I note that Mr. Drummond is coming home today with full nursing support. Admitted last week with febrile neutropenia his condition has since stabilised. I will have to ask Grace, a clinic volunteer, to bring his cat home from the pound. Grace has been a Godsend. I still remember the days when my house was a menagerie of client pets.
Many clients live alone at home in our community.
Kieran, an active community member, gives us the report on community projects and activities. A bundle of energy, Kieran was a significant member of the lobby group to change the old illness-orientated health system to a primary health care model. At first I was as shocked as he was when Mike Harris decided to back this model of care. But with a government aim of creating a more cost-effective system, the conservatives moved on this agenda and changed the paradigm. I met Kieran as a client when I worked as a visiting nurse in the old Community Care Access Centre system.