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Show io r The Salt Lake Trihum. Sunday July 15. r)73 f Abandoned Patients Lot of Home Nursing Study Eyes Unhappy By Max B bad particularly situations The field is notorious for low salaries and inexif perienced, help and most of the homes do a good job caring for people whose friends, relatives or society are unable to help any longer. A bed, a chair, and three squares a day Its not enough to Keep the spirit alive even if the body continues to function but a team of three women and a man conducting the N in sing Home Demonstration Project out of the Department Of Community and Family Medicine, University of Utah, aie determined to change the KnudsonJr of Tribune Staff Writer The tiny rmim contains a bed, a chair and a small silent figuie sits in the chair swaying slowly back and forth to some unheard rhythm He is awaiting lunch after which he may lie on the bed and stare at the ceiling Then dinner Then the honors of a long, slec pi ess night nmht-stan- Sound like some oriental ture technique'' Perhaps tor- a so- litary cell in maximum security at the state prison' Or a c padded cell at a mental institution Through alley Nothing that dramatic' Actually, the scene is one being enacted all over the valley at Has very moment in most norsing immes mr the aged Tie occupant of the cell is guilty of nothing more than the "crime" of growing old and, m some ways, unable to care for himself a few unhappy state of affairs Little Done and psychological care that everyone needs 15 Homes There are 15 nursing homes in the county participating m the project which Mrs Jorgensen stressed is not a services program but a demonstration or research test to prove whether a team concept of doctors, social workers, and nurses going into the homes can upgrade patient functioning and comfort and make them more self sufficient and happier. cial In addition, the project intends to reduce the amount of the patients hospitalization the and frequent trips require to University Hospital for minor treatment In other words it has to be cost effective," said Dr Kane He said the ultimate goal is to establish a corporation after completion of the demonstration phase that would contract with the state for a fixed fee to handle the complete treatment of a patients needs, physically, and socially emotionally Training of the nursing home staff would continue with an eye to upgrading their awareness of them role as more than just custodial. non-prof- pre-pai- Costs Everything But cost is everything. Dr Kane said the Utah Legisla- sician, and Ginette Pepper, nurse practitioner, will continue to function for at least another year But like most federally funded programs, the future beyond that point is unclear unless private or state funding is made avail home, they discovered, was the fact that the patients looked forwaid to the trip to the hospital as a major diversion in their lives and a coveted chance to socialize with friends from other homes We recognize this now. but I Mrs Jordensen said. think that money could be much better spent on social activities than hospital trips " nother Year The present team, including Dr Ruth Merrill, project phy- - ture would not buy such a program unless it can be demonstrated that it wont cost them more than theyre paying now Dr Kane insists that the effectiveness and efficiency of the team concept will reduce the costs now involved in busing patients back and forth to the hospital and the high costs of treatment there One unexpected drawback to the team going uito the R, able If not. the justification the concept will have to be based on what has r been gathered m the test, that is. theyll have to conprove their case for the cept w ith statistics and d at i gathered up to that point for instituting two-yea- r There's been a lot said care for the aged but damn little done about it, said Dr Robert L. Kane, director of the project wh'ch has been functioning for a about year. These patients have been abandoned by society just as Well, no one is blaming the nursing home operators and personnel, with the exception with mental illness and TB We pul them away and forget about them. The result of these years of apathy is the public image of the rest home as a dreadful place where grandma must be placed for her own good The biggest problem, according to Lou Ann Jorgensen, administrator and social worker on the project, has been the lack of training and motivation on the part of nurses ades m the homes who do an adequate job of keeping the bathrooms clean and the patients fed but are unable to view their charges as whole persons" and provide the so Utah Coed Certified For Study Utahs first woman to be certified as a contract student under the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WTCHE) Vetennary Student Exchange Program has been selected LET US HELP Yy SEE -T- ASTE Tired of the same old routine? Then escape for a day or two or your whole vacation to Utahs unique recreational retreat. Sherwood Hills new Guest Lodge is now open featuring large, beautifully decorated rooms at modest rates. Family-sizrooms have bunk bed alcoves. 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