ACUTE PROBLEM

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4341, 9 October 1950, Page 5

ACUTE PROBLEM

CARE OF AGED WOMEN > A HOSPITAL BOARD WORRY A very acute position had arisen relative to accommodation for elderly women, said the chairman of the Thames Hospital Board, Mr J. W. Darby, at its September meeting. In the whole of the hospital district no provision existed for the care of elderly ladies, particularly those without relatives to care for them. In many cases, said Mr Danby, the elderly lady in such a position was accommodated in the hospital and she was occupying a bed that was urgently required. As a result the waiting list at the hospital was eVer mounting. “The time was fast coming when something would have to be done in the way of making provision for the care and attention of elderly, female patients,” said ‘the chairman. Would it be possible to build a (place to accommodate elderly ladies in a building near the bld men’s ‘home at Tararu? asked Mr A. H. Sutton. The board would shortly be changed with the responsibility of looking after the elderly people, said Mr iDanby. He pointed out ithiat unfortunately filial responsibility seemed to grow less as the aige of the parent (increased and the icaire attention became more onerous.