and 1982. Although fires from home heaters have increased, deaths from such fires has decreased. The Product Safety Commission credits that fact to the increased use of smoke detectors in abraca- dabra, not even the most sina la peanut butter cere sandwich could work the magic of my nightly utterance of dinner dishes! Usually, I dont even have to say the words. From the exact moment I set my supper fork down to the precise second when the last crumbs have been wiped from the dining room table and all the clean washed platters, plates, and cooking pots are nestled snugly in the Kitchen Aid, an unearthly quiet envelopes my able-bodie- The Dying Can Get Comfort From Hospice Nurse Groups spell. Visitors in my home during the after dinner hour dont even believe I have children. Other incantatiqns likely to invoke the same results as the nightly call for KP duty include clean your room," scrub the tub," and please, dust the piaPractice the piano, also no. rates high on the list of charms guaranteed to make kids vanish. dren have been doing a disappearing act that would be difficult best illusionist to SHARON NAUTA STEELE Mi stf... tUTORl grief. His wife later commented that it was the most painful, positive experience of her life. She was so glad that as her husband neared death she had been able to tell him how much she loved him and would miss him, said Ms. Phillips. As they minister to psychologi- cal needs, hospice workers are sensitive to other dimensions of the patients life, including physical, spiritual and social needs. We work with a variety of agencies in an attempt to see that total care is provided. 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