THE CONVALESCENT HOME.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 4

THE CONVALESCENT HOME.

j.v; - ;- ■ Its - position on ' iho . Port Hills makes the j K. Chnstchurch Convalescent Home a veiy con- , spicuou3.. object,- but probably - only a small ; : propoition of peoplo could point { out Wellington's Homo for- Convalescents, ( I ' (hough it, too, is placed high on a hillside, } ■ on j - Victoria, just a little .lbove Hay j 'C I whoro .it. commands.: a. magnificent liar- ~ it: I '!'>l>>ur:.view,: and: though.'witnin .'easy, vre'aeh of; {i : .tMm^ ; Ht/ i^t:far/renidved;;fr6ii^ ; .ndiseJiaiid, { %s^MSu^S:it v ;l ks'i-j-'"tlio pabent' twhi 'is enough.,tn„ haunter. ~ quiet,' r'i-' -'may spend lbh#, 'restful/(lays ;m;;tho; fresh : air,- ' ''enjoying - to\tSauJl every;ihom; pf;jsunshme, : vS^withvbooks.':ahd'yioiyeifc?t«. : aniuso_,huu,v and ~ p j V:HV'. i' /i- r■" 1' attempt to; t| -pldaMt flodglhitS: %. te^/mado:;by:/the^pU;«f ; fi was;tlißh; f not'a.;hbmeithatithdy:aimed at,;ptp- j, |® :'((Viding; bnt" a .fund/',thotjwould/.ena.ble';patients. ;; irom. tho?Hospitiil;/to./sperid-'a; ; certain,;time; j| ■ s '°i Ii ' ./■.'*Mosdames: VVi vFitzgerald,,Robertson, -. Joseph ,j }. Nathan, 1), K Newman, Dr. GJlon, and v'/'.-Z othera/' so - ippearis lhe insenption that, now; -; ; \ hangs on the walls of tho home, a large ball , Btffg.\and v;vfiridU^dther : ,| to establish such a fund. I [O;s.RSv;--::Twolve of ' thirteen-:years' later; a..house-;was, ] r'L. ' .rented for a short timo at Wadestown to servo , 5 V- MabLban, of Hawke's:Bay,: presented' the picco .ijand. "-where /the."present -home .'stands,; and' j' thirte -the!home was• opened by Lord Glasgow, r pMS!ihjvßecembcr, :r IBM, :the;!tru3tees;'apppinted ;bc : :Vi.^:t\^ng'; , -'/.'Mesdamesv.-Bristdw, : ';.v;Newmu ;i "(Jtfc?ph;Hrandon, T.-C. Williams, .and Mrs. J. I'. ; -, i-r;-Maxifdl.;'who acted 'as . honorary secietary. • ft-i!.-iSinco that- time ; tho hoinft has existed on public ■;<■ ■:•• subscriptions, and. donations; to - which , a Gov- . --- ernmrut- subsidy of 21s. to tho -CI has boon | /:/ added. V.irious 'improvements have been made , during tho fifteen r. years /since);the 'home was $jf : ;®opene3;': a bank which Vas.-close -rißainst' -thQ ® 1 ;-. ,, ;.'' 'back'wall.' lias'.been : cut' away, leaving room : '.- •'• : for & di7ing'-:.-ground,and -four, rooms - have - f : fe|^-'be&saddea:;:atv;bneiride -.'as Vthe'vresultj'.bf: a; j ttticei.'.> ; gi vbir' r j Ki' i-iavwhich brought-in a largo sum of money; .; .■ ■ vs;?::,?:..Patients. aro. admitted'.to-..tho home on'-the iVM,'.-; nominatioa of; a trustee or subscriber, -and j , ch^e/-)'^ter;;that' : : ) f ( 'if:-:''{;;-There -Is -'accommodition for . eieven' patients, . and, fenetally speaking, all the rooms are in ; 6 J' demand ' , - /Tha 'home 1 stands just bolow- the Town -Belt, -> piece ofrfevel pound/'whioh is- cnltiyated 'ftsfehfand-- just /now .gay.. l with' {lowers.-; Round ;this ; 1 ;lbw/fence,;;.and/beybnd i :(i;:grassy ; bank ,:slopes, gradually. manuka. ?SCTub^;■/-/ r ;':yiV'/^ 1 / :;/.• /■ij } Tho designing of the homo was directed b> , wh° . have! -always managed - its af- ■ thb'fact-that'it is ] ? tllat: , fullest; verandah mna along the front ot the house t i^7S^iand:".ial6nffi;ioiieveddei-:-'.w'fcore'>it;/ia. ! Blasspaiia",' to; the .large the: north-: , ■^ySS?'^®-Vff'oDt ; -x<Brtensiv«..;-,yiew^"^;' t JChisis-'-." ar^dolliihtfa'X■ piivssiiroom;' light,-'.'bright, and- airy. > Tho -bedrooms, ( all of which of"'provided with ample cup , boards, are simply but comfortably furnslied, i s : ?sW^'d' l ;Wbst.: : .bf.-' ; theiii ; ::;haVe.'i':-deligHnul--'6ntldoki' - : r i3 s 'ilbt T'top"- J largo ? ; to; ;be'. homie-' r ';|like.>nthe,;: oathrborii9'v.are.;'iexcelleht,-;- and - the .and icon-- i :'.Oakley, iwho/'is-now-' matron' -:at the s 'ybjrS,' arid, J ra|^^BSiei'^^''^'.;'fii > ( : h^;p6wwr' , 'to : <;make ! -;QieAhoiiie'.' i &^y|^Ver^/;i:cotafqrtablb'/for ; '] Many- 'ofv^heni^:xome/from^the/Hospital; after, ' ifor, -of : course; Jit i'would -iiot ' be; ' .staffed-/suifieiontiy. R£j|K;{lb provide nurses, for them. ! ! / h^fti|?:Sometimes - i;.the ipatients.'-.whd;come-In.,'have ■ by- j ;' fT;/:/>the/matron'. is 'plcasod .to >be ;able to help, thorn . 1 ;clotbiiig;"iVhen friends'' of ithe home'. £ /Jiiiid' ; bnbiigh;to/send': -i}/)' f-5;, • t